Systemic Practitioner - Systemic Integrative Treatment (SIT) Service

Posting date:	11 May 2026
Salary:	£45,895.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£45895.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	25 May 2026
Location:	London, NW5 3LG
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	B0129-26-0004

Summary

A. OUTLINE OF POST Job Title Systemic Practitioner - Systemic Integrative Treatment (SIT) Contract 12 months fixed term (with the possibility of extending, subject to funding) Salary £45,895 per annum Hours 35 hours per week with daily 30 min unpaid lunch break. Out of hours and rotated on-call is required approx. 1 week per month. Location The Brandon Centre is based in Kentish Town. However, the post holder will be required to work remotely and in the community across London boroughs. Reports to Service Lead Systemic Integrative Treatment (SIT) Service Accountable to Clinical Director B. JOB SUMMARY We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, creative, and resilient Systemic Practitioner to join our Systemic Integrative Treatment (SIT) service. The postholder will deliver Systemic Integrative Treatment (SIT) within the community to parents and carers of children aged 816 who present with moderate to severe behavioural difficulties (e.g. offending, school refusal, harmful sexual behaviour), alongside emotional needs that are embedded within family relationships and wider adult dynamics. The postholder will work within a social-ecological model, drawing on a range of therapeutic modalities including pragmatic family therapies, behavioural therapy, CBT, and other therapies as appropriate. We are looking for experienced practitioners who share our passion for delivering intensive treatment to keep young people at home, in education and out of the criminal justice system. We are particularly interested in those who have experience of working to address challenging behaviour across multiple systems including family, peers, school, and community. This role offers the opportunity to practice thoughtfully and creatively and to make a meaningful difference to families at a particularly vulnerable time. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and particularly encourage applicants from Black and Global Majority backgrounds to apply. Full training in the SIT model will be provided to the successful candidate. Applications from newly qualified practitioners with relevant previous experience are welcome. C. BRANDON CENTRE OVERVIEW The principal objective of the Brandon Centre has always been to provide a professional, accessible, and flexible service which responds to the psychological and social needs of young people under the age of 25. Services include: individual counselling and psychotherapy for young people systemic integrated treatment for families parenting programmes therapeutic work in community settings (outreach) D. ABOUT THE MODEL Brandon Centre Systemic Integrative Treatment (BC-SIT) has been developed in accordance with NICE guidelines to treat antisocial and/or harmful behaviour in children and adolescents. It is an intensive community-based family treatment model which works with the systems around the young person, including family, school, and peers to address the causal and maintaining factors to the behaviour. Therapists work primarily with parents, in a collaborative and non-judgemental way, to empower them to effect change. This is achieved by building on their strengths and providing families with the tools and confidence to navigate current and future problems and reduce the risk of further antisocial/harmful behaviours. Phase one of the intervention is intensive and community-based and lasts up to 6 months. It consists of 23 therapeutic sessions per week with the family, regular professionals' meetings, ad hoc support, and bespoke behavioural treatment plans. Families also have access to an out-of-hours "on call" phone support service during phase one, which is rotated each week between the therapists (approx. 1 week per month). Phase two can extend total treatment time for up to one year and includes booster sessions with the family where necessary to prevent relapse, phone check ins, attendance at professional meetings, and ongoing consultation with referrers and key professionals. This is held by a dedicated phase two SIT therapist. E. PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Responsibilities: Conduct SIT assessment in collaboration with SIT supervisor including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses, and developing the SIT formulation of problematic behaviours within the ecological context. Implement a systemic formulation, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcome review and strategy revision using the SIT assessment & intervention model (AIM). To have a caseload of 4 families, delivering SIT intervention. Engage primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by continuously identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement and alignment with intervention. Meet with the family 23 times per week to provide psychological interventions using methods compatible with SIT. Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment progress for supervisory review and feedback, in compliance with the SIT Principles and the SIT AIM. Participate in an out-of-hours on-call telephone support rota, providing support to families in heightened or emergency situations (1 week per month). The position offers excellent professional development opportunities within a supportive and collaborative clinical environment including comprehensive induction, regular individual and team clinical supervision, reflective practice, access to continuing professional development and a supportive multidisciplinary team. Clinician Core Job Practices Model Integrity Implement SIT using evidence-based models as guided by the SIT Service Lead with the ultimate goal of doing what it takes to obtain positive outcomes for families. Team and Consultation Complete case paperwork weekly on all cases and turn it in to the supervisor 24 hours prior to supervision, or as determined by the supervisor. Paperwork includes goal measures, barriers and advances in treatment, measurement of frequency, intensity, and duration of behaviours weekly for each case, evaluation of weekly intermediate goals, and setting of specific measurable goals for the following week. Attend weekly half-day group supervision (and consultations when necessary). Absences should be rare such as in the instance of competing court hearings, Child Protection Conferences, annual leave, or illness. Come to group supervision and consultation prepared to review all current SIT cases and actively participate in discussion of current cases. Incorporate feedback from supervision and consultation into the treatment process. Demonstrate interest in and contribute to the cases presented by other clinicians during group supervision. Be available to other team members and engage in activities to support other team members outside group supervision. Scheduling and Coverage Work a non-traditional schedule and be available as needed to meet with families as often as needed and at times convenient to the Rotate on call to be available after-hours; when on call, to be prepared where necessary to go to families homes after hours as needed in crises. Be knowledgeable enough about the cases of other clinicians so that coverage can be provided without threat to treatment continuity and integrity. Not hold additional part-time jobs outside of the agency. Training and Adherence Monitoring Participate with the supervisor in the creation of a written clinician development plan and updates and annual appraisals. Video and audio tape sessions as requested by supervisor. Tape at least one session monthly. Collaborate with supervisor to set up observations of therapeutic work in the community. Spend time with the supervisor or other clinicians in addition to group supervision when needed, e.g. for training, role-plays, etc. Incorporate supervisor feedback from tapes, observations, role plays, etc., into development plan and into treatment process. Other To deliver presentations to promote the SIT service to stakeholders and to speak at conferences as appropriate.