Job summary
We are seeking to recruit to 1.0 WTE (10 sessions) within CAMHS. We will consider those looking for full-time role or those looking for 8 sessions as a minimum.The role includes a range of both specialist and generic work with babies, children and young people 0-18 and their parents and carers. Experience of working with parents and their infants is essential, and we are looking to recruit a clinician who is wanting to further develop their practice in the area of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy (PIP) as a specialism.
We would be interested in applications from those who already hold an additional qualification in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy, as well as from those who would be willing and interested in obtaining this qualification. In the case of the latter, we would fund PIP training on the condition that the applicant is also accepted as a suitable candidate to our chosen PIP training course. Further details can be shared at interview.
The role encompasses clinical work across both the generic Emotional and Behavioural and the Child Psychotherapy teams within the service. As a member of the Emotional and Behavioural MDT you will provide psychotherapeutic assessments of referred children and adolescents, parents or carers. You will assess the most appropriate treatment including where appropriate, suitability for psychoanalytic psychotherapy, which you will also deliver. Newham CAMHS's Under 5s provision sits within the E&B Team and uses a psychotherapeutic approach.
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of the well-established Parent-Infant Psychotherapy service which currently sits within the Child Psychotherapy team in order to provide a specialist perinatal assessment and treatment service within Newham CAMHS. Its purpose is to increase our ability to work with families where there are attachment concerns, risk of trauma or experience of trauma using evidence-based interventions and current best practice in this field.
The post-holder will help build upon the existing link with perinatal services in Newham, with CAMHS and other local maternity and Early Years services, including via the new Family Hubs, building strong working relationships with colleagues working with parents and infants in the borough.
The post-holder will contribute to the development of the service, provide teaching, consultation and training, contribute to research and audit and be accountable for their own professional actions and work within professional ethics and Trust policies.
It is recognised that a Tier 3 service addressing the psychological and emotional health of infants and parents requires highly specialist skills; the capacity to work with primitive mental processes in both parent and infant is pivotal to the work.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists is an essential requirement for this post.
Please also see the attached job description to give a full breakdown of the role and criteria for applicants
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists is an essential requirement for this post.
Please also see the attached job description to give a full breakdown of the role and criteria for applicants
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Honours degree and Postgraduate Diploma/ MA in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies or recognised equivalent
- Minimum Masters level in Psychoanalytic
- Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant work experience or Qualification
- Specialist Parent- Infant Mental Health training
Desirable
- Perinatal Mental Health training
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of two years' post-registration experience working as a child psychotherapist in CAMHS
- Experience of working with parents/ carers and their babies psychoanalytically
- Experience in offering brief and longer term models of care for this client group
- Substantial experience of a qualification or substantial experience in delivering evidence-based assessment and treatments children, young people and families with emotional and behavioural problems
- Substantial theoretical knowledge and practical experience of the treatment of serious mental health disturbance in parents and infants and clinical experience of working with complex cases in child & adolescent mental health
- Substantial experience of working psychoanalytically with parents/infants with serious relationship difficulties and attachment difficulties.
- Experience and understanding of working with families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
- Substantial experience of undertaking CAMHS assessments and formulating a wide range of child mental health presentations in conjunction with the MDT
- Leadership experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of psychoanalytic theory and an understanding of implication for clinical activity.
- Knowledge of recent legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children and their families.
- Knowledge of policies and procedures relating to child safeguarding.
- Knowledge of evidence-based approaches for working with parents/infants.
Desirable
- Knowledge of newborns, early infancy and child development including knowledge of infant mental health.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Honours degree and Postgraduate Diploma/ MA in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies or recognised equivalent
- Minimum Masters level in Psychoanalytic
- Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant work experience or Qualification
- Specialist Parent- Infant Mental Health training
Desirable
- Perinatal Mental Health training
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of two years' post-registration experience working as a child psychotherapist in CAMHS
- Experience of working with parents/ carers and their babies psychoanalytically
- Experience in offering brief and longer term models of care for this client group
- Substantial experience of a qualification or substantial experience in delivering evidence-based assessment and treatments children, young people and families with emotional and behavioural problems
- Substantial theoretical knowledge and practical experience of the treatment of serious mental health disturbance in parents and infants and clinical experience of working with complex cases in child & adolescent mental health
- Substantial experience of working psychoanalytically with parents/infants with serious relationship difficulties and attachment difficulties.
- Experience and understanding of working with families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
- Substantial experience of undertaking CAMHS assessments and formulating a wide range of child mental health presentations in conjunction with the MDT
- Leadership experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of psychoanalytic theory and an understanding of implication for clinical activity.
- Knowledge of recent legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children and their families.
- Knowledge of policies and procedures relating to child safeguarding.
- Knowledge of evidence-based approaches for working with parents/infants.
Desirable
- Knowledge of newborns, early infancy and child development including knowledge of infant mental health.
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).
