Child Pyschotherapist

Gloucestershire Core CAMHS is looking for a skilled and motivated Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist to join our Multi-Disciplinary Team. The Gloucestershire Core CAMHS service provides high quality assessments and interventions to children, young people and families within Gloucestershire. CAMHS is part of a wider Children and Young People’s Directorate where we are developing integrated ways of working with physical health colleagues, including Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and School Nurses. Our service is embedded in strong values which put children and families at the heart of what we do.

You will be part of the Psychological Services Team in Gloucestershire, which includes CBT, Systemic, Creative and Clinical Psychologists as well as Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. Our service works in teams across the directorate and there are many opportunities for shared learning and development.

The Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy team has a long history of providing high quality psychoanalytic interventions to children, young people and families in Gloucestershire and we are looking to further embed our psychoanalytic work as a core component of the service.

You will be joining a well-established CAMHS service and become a valued member of a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary team.

You will hold a Professional Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy or the equivalent ACP clinical qualification and be registered with the APC as a full member.

You will have experience working in CAMHS services and in providing psychoanalytic treatment, supervision and consultation.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.

Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.