Sessional Child and Family Therapist

Job Reference:

1800

Location:

Greater London

Hours of Work:

Sessional hours

Salary:

£50 per hour (for therapy with service user); £25 per hour (for other tasks)

Contract Type:

Casual

Closing Date:

08 Jun 2026

ID: 1800 Sessional Child and Family Therapist

Service: PAC-UK / Clinical Services London

Salary: £50 per hour (for therapy with service user); £25 per hour (for all other related tasks including report writing, attending meetings etc.)

Location: Hybrid. Can work in person at Family Action premises Leeds LS15 7BD or London N1 7GR and /or remotely.

Hours: flexible as required- this is a sessional post

Contract: Sessional

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver a range of services to adults and young people affected by adoption and permanent placement. This may include short term counselling (remote and in person), intensive therapeutic work, or group work.

Main Responsibilities:
• To provide therapeutic services to adults affected by adoption and permanent placement, including: contemporary and historic birth relatives; special guardians; adult adoptees; prospective adopters; adoptive parents and carers.
• To have an active interest in working with people of different racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
• To set up and maintain accurate and factual written case records for all service users using our PAC-UK database and electronic/hard copy filing systems, also ensuring that all mandatory forms are completed.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Experience relevant for your effectiveness in the role might be from various sectors and disciplines such as : Psychotherapy, Counselling, therapeutic social work
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and the required references.

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: 8 June 2026
Interviews are scheduled to take place week beginning 22 June 2026

For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: Pavlina.georgiades@pac-uk.org

All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.