Job summary
Principal Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist - Emotional & Behavioural Team
Band 8B - Permanent post
We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Principal Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with significant CAMHS, supervision, line management and liaison experience to come and work in the socially and culturally diverse borough of City and Hackney. We welcome applicants who enjoy working effectively as part of a team, have competencies in working with families from diverse cultures and ethnicities, and have a commitment to delivering high quality, evidence based practice.
As part of our commitment to addressing social inequalities in health, we especially welcome candidates from racialized communities and residents of City of London/ London Borough of Hackney as we are seeking to ensure our staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities. As valued members of our services, we have a number of systems within the Trust to support you, including staff peer network.
Service user participation and shared decision making is embedded within our service. You can see what our service users want from you at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrrgffzyHck
This post is part of a comprehensive Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, within the East London NHS Foundation Trust and as part of the wider Hackney CAMHS Alliance.
Main duties of the job
To lead on the provision of child psychotherapy services within City and Hackney Specialist CAMHS alongside our other 8B psychotherapist in the team and to provide child and adolescent psychoanalytical psychotherapy alongside generic work within the service to young people and their families.
The post holder will take a joint senior role in line managing and supervising the psychotherapy team and other disciplines and will contribute to reestablishing our psychotherapy trainee programme. This is a community-based post, located within the Emotional and Behavioural Pathway (E&B) offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, specialist CAPT assessments and treatments including STPP and brief psychotherapy work, including possible group-work.
The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.
The postholder will be in the E&B Team 3 days a week. The post holder will play a direct role in Quality Improvement (QI) and audit projects as necessary.
This post will include the provision of specialist CAMHS advice/consultation and mental health assessment, family interventions and liaison with other agencies.
About us
City and Hackney Specialist CAMHS is a large and vibrant specialist child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of City and Hackney's children, young people and families. It provides an extensive and growing range of services including multi-disciplinary specialist teams such as the Emotional & Behavioural Team, Adolescent Mental Health Team, Paediatric Liaison Team, Neurodevelopmental Team, Behaviour Support and Outreach Team and embedded clinicians in local schools. It works closely with the broader CAMHS Alliance.
There is a broad spectrum of disciplines and a long tradition of effective multidisciplinary and interagency working. The service undertakes considerable outreach and consultation work and is currently developing more community approaches to improve CAMHS accessibility and impact.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role will include managing a complex caseload within the multi-disciplinary E&B Team in order to provide brief treatment and longer term Psychoanalytic psychotherapy for often co-occurring emotional and behavioural difficulties. The team values consultation, liaison with professional networks and formulation within a systemic and community context. There will also be an expectation to supervise and line manage other team members and to develop the training programme. The postholder will work alongside our other Principal Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in E&B and will co-lead the wider service psychotherapy team.
The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary Emotional and Behavioural team (E&B). There is a strong commitment to clinical supervision and professional development within CAMHS and the wider NHS Foundation Trust including many learning and teaching opportunities.
The role will include regular contribution to the established Senior Duty Rota. 3 days - 22.5 hours per week
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role will include managing a complex caseload within the multi-disciplinary E&B Team in order to provide brief treatment and longer term Psychoanalytic psychotherapy for often co-occurring emotional and behavioural difficulties. The team values consultation, liaison with professional networks and formulation within a systemic and community context. There will also be an expectation to supervise and line manage other team members and to develop the training programme. The postholder will work alongside our other Principal Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in E&B and will co-lead the wider service psychotherapy team.
The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary Emotional and Behavioural team (E&B). There is a strong commitment to clinical supervision and professional development within CAMHS and the wider NHS Foundation Trust including many learning and teaching opportunities.
The role will include regular contribution to the established Senior Duty Rota. 3 days - 22.5 hours per week
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- A professional qualification in Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy recognized by the Association of Child Psychotherapy and with current registration.
- Masters or doctoral level training in Child Psychotherapy including the completion of a 2 year PGDip in Observational Studies.
- Evidence of continued professional development and fulfillment of the CPD requirements of the ACP.
- Accredited ACP supervision training
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience of working as a child psychotherapist with children and young people with complex mental health problems in CAMHS.
- Experience in working with children and young people who have experienced significant trauma.
- Clinical experience of working with complex cases in child & adolescent mental health.
- Experience of multiagency working with specialties relevant to specialist CAMHS.
- Experience of mental health consulting to other staff and / or offering clinical supervision.
- Experience of providing supervision to staff in a formal setting.
- Competence in the evidence-based practice of individual, family and/or group work, and specialist assessment of children and adolescents.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and the ability to integrate into employment policies and practices.
- Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent development and mental health.
- Knowledge of child protection procedures.
- Knowledge of child protection procedures. Knowledge of relevant research and literature. ? NHS Constitution - Having experience for ensuring that the values including Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment are adhered to daily, and any matters of concern are raised with the relevant Line Manager or through the necessary processes within the Trust.
- Working knowledge of child protection procedures and an ability to promote and safeguard the welfare of children.
- Ability to communicate effectively with children, adolescents, parents and families.
- To have the ability to contribute to the development of CAMHS through the use of knowledge gained from research, literature, training and evidence based practice and working with children with Mental Health issues from 0-18 years of age, and actively participate in the evaluation of clinical outcomes.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- A professional qualification in Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy recognized by the Association of Child Psychotherapy and with current registration.
- Masters or doctoral level training in Child Psychotherapy including the completion of a 2 year PGDip in Observational Studies.
- Evidence of continued professional development and fulfillment of the CPD requirements of the ACP.
- Accredited ACP supervision training
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience of working as a child psychotherapist with children and young people with complex mental health problems in CAMHS.
- Experience in working with children and young people who have experienced significant trauma.
- Clinical experience of working with complex cases in child & adolescent mental health.
- Experience of multiagency working with specialties relevant to specialist CAMHS.
- Experience of mental health consulting to other staff and / or offering clinical supervision.
- Experience of providing supervision to staff in a formal setting.
- Competence in the evidence-based practice of individual, family and/or group work, and specialist assessment of children and adolescents.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and the ability to integrate into employment policies and practices.
- Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent development and mental health.
- Knowledge of child protection procedures.
- Knowledge of child protection procedures. Knowledge of relevant research and literature. ? NHS Constitution - Having experience for ensuring that the values including Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment are adhered to daily, and any matters of concern are raised with the relevant Line Manager or through the necessary processes within the Trust.
- Working knowledge of child protection procedures and an ability to promote and safeguard the welfare of children.
- Ability to communicate effectively with children, adolescents, parents and families.
- To have the ability to contribute to the development of CAMHS through the use of knowledge gained from research, literature, training and evidence based practice and working with children with Mental Health issues from 0-18 years of age, and actively participate in the evaluation of clinical outcomes.
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).
