Lead Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Livewell Southwest
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Job summary
37.5 hours per week.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Plymouth CAMHS Therapies pathway. We are looking for a CAMHS Psychotherapy lead where they will be responsible for assessing, treating children, young people & their families in relation to a range of complex emotional, psychological &behavioural problems. Namely psychoanalytically informed long &short-term interventions within the psychotherapy pathway.
Our aim is to improve CYPFS mental health through the effective delivery of regularly reviewable longer &short-term psychotherapy interventions using the Anna Freud iThrive framework to inform &provide safe, effective, cost efficient, timely &accessible services that are in accordance with national &local priorities &responsive to the needs &views of local children, young people &their families.
CAMHS services are changing vastly &demands for the service are high. The post holder is expected to embrace change &be flexible in their approach following service developments.
The pathway will work directly with CYPFS as well as providing training &consultation to parents, carers &staff in partner agencies. The pathway will work within the locally agreed demand &capacity model which is determined for each staff member through the job planning process.
"please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility"
Main duties of the job
You will provide a qualified, high-quality specialist psychoanalytic child psychotherapy service to individuals, carers, families, & groups, within and across CAMHS pathways, in line with best, evidence-based practice.
You will also provide clinical oversight within the pathway. This will include working with CYPFS who are living in &responding to demanding circumstances and will be both complex &challenging. CYPFS can be from socially excluded groups, including families from Black and Minority Ethnic Groups &young parents. The work will be to the wider system of education, primary and social care &a range of other agencies.
You will be responsible for holding, managing & overseeing clinical caseload &exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own &other team members workload &the assessment, treatment and discharge of children, young people &families.
To be responsible for the oversight &management of the CAMHS psychotherapy waiting list alongside the CAMHS pathway manager need where necessary.
To use analytical &judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.
To offer supervision to child & adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapists, psychological therapists, trainee psychological therapists &psychological practitioners as appropriate.
All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
Job Share(s) Considered
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Date posted
05 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £58,972 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
B9832-2024-SP-1025-5
Job locations
Livewell South West
Mount Gould Road
Plymouth
PL4 7QD
Employer details
Employer name
Livewell Southwest
Address
Livewell South West
Mount Gould Road
Plymouth
PL4 7QD
Employer's website
https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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