Job summary
The postholder will be required to provide a specialised contribution to the clinical assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment of children, adolescents and their carers within the specialist field served by the Portman Clinic.
The postholder, with support from senior colleagues, will offer teaching and consultation to practitioners both within and outside the Trust and disseminate knowledge and expertise to professionals within those domains appropriate to the work of the Clinic. In addition, he or she will, where appropriate, be expected to provide information about cases which will contribute to the research being carried out by others within the clinic.
Main duties of the job
In collaboration with colleagues the postholder will provide specialized assessment of patients referred to the Portman Clinic, based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex information derived from a variety of sources including interviews with patients, and reports from other professionals involved in the care, treatment and/or supervision of patients.
The postholder will be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, families and groups as appropriate. The complexity of this specific patient group will constantly impact on the therapist and the therapeutic relationship and the work is of essence therefore skilled. Hostility, verbal and sometimes physical aggression, anxieties, ambivalence about engagement, management of risk, distressing or overwhelming experiences, issues about honesty and dishonesty and perverse psychopathology will commonly affect the treatment. The clinician will be expected to use existing knowledge and theoretical frameworksin a creative and innovative way to address highly intricate clinical situations that will differ for 3 each patient. The postholder will be professionally supported in this through weekly clinical meetings and fortnightly unit meetings which are mandatory for all clinical staff and will also have the opportunity to attend weekly supervision with a more senior colleague.
About us
The Portman Clinic was founded in 1933 for the specific purpose of studying and treating delinquency and sexual deviancy. The Portman Clinic is a NHS England commissioned national specialist outpatient clinic offering psychoanalytically orientated assessment, treatment and management for children, adolescents and adults who suffer from problematic sexual behaviours or engage in delinquent, criminal or violent behaviour. Treatment offered is individual, group and couple therapy.
The aim of the Portman Clinic is to develop a body of knowledge on criminality, sexual deviancy and violence through its clinical work and to disseminate this expertise through consultancy, teaching and training, research and publication.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Eligibility for membership of the ACP (for Child Psychotherapists). (Doctoral level qualification or equivalent in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy or Psychoanalysis)
Skills
Essential
- A highly developed ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to convey highly complex and clinically sensitive information to family members of all ages, students and to a wide range of professional people within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team
- IT skills as required for research activity.
- Basic Keyboard skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- An awareness of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychotherapeutic assessment and intervention.
- An awareness of current issues in service delivery within CAMHS and other settings and an ability to contribute to service development.
- An awareness of qualitative and quantitative research methodology and clinical audit.
- Awareness of appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of high-quality clinical practice.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work.
- A flexible personality and a proven ability to work in a complex multidisciplinary context.
Experience
Essential
- At least two years post qualification experience in a forensic setting.
- Experience with difficult, disturbed or challenging patient populations requiring skilled and complex psychotherapeutic interventions,
- Significant experience of working in the role of child psychotherapist with children and adolescents with complex difficulties and special needs, and parents with mental health difficulties including the ability to work autonomously.
- Experience of communicating about complex clinical matters verbally and in writing with other agencies or referrers within and outside the NHS
- Experience in a multi-professional network and awareness of issues for such networks and teams.
- Experience of undertaking outcome monitoring measures for clinical services.
- Capacity to communicate clearly with analytic and non-analytic colleagues.
- Highly developed capacity of organisational skills.
Desirable
- Experience of providing consultation and support regarding psychotherapeutic issues to other professionals.
- Experience of group work.
- Some experience of providing supervision, teaching and consultation regarding complex clinical matters in a multidisciplinary context.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Eligibility for membership of the ACP (for Child Psychotherapists). (Doctoral level qualification or equivalent in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy or Psychoanalysis)
Skills
Essential
- A highly developed ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to convey highly complex and clinically sensitive information to family members of all ages, students and to a wide range of professional people within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team
- IT skills as required for research activity.
- Basic Keyboard skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- An awareness of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychotherapeutic assessment and intervention.
- An awareness of current issues in service delivery within CAMHS and other settings and an ability to contribute to service development.
- An awareness of qualitative and quantitative research methodology and clinical audit.
- Awareness of appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of high-quality clinical practice.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work.
- A flexible personality and a proven ability to work in a complex multidisciplinary context.
Experience
Essential
- At least two years post qualification experience in a forensic setting.
- Experience with difficult, disturbed or challenging patient populations requiring skilled and complex psychotherapeutic interventions,
- Significant experience of working in the role of child psychotherapist with children and adolescents with complex difficulties and special needs, and parents with mental health difficulties including the ability to work autonomously.
- Experience of communicating about complex clinical matters verbally and in writing with other agencies or referrers within and outside the NHS
- Experience in a multi-professional network and awareness of issues for such networks and teams.
- Experience of undertaking outcome monitoring measures for clinical services.
- Capacity to communicate clearly with analytic and non-analytic colleagues.
- Highly developed capacity of organisational skills.
Desirable
- Experience of providing consultation and support regarding psychotherapeutic issues to other professionals.
- Experience of group work.
- Some experience of providing supervision, teaching and consultation regarding complex clinical matters in a multidisciplinary context.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
