Job summary
Child Family Health Devon (CFHD) has developedan innovative, integrated model of childrens community servicesand are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated pathways. Come and join us in beautiful Devon!
You will joina strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionalswho will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This brings professional collaboration that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.
In line with transformation, we are excited to developourPsychotherapyprovision across the county and have aBand 7 role in our North Devon child mental health pathwayMood Emotions and Relationships (MERs).
You will be a core multi-disciplinary team member and establish strong connections with child psychotherapists across CFHD, including our new Lead CAPT, also based in North Devon.
Its an exciting time of change as we develop our pathways underiThriveand expand our therapeutic offer. We are committed to providing high-quality services to improve outcomes for children and young peopleand are keen to find the right colleagues to join us.
Bring your psychoanalytic expertise to provide direct therapeutic interventions and engage in multi-disciplinary discussions and supervision.
Part-time roles considered.
Relocation fundsmay be available.
This role is open to trainees nearingqualification
and those with post-qualifying experience.
Main duties of the job
As a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist,
you will be a registered member of the ACP.
You will be adept at working with children and
young people facing significant mental health challenges and their families/carers/networks.
Your expertise will enable you to undertake specialist assessments and deliver
outcome-monitored, short and long-term child psychotherapy. Youll apply your psychoanalytic
perspective to the diverse range of activities. Your proficiency as a
reflective practitioner and ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary
teams will be evident. You'll possess the skills and experience to supervise and
offer specialist consultation. Crucially, you'll foster collaborative
relationships with children, young people, parents, carers, and families,
emphasizing a commitment to service user participation. A comprehensive
understanding of safeguarding is essential. You should be keen to contribute to
quality improvement.
CFHD supports CPD opportunities. There is also a
growing network of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists in CFHD and across
Devon with opportunity for shared CPD and professional support. We also
encourage Trainee placements in the service.
We encourage interest from candidates with diverse
backgrounds and experiences.
We are able to consider applications for part time
as well as full time roles, please note this on your form.
For
further information or to arrange a visit, please contact
cfhd.workforce@nhs.net
About us
Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises
an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes
for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for
children and young people across physical and mental health. We are
working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver
locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based
on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users
and communities.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of
Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students
in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to
undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been
developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their
families/carers.
Our
children and young people say
We
would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be
understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us
feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and
experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way.
When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that
is informal and without pressure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found
on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your
suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role
requirements or person specification.
Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships
In
this pathway, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists work within a strong
multi-disciplinary team to deliver evidence-based interventions, advice and
support to children, young people and families, along with systems supporting
them such as education and social care.
Children and Young people in this pathway will be experiencing moderate
to severe mental health presentations that require a range of responses from
services.
The
multi-disciplinary teams are diverse including; Clinical Psychology, Systemic
Psychotherapists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, CBT Therapists,
Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners
from a range of backgrounds including Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social
Work and Creative Therapies.
You
would have the opportunity to provide consultation, clinical supervision, and
training. There are also opportunities for involvement in service development
and research as well as activities to support developing leadership skills.
The role of the Child and Adolescent
Psychotherapist will be to provide individual psychotherapy work, parent work,
assessment, supervision, consultation with the team, and contribution to the
overall CAMHS service offer and development. To work closely and in liaison
with other agencies who support children, young people, and families/carers who
have been referred with mental health needs.
Within
this role the post holder will:
Contribute to the multi-professional team to provide comprehensive specialist
psychoanalytic psychotherapy assessments and treatment for children/adolescents
with moderate to severe, complex, and persistent mental health problems.
Have
outstanding communication skills and the ability to engage with children/young
people and their families/carers as well as a range of professionals.
Undertake specialist assessments, manage risks and hold a complex caseload
collaboratively using a goals-based approach and routine outcome measures to
inform practice
Using a
strengths-based approach, ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based
interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and Routine Outcome Measures.
Provide
supervision and support to other clinicians with the ability to demonstrate
compassionate leadership, to understand and follow HR policies and procedures,
ensure staff wellbeing and development and adopt a collaborative approach to
engage staff with a range of skills and communication needs.
Work
effectively with operational, professional and clinical leadership colleagues
to support clinicians in devising and implementing evidence-based care to suit
the individual needs of parents/carers and infants.
Attend,
participate and chair relevant meetings with the ability to present information
in a range of formats, adapting communication to meet the needs of others
To promote and support participation of service users across the service
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found
on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your
suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role
requirements or person specification.
Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships
In
this pathway, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists work within a strong
multi-disciplinary team to deliver evidence-based interventions, advice and
support to children, young people and families, along with systems supporting
them such as education and social care.
Children and Young people in this pathway will be experiencing moderate
to severe mental health presentations that require a range of responses from
services.
The
multi-disciplinary teams are diverse including; Clinical Psychology, Systemic
Psychotherapists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, CBT Therapists,
Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners
from a range of backgrounds including Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social
Work and Creative Therapies.
You
would have the opportunity to provide consultation, clinical supervision, and
training. There are also opportunities for involvement in service development
and research as well as activities to support developing leadership skills.
The role of the Child and Adolescent
Psychotherapist will be to provide individual psychotherapy work, parent work,
assessment, supervision, consultation with the team, and contribution to the
overall CAMHS service offer and development. To work closely and in liaison
with other agencies who support children, young people, and families/carers who
have been referred with mental health needs.
Within
this role the post holder will:
Contribute to the multi-professional team to provide comprehensive specialist
psychoanalytic psychotherapy assessments and treatment for children/adolescents
with moderate to severe, complex, and persistent mental health problems.
Have
outstanding communication skills and the ability to engage with children/young
people and their families/carers as well as a range of professionals.
Undertake specialist assessments, manage risks and hold a complex caseload
collaboratively using a goals-based approach and routine outcome measures to
inform practice
Using a
strengths-based approach, ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based
interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and Routine Outcome Measures.
Provide
supervision and support to other clinicians with the ability to demonstrate
compassionate leadership, to understand and follow HR policies and procedures,
ensure staff wellbeing and development and adopt a collaborative approach to
engage staff with a range of skills and communication needs.
Work
effectively with operational, professional and clinical leadership colleagues
to support clinicians in devising and implementing evidence-based care to suit
the individual needs of parents/carers and infants.
Attend,
participate and chair relevant meetings with the ability to present information
in a range of formats, adapting communication to meet the needs of others
To promote and support participation of service users across the service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate Level ACP accredited training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
- Full member of Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP).
Desirable
- Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
- Experience of working with children and young peoples mental health needs, families and parents/carers, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse Essential Application form and interview
- Experience of undertaking specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions for in the area of childrens mental health, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments
- Experience of safeguarding infants and ensuring the safety of children in partnership with other agencies as appropriate Essential Application form and interview
- Experience that evidences an ability to tend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice
Desirable
- Experience in providing effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
Skills
Essential
- Ability to travel across Devon as needed.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to travel across Devon as needed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate Level ACP accredited training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
- Full member of Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP).
Desirable
- Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
- Experience of working with children and young peoples mental health needs, families and parents/carers, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse Essential Application form and interview
- Experience of undertaking specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions for in the area of childrens mental health, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments
- Experience of safeguarding infants and ensuring the safety of children in partnership with other agencies as appropriate Essential Application form and interview
- Experience that evidences an ability to tend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice
Desirable
- Experience in providing effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
Skills
Essential
- Ability to travel across Devon as needed.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to travel across Devon as needed.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Integrated Childrens Services
Fishleigh Road
Roundswell Business Park
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 3UD
Employer's website
https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
