Band 8a Lead Systemic Family Therapist - Bristol

Job summary

Bristol South CAMHS is seeking an experienced and dynamicLead Systemic Family Therapistto help shape and strengthen our systemic practice across the service. The successful applicant will take a lead role in the local provision for Eating Disorders in Bristol South CAMHS. This is a senior clinical leadership role for someone who is passionate about relational approaches, committed to high-quality care and excited by the opportunity to influence service culture and development.You'll join a warm, skilled and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team working with children, young people and families experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties. Your systemic expertise will be central to supporting families, guiding colleagues and embedding systemic thinking throughout the service.The post holder will also work closely with the wider AWP CAMHS Community Eating Disorder Service, including the Eating Disorder Home Treatment team, community NG feeding and Eating Disorder 'Hub'. They will actively contribute to the wider service aims of: supporting young people to remain at home as far as is practically possible reducing rates of admission and length of stay to acute hospitals and reducing the need for admissions to CAMHS General Adolescent Units (GAUs) and Specialist Eating Disorder Units (SEDUs).

Main duties of the job

To lead on a local provision for Eating Disorders in order to meet the needs of those referred and to work alongside all ED teams across BNSSG. This includes working closely with adolescent in-patient units, the acute wards, the eating disorder 'HUB' and ED Home Treatment Team.

To take the lead and supervise specific systemic interventions within a CAMHS team.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provideHigh Quality, Compassionate Careeverywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

13 July 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

342-CAMHS040-0726

Job locations

Knowle Clinic

Broadfield Road

Bristol

BS4 2UJ

United Kingdom