This is an exciting opportunity for a Highly specialist Family Therapist to join the Coastal CAMHS team across the Chichester and Worthing area. Family and Systemic Psychotherapy is an integral part of our service provision across Coastal CAMHS.

We are looking for highly motivated, innovative and self-reflexive individual with a passion for working creatively and collaboratively with children and young people with moderate to severe, complex mental health problems and their families/carers/networks. In addition to the local multi-disciplinary team where you will be based, you will join a supportive county-wide Family and Systemic Psychotherapy group .

If you enjoy being a part of a team, are forward-thinking, seeking a new challenge and want to make a positive difference to the lives of children & young people and their families, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

The successful candidate will work as a member of the clinical service/team, providing a high quality, specialist family and systemic psychotherapy to children/young people and their families or carers. You will support systemic practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training and by participating in systematic clinical governance. You will work with complex presentations suitable for family and systemic psychotherapy in the team, utilising a high level of knowledge and experience and adapting approaches as appropriate, with regard to evidence-based practice. You will lead on complex cases, support and take a leadership role supporting junior staff, as well as supporting the wider team with your expertise and clinical knowledge.

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

To work as a member of the clinical service/ team, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychological therapy service to clients, their families or carers. To support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training /education. To participate in systematic clinical governance and to offer clinical supervision. To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Descriptions for further information.

You can choose either Chichester or Worthing as your base, some travel across sites will be needed.