Lead Child Adolescent Psychotherapist/Emotional Difficulties Co-lead

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Waltham Forest Children & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

Come and work for NELFT's Children & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), and be part of one of the UK's most innovative healthcare Trusts

We are looking for an experience post graduate qualified Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body - Association of Child Psychotherapists to join our Waltham Forest CAMHS. The service provides the latest in evidence based NICE recommended psychological interventions to children, young people and their families experiencing mental health difficulties.

You will be a highly motivated and innovative individual with extensive clinical experience of working with children, young people and their families with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

The focus of the work is on the provision of specialist psychotherapy assessment and treatment of our complex patients, as well as traumatised younger children in the care system. The post is advertised as full-time but it is possible to request a job share. Please contact Gemma Fitzgerald, Head of Waltham Forest CAMHS, at Gemma.Fitzgerald@nelft.nhs.uk, or Eve Grainger, CAMHS Professional Lead for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at Eve.Grainger@nelft.nhs.uk for more information

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, specialist treatment and assessment within their professional expertise in the service. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measures and the extensive clinical supervision and line management of staff.

The successful candidate will be directly involved in delivering and supervising a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term input and specialist psychotherapeutic treatments. They will be responsible for all specialist psychotherapeutic assessments and treatments within their professional sphere of expertise.

About us

COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Date posted

11 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

395-WF186-24

Job locations

wood street health centre

6 Linford Road

Walthamstow

E17 3LA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification document for full details.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification document for full details.

Use of AI

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist)

Qualifications

Essential

To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, BACP, UKCP, AFT, ACP)

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience of working with moderate to profound learning disabilities, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems

Desirable

Extensive experience of clinical supervision of post-graduate qualified psychological practitioners

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist)

Qualifications

Essential

To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, BACP, UKCP, AFT, ACP)

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience of working with moderate to profound learning disabilities, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems

Desirable

Extensive experience of clinical supervision of post-graduate qualified psychological practitioners

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).