About this role
Job summary
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to join CAMHS.
The role 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.
Main duties of the job
This role provides highly 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. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. They will contribute to and implement policy changes in line with the objectives set for the service and in collaboration with the service's general management.
The post holder will provide advice and consultation to other members of the team on psychotherapeutic interventions.
The post holder will provide clinical and professional supervision to trainees, less experienced psychotherapists and non-psychotherapists.
About us
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic 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 patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and 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, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Job description Job responsibilities
Provide highly specialist psychoanalytically-informed 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, 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
Provide highly specialist expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to children and young peoples formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
ACP-recognised pre-clinical training to Master's level (or equivalent). Post-graduate doctoral-level training in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at an ACP-accredited training school. To hold a professional registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) Evidence of compliance with ACP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements.
Desirable
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Previous Experience Essential
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and formulation of complex mental health presentations including Trauma presentations Experience of working psychologically with children and young people who have complex mental health problems, including trauma and personality disorder Experience of teaching, training and supervision Experience of skills in group work Experience of work with care-givers/families Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse Experience of working in an NHS community mental health settings in secondary and tertiary care
Desirable
Experience of the application of clinical psychology or psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
Knowledge, Skills and Professional Competencies Essential
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and intervention for with children and young people with mental health presentations Knowledge of clinical caseload management within a team setting Well-developed skills in the ability to work and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and to other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Desirable
Knowledge of legislation and NICE guidance in relation to this client group Skills in providing consultation and supervision to other professional and non-professional groups and assistants
Skills and Abilities Essential
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings Valid drivers licence and the ability to drive to different bases
Desirable
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Eaglestone Health Centre, Hospital Campus, Standing Way
Standing Way, Eaglestone
Milton Keynes
MK6 5AZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)