Functional Family Therapy Worker
Salary: £39,708 - £54,279 (depending on experience). This includes a 2.5% retention bonus.
Contract: Fixed term to end‑of‑January 2027
Location: Lowestoft area
Interviews: Monday 15th December 2025, West Suffolk House (Bury St Edmunds)
Background
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well‑established Functional Family Therapy team in Suffolk. We are seeking a team member who is an experienced and professional individual (social work, mental health nursing, psychology) to join the team of 5 therapists. Functional Family Therapy is a licensed, evidence‑based program with a strong track record of positive outcomes.
This is an outcomes‑based contract for children 8‑17 at risk of care entry (using a social impact bond structure), working to prevent children and young people entering care. We also work with a smaller cohort of young people who have entered care, for whom the service will manage a return home using the FFT intervention.
About you
With significant family work experience you may already be on the journey towards accreditation as a family therapist or systemic practitioner, or you may already be qualified. You may also be trained in another therapeutic model but seek to expand your knowledge to systemic work. You will join a current team of 5 therapists from different clinical backgrounds, supervised by two FFT Supervisors.
The team has been operational since March 2019 covering the county of Suffolk and is embedded into the Social Care and Family Support Teams. You will achieve fidelity to the therapeutic model through initial training and continuous consultation, coaching supported by the Supervisor. You will take referrals from Suffolk Social Care and Family Support Teams and establish effective working relationships with both Social Care and partner agencies to achieve outcomes for families. You will be comfortable working with the FFT model which will make the best of your skills in engaging families and creating sustainable change with them. You will take an outcome‑focused approach with good sensitivity to dynamic risk, child protection, inter‑agency working and complexity.
A relocation package is also available up to £2,000 or support with accommodation.
A retention bonus scheme is in place for this position, more information on this will be provided during the interview process.
About us
FPM is a not‑for‑profit social enterprise owned by its employees. We have extensive expertise in evidence‑based programmes and anticipate future opportunities to develop and broaden our portfolio of services.
FPM is committed to fostering inclusion and expanding the diversity of its workforce. We recognise the significant value that a diverse workforce brings to our organisation, and we believe that the inclusion of diverse voices plays a vital role in driving our company’s mission. We therefore encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.
Next steps
This is an exciting opportunity to work for our head office team. We have an application pack for the role, which includes the job description, the person specification, and additional information about the company, our values, and our approach to employee ownership. Please see the image tile and link below.
If you have any questions about the role or the application process – or if there are any ways we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you – please contact the Programme Manager Vicky McCaig (she/her) at vicky.mccaig@suffolk.gov.uk or the Clinical Director Brigitte Squire (she/her) at 07787 105445 / brigitte.squire@fpmcic.com.
Please do not use CoPilot, ChatGPT, or any other AI software to complete your application.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.
To apply for the role, you can either complete the online application form or download the Word version available here. Once completed, send it to recruitment@fpmcic.com.
Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
* Employment type: Full‑time
* Job function: Other
* Industries: Mental Health Care
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