Trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

**Job Overview**:
Dorset Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is excited to offer two new clinical training posts for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. These posts are funded by Health Education England.

We are looking for trainees with curiosity about psychoanalytic thinking, and outward looking countenance, and a commitment to improving the lives of infants, children, young people and their families.

This is a very exciting time to be joining Dorset CAMHs as we are undergoing a process of transformation and redesign to embed a family first philosophy and strengthen relationships with our partner agencies to create a collaborative and systemic culture of health and wellbeing for children and families.

The funding for these training posts extends up to six years, with the potential to cover two years of pre-clinical and four years of clinical training. This includes the tuition fees for two years of pre-clinical training, the 'observation course' which is a pre-requisite for acceptance to the clinical doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
- the four-year clinical training.

Potential applicants for these training posts are encouraged to have an informal conversation with us before applying.

Applicants for the full six-years of training will be expected to remain in their current employment for the first pre-clinical year. In the second pre-clinical year they will take up posts as Assistant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (Band 6). Those that have already completed the first year of pre-clinical learning will be in a position to commence the Assistant post.

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy training requires long distance travel and a commitment to being regularly away from home. This is because personal psychoanalysis and the clinical training will take place in London.

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.