Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Parenting and Child Team (PACT) within the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Great Ormond Street Hospital as a Principal Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. PACT comprises the Child Care Consultation Team (CCCT) and the Attachment & Trauma Team (ATT). CCCT is a multidisciplinary team which provides expert witness reports to the family courts, making recommendations relating to children's placement, contact and therapeutic needs and giving evidence where required. ATT provides assessments and treatment for children who have experienced abuse or neglect. The postholder will be based predominantly in CCCT. There is an expectation that the postholder will work flexibly according to service demands and provide psychotherapy for children receiving treatment for long term medical conditions within the hospital. The location of some of the cases in CCCT means that there are occasionally requests for staff to travel. The post is line managed by the trust lead for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. There will be opportunities to undertake additional training as well as learning from co-working cases with clinicians who have substantial experience.
If interested please contact Dr Simon Wilkinson, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist on 0207 405 9200 ext 5380 or simon.wilkinson@gosh.nhs.uk and Neil Austin, Trust Lead for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy on 0207 405 9200 ext 5890 or neil.austin@gosh.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
The Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (DCAMH) is a tertiary / quaternary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service for children and young adolescents with severe and complex mental health difficulties
The department comprises around 130 members of clinical and research staff including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers and nurses. They are supported by an administrative team.
The Department consists of an inpatient unit and four outpatient services:
- Inpatient - Mildred Creak Unit (MCU)
- Feeding and Eating Disorders Services (FEDS)
- Parenting and Child Team (PACT)
- Social and Communication Disorders Service (SCD)
- Psychological Medicine Team
DCAMH provides highly specialised assessment and treatment of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in both children and adolescents. It takes referrals directly from Tier 3/4 consultants in all parts of the country especially if there are particularly difficult problems for which local services want expert advice.DCAMH also provides a psychiatric liaison service to the hospital and a 24 hour on call service for urgent cases.
We provide national specialist services and therefore do not have a local catchment area. Referrals come from across the country, the majority from London and surrounding Home Counties, where there is good local CAMHS provision. This is an ethnically diverse area with a broad range of socio-economic backgrounds
About us
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Good honors degree.
- Post-graduate level training in child and adolescent psychotherapy
- Registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists
Desirable
- Completed training in expert witness skills
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified clinician at a highly specialist level
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of representing discipline within the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Experience of the application of discipline in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework
- Experience of teaching or training and presenting to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings
- Previous experience working with looked after and adopted children or working as an expert witness.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection
- Experience of supervising trainees, qualified staff and/or other professionals
- Experience of preparing highly complex assessment reports, detailing appropriate formulations and recommendations.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Knowledge of theory & practice of specialised therapies in children and adolescents and their families with attachment difficulties and complex trauma
Desirable
- Experience or qualification within the field of child protection/social work
- Record of having published in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
- Training and experience in carrying out formal assessments of attachment such as Story Stem or Child Attachment Interview
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
- Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse
- Ability to identify research needs of service and conduct research.
- Ability to prepare concise, evidence based, coherent reports summarizing large volumes of information from multiple sources whilst adhering to strict timeframes.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Good honors degree.
- Post-graduate level training in child and adolescent psychotherapy
- Registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists
Desirable
- Completed training in expert witness skills
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified clinician at a highly specialist level
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of representing discipline within the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Experience of the application of discipline in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework
- Experience of teaching or training and presenting to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings
- Previous experience working with looked after and adopted children or working as an expert witness.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection
- Experience of supervising trainees, qualified staff and/or other professionals
- Experience of preparing highly complex assessment reports, detailing appropriate formulations and recommendations.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Knowledge of theory & practice of specialised therapies in children and adolescents and their families with attachment difficulties and complex trauma
Desirable
- Experience or qualification within the field of child protection/social work
- Record of having published in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
- Training and experience in carrying out formal assessments of attachment such as Story Stem or Child Attachment Interview
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
- Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse
- Ability to identify research needs of service and conduct research.
- Ability to prepare concise, evidence based, coherent reports summarizing large volumes of information from multiple sources whilst adhering to strict timeframes.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
Employer's website
https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
