About this role
Job summary
What we are looking for?
We are delighted to offer a Band 7 Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist post based at Brent CAMHS.
Brent CAMHS is looking for a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist band 7 to join our friendly, supportive, and experienced multi-disciplinary specialist mental health service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled clinician who is able to maintain clinical curiosity and keen to engage in reflective practice as well as be able to be an advocate for children, young people and families' needs.
Clinicians who have previous experience within CAMHS settings and working with young people who have complex needs would be of benefit
This post is a great opportunity for newly qualified or early career child and adolescent psychotherapists who are passionate about working with young people and their families.
What will we provide you?
The post provides an excellent opportunity for clinicians to develop their skills and knowledge via regular clinical supervision, being part of Quality Improvement (QI) projects, CPD opportunities as well as multi-disciplinary working within experienced team of Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Nurses, Psychiatrists and Clinical/Counselling Psychologists/DBT Therapists
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Main duties of the job
You will help the service to provide specialist mental health and neurodevelopmental assessments alongside specialist psychotherapeutic interventions and contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people. You will contribute to highly specialist assessments and intervention for a broad range of complex mental health concerns experienced by children, young people and families within a socially, economically and culturally diverse London borough.
In your role as Brent Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, you will provide a qualified specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service to children and young people with mental health problems across all sectors of care as part of a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team. You will offer specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and therapy to service users and their families/carers and advice and consultation on their care to non-psychotherapist colleagues and the professional network involved in their support. As the post holder, you will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. You will utilise research skills for audit to support policy and service development; and undertake research within the area served by the service and of relevance to young people their families and carers.
The post holder would be based in the Enhanced Treatment team and also in the Child Psychotherapy team within Brent CAMHS.
About us
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care in a community setting or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our young persons, colleagues, teams and the Trust.
With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, emotional disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Enhancement Treatment, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
You will work from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm service for young people experiencing mental health problems in Brent area.
The post holder would be based in the Enhanced Treatment team and also in the Child Psychotherapy team within Brent CAMHS at Monk Park Health Centre.
Job description Job responsibilities
Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments of children and young people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources. Formulate and implement plans for the formal treatment and/or management of the child/young persons problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings Be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, grounded in the principles and techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. These will include long and short term interventions as appropriate to need Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. Contribute directly and indirectly to a framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children and young people of the service, across all settings and agencies serving children and young people with learning disabilities and mental health problems/challenging behaviour. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people. Act as case worker, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care. Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary care.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Doctoral level postgraduate clinical training in Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Desirable
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in relevant fields in health, social care or education settings
Experience Essential
Experience of specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their parents as a full member of a multidisciplinary team located in community, primary care, outpatient or inpatient setting Substantial experience in working with children and young people. Must have completed an ACP approved preclinical post-graduate course/training, before being accepted for the clinical training and involving personal analysis.
Desirable
Experience of the application of child psychotherapy in different cultural contexts Experience of working in different CAMHS Tiers. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Skills / Abilities Essential
Excellent written ability, able to communicate concisely, demonstrated skill at report writing, oral communication skills, strong computer / IT skills. Ability to organise and effectively manage time to complete clinical and recording work as required. and organisational ability Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information and to uphold the Trust core values in doing so. Ability to effectively assess and manage risk in terms of mental health and safeguarding for children and young people in the care of the service. Expertise in child psychotherapy and emotional state assessments. Ability to contribute to constructive MDT discussions Ability to establish priorities and prioritise workload effectively young people and their families / carers to promote engagement and to facilitate access to treatment Ability to adhere to Trust policies and procedures
Knowledge Essential
Advanced highly specialist theoretical knowledge An understanding of health management structures, clinical governance, child protection, social work structures and legislation pertaining to these Understanding of mental health within the NHS context and NHSE targets relevant to CAMHS context Understanding of impact of early trauma, abuse and neglect on emotional development Understanding of NICE Guidelines for mental health disorders Knowledge of CYP-IAPT and rationale for ROMs Knowledge of ICD10 diagnoses and ability to apply these in assessments using formulation led approach Knowledge of national and local safeguarding and child protection frameworks
Desirable
Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams Commitment to and enthusiasm for further training opportunities and CPD
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Brent CAMHS, Monks Park Health Centre
Monks Park
Brent
HA9 6JE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)