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Psychotherapist, Psychologist Systemic family Therapist, CBT TherapistNHS AfC: Band 7Main area Family therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent HoursFull time Part time Job share Flexible working 37.5 hours per week Job ref 395-PP062-25 Site Dartford Children and Young People Mental Health Service Town Dartford Salary per annum Closing 12/05/2025 23:59 Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT. Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video Job overviewDartford Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) is looking for an experienced Systemic Family Therapist, Psychotherapist, Psychologist, or CBT Therapist to join our vibrant multidisciplinary team. Our team is one of the nine locality teams in Kent and is based in Dartford, covering the Dartford, Gravesham, and Swanley areas. Main duties of the jobThe post-holder will be a postgraduate-qualified psychologist, systemic family therapist, CBT therapist, or psychotherapist, fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g., AFT and UKCP). As a psychological therapist, you will provide specialist assessments for referrals of significant and complex nature in order to formulate and implement treatment and/or management plans for children or adolescents with mental health problems. This includes conducting specialist assessments, facilitating group and individual therapy clinics, and delivering a range of evidence-based interventions. You will draw upon your professional skills and values as a psychological therapist to support children and young people presenting with various mental health difficulties. In addition, you will develop and deliver consultation, training, and supervision to other professionals working with children and young people in different settings. The successful candidate will apply their evidence-based clinical skills to support young children and adolescents with mental health conditions. You will be part of an experienced and established integrated team, working to deliver meaningful outcomes for children, adolescents, and their families/carers. Working for our organisationProbationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. Use of AI Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesAs an organization NELFT strives to deliver services within a recovery-focused and socially inclusive approach. You will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it throughout the team. You will work within a diverse community, developing quality services to improve the lives of local people. NELFT support and encourage staff to develop professionally. In Dartford CYPMHS, we have a well established, rolling multidisciplinary in-house training programme. This ensures staffs are adequately supported in acquiring the appropriate skills required to deliver high quality evidence-based care and support to children, young persons and their families. We also encourage and support external personal, professional development. NELFT is constantly looking at ways to improve and innovate our CYPMHS services and is committed to providing all staff with dedicated time to participate and/or lead in service development initiatives through the Trust Quality Improvement (Qi) framework.Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy. If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through NEU Professionals - Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group. Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system. Person specificationQualificationsMasters qualification in Family Therapy / Systemic Psychotherapy Current registration with AFT and UKCP ExperienceExperience of working with children and families with mental health and behavioural issues in a CAMFIS setting Experience of working with children and families who have experienced trauma Experience with complex family presentations, delivering skilled and creative systemic interventions Experience of consulting with safeguarding professionals and involvement in making safeguarding referrals SkillsAbility to be a constructive, collaborative and flexible team worker with an ability to work in different roles and contexts Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients, which give rise to psychological distress Educationexperience We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT: A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link . As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern. We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp. Equal opportunities employer We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic. We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email . Correspondence with us You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post. As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same. Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.#J-18808-Ljbffr