Job summary
We are delighted to offer a new 8B Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist post based at Harrow CAMHS. This is a lead post and a great opportunity to build on your experience as a senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist or step up to this role.
Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a prominent mental health trust offering high quality children's mental health services across 5 boroughs of London. The Trust supports staff wellbeing, reflective practice and monthly team reflective groups in CAMHS teams. The contribution of child & adolescent psychotherapy as part of the MDT is valued in the Trust.
A new Under 5s Service is now getting underway in Harrow CAMHS, so there are also opportunities for liaison with consultant child psychotherapy colleagues involved in this. All the Lead Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists across all CNWL boroughs meet monthly for supportive peer supervision.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a committed Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist with a passion for working with children, young people and their families. You will work independently and autonomously with an agreed caseload, as well as working with other psychotherapists and wider team members and/or external agencies to facilitate the best possible outcomes for children and young people. This lead role will allow opportunity to contribute specialist knowledge to the multi-disciplinary team and regular supervision to Band 7 CAPTs and an ACP trainee when placed within the team.
As one of the senior members of the team, you will work alongside senior staff and contribute to the team's development, as we continue to strive to be an accessible, responsive and innovative service with patient care and patient experience at its heart. There will be opportunities to further develop your leadership and strategic skills with support from senior colleagues.
About us
The Ash Tree Clinic (Harrow CAMHS) is easily accessible by train from Kings Cross station, Oxford Circus, Euston, and Victoria, within around 45 minutes.
For further information please contact:
Dr Sean McArdle, Lead Clinical Psychologist and Borough Therapy Lead for Harrow CAMHS
sean.mcardle1@nhs.net or Tel: 0208 869 4500
Mike Aurokium, Harrow CAMHS Team Manager
mike.aurokium@nhs.net or Tel: 020 8869 4500
Sarah Gustavus Jones, ACP Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist
sarahgustavusjones@nhs.net or Tel: 0203 317 3599
Job description
Job responsibilities
Vaccination
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Key Responsibilities
- Clinical:
- 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
- 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 and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management
- Act as Lead Professional, 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 the network of care
- Provide generic CAMHS assessment and intervention
- 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
2. Managerial
- Provide clinical and performance management appraisals and supervision of less experienced C& A Psychotherapists and trainees
- Manage the workloads of less experienced and trainee C& A Psychotherapists within the framework of the team/services policies and procedures
- Liaise with the training schools of C&A Psychotherapists to provide an appropriate training experience for trainees
- As Therapy Lead, the role will work closely with other Clinical Leads to ensure delivery of the service to those referred
- To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service for clients, their carers and families within the service, including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychotherapy and/or organizational matters need
- To initiate and implement appropriate service developments and projects within the sector/ service.
- Be involved, as appropriate, in short-listing and interviewing
- The postholder will be required to attend the regular clinical and professional meetings in the Borough linked with CAMHS service provision.
3. Education and Development
- Receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior C&A Psychotherapist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues
- Develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs work as appropriate
- Contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of child and adolescent psychotherapy, as appropriate
- Provide advice, consultation and training to professionals working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings
- Ensure that all C&A Psychotherapists within the service maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
4. Research and Audit
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service valuation and audit
- To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where clinical and/or organizational matters need addressing
- To utilize theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members
- To undertake project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes
- To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychotherapy across the service
5. Administration and Clinical Recording
- To maintain compliance with the highest standards of Information Governance
- To enter required data into the Trusts patient administration systems and to make use of data bases to carry out high level statistical processing of data, as necessary and appropriate
- To use computer and computer software to prepare reports, presentations and documents relevant to working duties
- To undertake administrative tasks in line with service requirements, making appropriate use of administrative support available
Job description
Job responsibilities
Vaccination
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Key Responsibilities
- Clinical:
- 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
- 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 and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management
- Act as Lead Professional, 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 the network of care
- Provide generic CAMHS assessment and intervention
- 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
2. Managerial
- Provide clinical and performance management appraisals and supervision of less experienced C& A Psychotherapists and trainees
- Manage the workloads of less experienced and trainee C& A Psychotherapists within the framework of the team/services policies and procedures
- Liaise with the training schools of C&A Psychotherapists to provide an appropriate training experience for trainees
- As Therapy Lead, the role will work closely with other Clinical Leads to ensure delivery of the service to those referred
- To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service for clients, their carers and families within the service, including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychotherapy and/or organizational matters need
- To initiate and implement appropriate service developments and projects within the sector/ service.
- Be involved, as appropriate, in short-listing and interviewing
- The postholder will be required to attend the regular clinical and professional meetings in the Borough linked with CAMHS service provision.
3. Education and Development
- Receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior C&A Psychotherapist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues
- Develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs work as appropriate
- Contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of child and adolescent psychotherapy, as appropriate
- Provide advice, consultation and training to professionals working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings
- Ensure that all C&A Psychotherapists within the service maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
4. Research and Audit
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service valuation and audit
- To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where clinical and/or organizational matters need addressing
- To utilize theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members
- To undertake project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes
- To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychotherapy across the service
5. Administration and Clinical Recording
- To maintain compliance with the highest standards of Information Governance
- To enter required data into the Trusts patient administration systems and to make use of data bases to carry out high level statistical processing of data, as necessary and appropriate
- To use computer and computer software to prepare reports, presentations and documents relevant to working duties
- To undertake administrative tasks in line with service requirements, making appropriate use of administrative support available
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Honours Degree
- Completion of an ACP (Association of Child Psychotherapists) Doctoral level postgraduate clinical training in Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (4-6 years, including personal psychoanalysis)
- Registration as a C & A Psychotherapist with the ACP
- Continuing professional development (required by the ACP)
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of child & adolescent psychotherapy practice especially relevant to complex CAMHS
- Training re: leadership
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified C&A Psychotherapist for a minimum of four years with 2years at a Grade 8a or equivalent
- Extensive experience of working with children, adolescents, their families, and the professional network of relevance to their care
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the care and treatment of service users, within the context of a multi- disciplinary care plan
- Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context
- Experience of developing and delivering bespoke CAMHS training to non CAMHS professionals
- Experience of developing and delivering clinical training to colleagues
Desirable
- Experience of the application of child & adolescent psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
- Research interest in any topic relevant to the specific service
- Training re: supervision
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of child& adolescent psychotherapy
- Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychotherapy assessment intervention and treatment, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration, in particular as applied to complex problems
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health
- Understanding of the need for and able to competently assess risk
- Understanding of individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure
- Excellent written, report writing, oral communication skills, computer skills and organisational ability
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information
Desirable
- H i g h l y develop ed knowledge of the theory and practice of child & adolescent psychotherapy specific to difficult to treat groups such as LAC/ individuals suffering from complex PTSD
Personal
Essential
- Enthusiasm for delivering child & adolescent psychotherapy in a CAMHS, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by child & adolescent psychotherapy services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services
- Ability to contain, understand and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others
Desirable
- A commitment to the evaluation of services, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area
- Ability to demonstrate leadership management skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviors
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Ability to develop and use complex multi- media materials for presentation in public, professional and academic settings
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Honours Degree
- Completion of an ACP (Association of Child Psychotherapists) Doctoral level postgraduate clinical training in Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (4-6 years, including personal psychoanalysis)
- Registration as a C & A Psychotherapist with the ACP
- Continuing professional development (required by the ACP)
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of child & adolescent psychotherapy practice especially relevant to complex CAMHS
- Training re: leadership
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified C&A Psychotherapist for a minimum of four years with 2years at a Grade 8a or equivalent
- Extensive experience of working with children, adolescents, their families, and the professional network of relevance to their care
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the care and treatment of service users, within the context of a multi- disciplinary care plan
- Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context
- Experience of developing and delivering bespoke CAMHS training to non CAMHS professionals
- Experience of developing and delivering clinical training to colleagues
Desirable
- Experience of the application of child & adolescent psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
- Research interest in any topic relevant to the specific service
- Training re: supervision
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of child& adolescent psychotherapy
- Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychotherapy assessment intervention and treatment, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration, in particular as applied to complex problems
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health
- Understanding of the need for and able to competently assess risk
- Understanding of individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure
- Excellent written, report writing, oral communication skills, computer skills and organisational ability
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information
Desirable
- H i g h l y develop ed knowledge of the theory and practice of child & adolescent psychotherapy specific to difficult to treat groups such as LAC/ individuals suffering from complex PTSD
Personal
Essential
- Enthusiasm for delivering child & adolescent psychotherapy in a CAMHS, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by child & adolescent psychotherapy services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services
- Ability to contain, understand and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others
Desirable
- A commitment to the evaluation of services, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area
- Ability to demonstrate leadership management skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviors
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Ability to develop and use complex multi- media materials for presentation in public, professional and academic settings
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).
