Job summary
If you would like to join a dynamic and exciting Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service then do consider applying to join the Sheffield CAMHS Child and Adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapist team as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist.
Child Psychotherapy has been established in Sheffield for a long time, providing a clinical service for young people in Community CAMHS as well as the Inpatient service. Child psychotherapists are respected members of the MDT, participating with the teams in service planning and development as well as clinical casework, supervision and group work. We are looking for a senior clinician to join the team to contribute to and develop the work of the Child Psychotherapists including, in consultation with Northern School of Child and Adolescent psychotherapy, offering Service Supervision for trainee child psychotherapists.
The current vacancy is to offer 2 days per week to the in-patient service and 2 days per week in Community CAMHS, although all psychotherapy posts are appointed to Sheffield CAMHS according to the needs of the service.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high quality, highly specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy service to children with severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, their parents, families or carers, working as a senior highly specialist member of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To provide training and supervision for trainee child psychotherapists who achieve a placement in the service
- To provide supervision and consultation to colleagues within CAMHS, and other networks and agencies
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
- To contribute to training and service improvements while continuing to develop specific skills appropriate for the service area
About us
Sheffield Children's is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.
We have three overarching aims that set the direction for the Trust in our vision "to create a healthier future for children and young people."
- Outstanding patient care
- Brilliant place to work
- Leader in children's health
Our commitment to rewarding colleagues is demonstrated through our brilliant reward and benefits offer including; generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.
We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work. This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place. Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychoanalytic psychodynamic assessment and treatment for children with complex mental health difficulties
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for management and treatment of a clients mental health problems, based upon a psychodynamic assessment of the client in the context of the family and wider system, working within a multidisciplinary team
- To provide specialist psychodynamic psychotherapeutic advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- To lead on aspects of service delivery on behalf of the team and profession, contributing directly and indirectly to a psychoanalytic framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients and of the team.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on aspects of risk assessment and risk management from a psychoanalytic perspective
- To coordinate, intervention plans in respect of children and young people, participating in the planning and review of care plans with appropriate others e.g. clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and to monitor progress
Teaching, Training, and Supervision:
- To provide professional and clinical supervision to trainee Child Psychotherapists, maintaining an effective working relationship with Northern School of Child Psychotherapy, attending Service Supervisors Group regularly and ensuring provision of satisfactory placement cases and conditions in accordance with the SLA
- To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a senior child psychotherapist and, where appropriate, other specialist or senior colleagues
- To gain more specialised and extended expertise in particular psychotherapeutic specialisms and/or with particular client groups through further specialist supervision and experience supported by a programme of professional development as identified in an agreed personal development plan
- To develop skills and contribute to workforce development through teaching, training and supervision
- To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of child psychotherapists as appropriate
- To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings
Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development
- To provide management and/or clinical supervision as appropriate to other Child Psychotherapists in CAMHS
- To manage the workloads of trainee child psychotherapists, within the framework of the services policies and procedures
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the Child Psychotherapy teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation, team working and audit
- To work with teams and the service to understand group, team and organisational dynamics and advise the service and professional management as appropriate
- To contribute, as appropriate, to the short-listing and interviewing and recruitment of trainee psychotherapists and other psychotherapists as appropriate
Research and Service Evaluation
- To use theory, evidence-based practice literature and research to support individual work, work with other team members and teams
- To undertake research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research as appropriate
- To undertake project management, including taking a lead on complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.
General
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of clinical and ethical practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with professional manager and multi-disciplinary team leader
- To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychoanalytic/psychodynamic psychotherapy across the service, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field
- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the Association of Child Psychotherapists and Trust policies and procedures
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health
- It is a requirement of the post that the post-holder must maintain registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists at all times
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychoanalytic psychodynamic assessment and treatment for children with complex mental health difficulties
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for management and treatment of a clients mental health problems, based upon a psychodynamic assessment of the client in the context of the family and wider system, working within a multidisciplinary team
- To provide specialist psychodynamic psychotherapeutic advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- To lead on aspects of service delivery on behalf of the team and profession, contributing directly and indirectly to a psychoanalytic framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients and of the team.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on aspects of risk assessment and risk management from a psychoanalytic perspective
- To coordinate, intervention plans in respect of children and young people, participating in the planning and review of care plans with appropriate others e.g. clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and to monitor progress
Teaching, Training, and Supervision:
- To provide professional and clinical supervision to trainee Child Psychotherapists, maintaining an effective working relationship with Northern School of Child Psychotherapy, attending Service Supervisors Group regularly and ensuring provision of satisfactory placement cases and conditions in accordance with the SLA
- To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a senior child psychotherapist and, where appropriate, other specialist or senior colleagues
- To gain more specialised and extended expertise in particular psychotherapeutic specialisms and/or with particular client groups through further specialist supervision and experience supported by a programme of professional development as identified in an agreed personal development plan
- To develop skills and contribute to workforce development through teaching, training and supervision
- To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of child psychotherapists as appropriate
- To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings
Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development
- To provide management and/or clinical supervision as appropriate to other Child Psychotherapists in CAMHS
- To manage the workloads of trainee child psychotherapists, within the framework of the services policies and procedures
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the Child Psychotherapy teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation, team working and audit
- To work with teams and the service to understand group, team and organisational dynamics and advise the service and professional management as appropriate
- To contribute, as appropriate, to the short-listing and interviewing and recruitment of trainee psychotherapists and other psychotherapists as appropriate
Research and Service Evaluation
- To use theory, evidence-based practice literature and research to support individual work, work with other team members and teams
- To undertake research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research as appropriate
- To undertake project management, including taking a lead on complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.
General
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of clinical and ethical practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with professional manager and multi-disciplinary team leader
- To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychoanalytic/psychodynamic psychotherapy across the service, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field
- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the Association of Child Psychotherapists and Trust policies and procedures
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health
- It is a requirement of the post that the post-holder must maintain registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists at all times
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Accredited postgraduate training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (or equivalent experience)
- Full membership of Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
Desirable
- Supervision training and accreditation or willingness to undertake this
- Leadership or management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
- Experience of delivering specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy, maintaining a high degree of professionalism, with children and families across a range of settings and services
- Experience of conducting research, audit or service evaluation
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, consultation, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context
- Experience, awareness and interest in the demands of working in in-patient setting
- Undertaken roles within the ACP
- Publication of clinical/professional papers
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of child and adolescent psychotherapy in a range of settings
- Post-qualification experience of ongoing specialist CPD
- Ability to establish, maintain and conclude appropriate therapeutic relationships with clients
- Well-developed capacity to communicate effectively , orally and in writing, appropriately to different audiences
- Ability to work autonomously within an MDT
Desirable
- Formal supervision and/or mentoring training
- Additional training and experience in groupwork
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to maintain concentration and thinking, manage competing work demands, meet deadlines and deal with emotional circumstances and take care of own well-being
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of exposure to highly emotive/distressing clinical material and challenging behaviour.
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential
- Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Accredited postgraduate training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (or equivalent experience)
- Full membership of Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
Desirable
- Supervision training and accreditation or willingness to undertake this
- Leadership or management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
- Experience of delivering specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy, maintaining a high degree of professionalism, with children and families across a range of settings and services
- Experience of conducting research, audit or service evaluation
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, consultation, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context
- Experience, awareness and interest in the demands of working in in-patient setting
- Undertaken roles within the ACP
- Publication of clinical/professional papers
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of child and adolescent psychotherapy in a range of settings
- Post-qualification experience of ongoing specialist CPD
- Ability to establish, maintain and conclude appropriate therapeutic relationships with clients
- Well-developed capacity to communicate effectively , orally and in writing, appropriately to different audiences
- Ability to work autonomously within an MDT
Desirable
- Formal supervision and/or mentoring training
- Additional training and experience in groupwork
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to maintain concentration and thinking, manage competing work demands, meet deadlines and deal with emotional circumstances and take care of own well-being
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of exposure to highly emotive/distressing clinical material and challenging behaviour.
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential
- Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence
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).
