Job summary
8B Highly Specialist Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist - Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon Under 5s Service
We are delighted to offer a new 8B Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist post covering the three outer London boroughs of Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon. This is a great opportunity to build on your experience as a senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist and support a thriving new service together with the Lead CAPT.
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Main duties of the job
We are looking for a committed ACP registered Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist with a passion for working with children, young people and their families. You will work together with the Lead Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist in developing the BHH Under 5s service providing supervision to the multidisciplinary team, liaising and consulting with Children's Centres and other community agencies and ensuring the best possible outcomes for children under 5 and their families.
This 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 CNWL staff and contribute to the service'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
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service to children under 5 years of age and their families (here referred as service users) as part of a multi-disciplinary tri-borough CAMHS Team.
To provide highly specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and therapy to service users 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 services 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 services general management.
The post holder will provide clinical and professional supervision to trainees and to less experienced psychotherapists and non-psychotherapists.
The post holder will provide advice and consultation to other members of the team on Under 5s psychotherapeutic intervention.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service to children under 5 years of age and their families (here referred as service users) as part of a multi-disciplinary tri-borough CAMHS Team.
To provide highly specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and therapy to service users 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 services 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 services general management.
The post holder will provide clinical and professional supervision to trainees and to less experienced psychotherapists and non-psychotherapists.
The post holder will provide advice and consultation to other members of the team on Under 5s psychotherapeutic intervention.
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 Significant Psychotherapy (including personal psycho-analysis)
- Registration as Child & Adolescent 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
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of child & adolescent psychotherapy practice especially relevant to complex CAMHS
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist for a significant time with an equally significant time at as a Grade 8a or equivalent
- Extensive experience of working with children, adolescents, their families, and the professional network of relevance to their care
- Extensive experience of working with children, adolescents, their families, and the professional network of relevance to their care
- 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
Desirable
- Experience of the application of child & adolescent psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
- Research interest in any topic relevant to the specific service
- Training in clinical supervision
- Experience of developing and delivering clinical training to colleagues
Personal Attributes
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
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 Significant Psychotherapy (including personal psycho-analysis)
- Registration as Child & Adolescent 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
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of child & adolescent psychotherapy practice especially relevant to complex CAMHS
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist for a significant time with an equally significant time at as a Grade 8a or equivalent
- Extensive experience of working with children, adolescents, their families, and the professional network of relevance to their care
- Extensive experience of working with children, adolescents, their families, and the professional network of relevance to their care
- 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
Desirable
- Experience of the application of child & adolescent psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
- Research interest in any topic relevant to the specific service
- Training in clinical supervision
- Experience of developing and delivering clinical training to colleagues
Personal Attributes
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
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).
