Systemic Practitioner
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 2LBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
22 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
Do you want to be part of a rapidly developing service? Are you committed to improving the lives of Children, Young People and their families? In a pe...
The hours of work are 9am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday and as we have bases in Barrow and Kendal, travel across the South Cumbria locality will be required and therefore a car driver will be essential.
To contribute to a high quality specialist family therapy service to Young People and families with complex emotional and mental health needs as part of the South Cumbria CYPMH Service.
To provide specialist assessment, formulation and therapy within the service.
To offer advice, consultancy and supervision, under supervision and support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment, according to expertise.
To work with the Senior Family Therapist to provide training to a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed.
To be part of the Duty Rota, managing day-to-day incoming referrals, urgent mental health queries, and acute crisis responses for children and young people.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in a mental health or social welfare discipline or agreed Association of Family Therapy (AFT) equivalent.
- Postgraduate training in Systemic Practice to enable the title of Systemic Practitioner - namely completion of either 'AFT approved' Intermediate Level Systemic Practice Training or CYP-IAPT in Systemic Family Practice.
- Registration with the appropriate regulatory body for core profession.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 12 months experience of working as a Systemic Practitioner and embedding systemic skills in a clinical setting since finishing intermediate training, under the supervision of a suitably qualified Family Therapist.
- Experience of running groups, particularly with parents, adolescents and children.
- Experience of providing consultation to staff in systemic approaches.
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of methods of Systemic Practice/ family based assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- High level of relationship and communication skills to work with clients, families and/or professionals where the atmosphere might be both pressured and emotive.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to comprehend and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information in a manner appropriate to a range of settings and audiences, including complex emotive situations and those with impaired communication capacities.
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Provenance
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First seen
8 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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