Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

4 weeks ago


Bury St, Suffolk, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Title: Camhs Child Psychotherapist

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to join our team at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy services to children and adolescents, as well as their families, in a multi-agency context.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and deliver a specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service provision within the parameters of child and adolescent mental health.
  • Provide specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy assessment for children and young people experiencing severe, highly complex, and persistent mental health difficulties.
  • Formulate and implement plans for therapeutic intervention and management from the point of referral, grounded in the principles and techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
  • Develop specialist provision for the parents and/or carers of children and young people using a psychoanalytic psychotherapy framework.
  • Provide specialist expertise in psychoanalytic principles and techniques through advice and consultation to other members of the CAMHS service and colleagues within the multi-agency network.
  • Hold and work their own caseload within the context of the CAMHS service.
  • Exercise autonomous professional responsibility based on the Code of Professional and Ethics of the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
  • Participate in CAMHS service development as required.
  • Work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team and communicate effectively regarding children and their families.
Person Specification:

Essential Criteria:

  • Experience of working with patient groups presenting high levels of complexity, young children, adolescents, and families.
  • Experience in psychotherapy assessment and therapeutic work with young children and their families/parents/carers with a full range of presenting problems.
  • Experience of consulting with other professionals in Health, Education, Social Services, and Local Authority.
  • Experience of representing clinical child psychotherapy within the context of multidisciplinary and multi-agency treatment and care.

Desirable Criteria:

  • Experience of working in CAMHS and/or with children and adolescents, prior to training as a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist.
  • Experience of Audit.
  • Experience of research.
  • Experience of work or contact with adult mental health services.
Knowledge and Skills:

Essential Criteria:

  • Knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the needs of children and adolescents.
  • Doctoral level (or equivalent) knowledge of child and adolescent psychotherapy, including highly developed knowledge of psychoanalytical theories and models of development, psychopathology, family, and institutional dynamics.
  • Working knowledge of professional systems involved in work with infant and young children, particularly in relation to the statutory framework around child protection.

Skills and Abilities:

  • Skills in the use of psychoanalytical methods of assessment, intervention, and management in work with children, adolescents, and families.
  • High level of ability to communicate effectively (both written and verbal) complex, technical, and clinically sensitive information to children, parents, and carers and a wide range of professionals.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development as required by ACP.
Work-Related Circumstances:

Essential Criteria:

  • Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
  • Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.


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