Family Therapist WCC624901

Job Details: Salary range : £56,436 - £66,084. per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience. Work location : 4 Frampton Street, London, NW8 8LF Hours per week : 28.80 Contract type : Fixed term until 31 December 2027 Vetting requirements : Enhanced DBS Check Closing date : 13 September 2026 Interview date : 18 September 2026 About Us: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF KAKOLI’S PASSION AND DRIVE Children’s Services in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where inspirational people like Kakoli are dedicated to encouraging everyone they work with to be the very best they can be. Ever since she was a child, Kakoli has believed that children are the ones who’ll change the world for the better. Who’ll create the future we all wish for. And she always knew her calling was to get on the front line and help those who might not be as fortunate as herself. Driven and passionate about making a difference, she first joined Westminster as a Social Work Assistant, and her managers immediately saw she had huge potential, so they encouraged her to apply to study for a degree in social work. She passed with flying colours, and over the next fourteen years worked as a frontline Social Worker, a Senior Social Worker, a Deputy Service Manager and is now one of our Service Managers. Kakoli’s vision is as clear now as it was all those years ago – to encourage and support children, and help them grow in safe, vibrant communities. Her achievements are many, but she’s most proud of the fact that these days Westminster doesn’t ‘do things for families’ but ‘does things with families’. And she believes this huge but subtle difference to the way we work has allowed thousands of children in Westminster to fulfil their potential and live their dreams. The Role: As a Systemic Family Therapist or Clinical Psychologist with Westminster Children’s Services, you can make your own powerful contribution to transforming the lives of children, young people and their families. Working within the clinical team alongside practitioners and managers in children services, your work will focus on families within the Bi-Borough Children with Disabilities team. Working alongside social workers, you will use systemic thinking to unlock change in families’ everyday lives – strengthening relationships, reducing risk, and helping children thrive. You can expect to work creatively with families in their homes and other community settings, as well as in family therapy clinics. You’ll often engage with them at points of crisis, helping them work together to create change and build on family strengths to improve outcomes for children and young people. In addition to providing assessment and direct therapeutic interventions, you will also offer specialist consultation to colleagues on complex cases; contribute to teaching and coaching within Westminster and other local authorities; and facilitate reflective practice groups. As a vital part of our innovative in-house parenting assessment service, you will provide assessments and intervention in care proceedings and contribute to reports for courts. Please refer to the Job Description for more information. About You: An established professional with a qualification in systemic family therapy or clinical psychology, you’ll be registered with UKCP or HCPC. The post will involve working with children, families and professional networks on cases where children are in need, at risk of harm or who may be looked after. You will be used to working with vulnerable groups and within diverse communities. It’s an opportunity to apply and develop your clinical skills in a context that truly appreciates and values systemic ideas. We are a pioneering local authority in systemic practice and there are substantial career development opportunities including offering systemic supervision to others as well as CPD in a variety of therapeutic approaches. You will be part of a clinical team of twenty systemic therapists across the bi-borough. Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role. The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' (formally known as B.A.M.E , Black, Asian and multiple ethnic) background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments. What We Offer: Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible. We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.