Senior Psychosocial Lead (Family Therapist)

Job Title

Senior

Psychosocial Lead (Family Therapist) Salary

£47,000 - £56,000 (plus geographical allowance)

Team

Psychosocial Services Hours

Full Time, 37.5

Contract Type

Permanent Location

Guildford, Surrey or Hampton, Middlesex, 3RA TW12 About Shooting Star Children's Hospices Shooting Star Childrens Hospices provides specialist care and support to families who have a baby, child or young person with a life-limiting condition, or whose child has died. Rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, we support families across Surrey, north-west London and south-west London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, psychological, social and medical care. At the heart of what we do are our dedicated staff; their exceptional commitment and professionalism means every family has the opportunity to make every moment count. About the role We are introducing a new senior role, to support and enable our Psychosocial Services for families at Shooting Star Childrens Hospices. This is an opportunity for us to welcome a therapist or psychologist to our team, who has management experience, and is qualified to practice family therapy. Your key purpose will be to ensure our care is a safe as it can be, and the best that children and families can receive. The Senior Psychosocial Lead will help us to continue to develop our governance, our psychosocial education pathway and wellbeing support for our people. The role includes day-to-day clinical oversight of the teams, and of families in crisis. Alongside responsibilities as a service manager, we anticipate the Senior Psychosocial Lead will have one day a week of client-facing work, offering family therapy. Family Therapy is not something weve offered at SSCH before, but we see the need for this. The goal is to provide an intervention that can respond to the relational issues, conflict, communication, trauma and emotional distress families can experience in their grief. The Senior Psychosocial Lead will work alongside our psychosocial service leads and senior clinicians, and will act as a deputy to the Head of Psychosocial Services. At Shooting Star we have an award-winning model of psychosocial care, which at its very core is focused on accessibility and inclusivity, making it as easy as possible for those facing the devastating death of a child, to receive the support they need. It is delivered by a passionate, multi-disciplinary team of social workers, family support workers, counsellors, events team and physio, arts, trauma and complementary therapists. We are a compassionate, forward-thinking, creative and courageous team who strive for the very best for families.

Please note

while this role can be predominantly based in either Guildford or Hampton, the post holder must be able and willing to work across both hospices. There will also be some travel required within the community as well as a need to work some hours outside 9am-5pm to supervise out of hours provision. About you We are looking for a counsellor, psychotherapist, arts therapist or clinical psychologist with a qualification in family therapy to be our Senior Psychosocial Lead. This role requires previous experience of working in healthcare, a hospice or palliative care. Someone who can demonstrate their experience as a manager, in service development and compassionate leadership. Please see the attached job description for more information about this opportunity and dont hesitate to make contact to ask more questions about whether you might be able to bring valuable experience and be the right fit for our team. This is a post based at both hospice sites in Hampton and Guildford. Please see the attached job description for more information about this opportunity at Shooting Star Childrens Hospices. What we offer In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include: Pension scheme NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions Annual leave 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years service Contractual benefits Generous sick pay scheme Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay Flexible working arrangements Death in service benefits Reimbursed professional membership fees Eye care Employee referral scheme Blue Light discount card Health and wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme Occupational Health Mindfulness sessions Mental Health First Aiders SafeguardingWe are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Also, we are committed to equal opportunities and consider all applicants to be in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.Equality, diversity and inclusion Shooting Star Childrens Hospices is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisations values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence. We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Childrens Hospices to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer. Please contact Sarah Hodkinson, sarah.hodkinson@shootingstar.org.uk or 020 8783 2000 if you have any questions about this role.

Closing Date

22/05/2026