Specialist Systemic Family Psychotherapist

Job Summary

We are excited to advertise for a full‑time Band 7 Systemic Family Therapist to join our experienced team.

We have an experienced Band 8a SFT who will support with supervision and development, as well as two Band 7 SFTs in post and a Band 8B Systemic Family Therapist who works reduced hours but offers supervision and vast clinical insight.

You will work closely with the Service Manager, Professional Lead and the Family Therapy Lead to support the full implementation of Family Therapy for our service users and parents/carers following NICE Guidelines for Eating Disorders. You will also support any Family Therapy Trainees within EDS. We have recently launched a Surrey Wide Team and Screen service which we hope to role out to all family therapists in the coming years.

We are committed to providing flexible working patterns to enable good work‑life balance and offer working hours between 08:00 and 18:00. We would welcome applicants interested in working part‑time or full‑time. We are based in Epsom and also have a two‑day clinic in Aldershot.

The post holder will provide a highly specialist Systemic Psychotherapy which will be based on specialist knowledge about helping young people and their families with eating disorders.

We currently treat all young people presenting with Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Due to the 2016 NHSE Access and Waiting Times Guidance for Eating Disorders, we have developed additional pathways to ensure more timely delivery of evidence‑based psychological therapies for all of our children and young people. This post will enhance that remit. The team is very well established and performing to an outstanding level.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill‑health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Date posted: 27 February 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for Change

Band:
Band 7

Salary: £50,008 to £56,908 a year (inc 5% Fringe HCAS pa)

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full‑time, Part‑time

Reference number:

-CYPS

Job location:

The Meadows Day Hospital, West Park, Horton Lane, Epsom, KT19 8PB

• Current or imminent registration with UKCP
• Current or imminent registration with AFT

• Current or imminent successful completion of an MSc in Systemic Family Psychotherapy

• Minimum of 1 year post‑graduate experience working in the field of child and adolescent mental health or experience working with eating disorders

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions will be required.

UK Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Name:
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address:
The Meadows Day Hospital, West Park, Horton Lane, Epsom, KT19 8PB

Website:

We look forward to receiving your application!