Job summary
The post holder will provide a specialist child psychotherapist service for young children and their families as part of the citywide Children & Parents service, working within the early Years in CAMHS in Manchester. The post-holder will be responsible for the psychotherapy offer within the service, and includes the provision of parent-infant psychoanalytic psychotherapy; parent-child psychotherapy; psychotherapy assessments for children; individual child psychotherapy; alongside the supervision of trainee child psychotherapists; consultation to external colleagues working across the early years system and internally offering psychotherapy-informed work discussion groups.
The service consists of a team of clinical psychologists; specialist PIMHS Health Visitors, a midwife; mental health practitioners; and administrators; alongside parent group leaders employed within the voluntary sector. We work as part of the under 5s CAMHS provision in Manchester, linked to both an integrated Infant mental health pathway and early years social communication pathways. We are looking for a Senior Child psychotherapist who is able to join the team to work effectively and autonomously within this multi-agency context offering both clinical work, supervision, training and consultation.
Main duties of the job
Are you a Child psychotherapist passionate about working with parents and their children up to the age of 5? Are you interested in working in a large service within CAMHS, alongside local colleagues and partners working with young children and parents? If you are enthusiastic about helping this important client group, at a time of national developments for parents and children, then this post will be an excellent opportunity for you.
You will have experience of working with young children and their families who present with a range of relationship and social / emotional development needs and risk. It would be helpful to have skills and experience in supporting children and their parents in the early years to develop good attachment relationships.
You will autonomously manage your own caseload, providing a range of high-quality care appropriate to the infant, young child and parent's needs; within professional practice guidelines and a structured supervision framework. You must be confident and experienced in communication, supervision and consultation.
This post is a clinical post and includes supervision, training and offering consultation to other workers contributing and working with a multi-agency team.
For further information please contact Dr. Elisa Samuels _ Head of CAPS on 07812 519221.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Registration and Education
Essential
- Full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists
- Doctorate level qualification as a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist as recognised bythe Association of Child Psychotherapists
Desirable
- Parent-Infant Psychotherapy Training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with patientgroups presenting high levels of complexity, including young children and families.
- Experience in psychotherapy assessment and therapeutic workwith young children and their families/ parents/carer's with a full range of presenting problems.
- Experience of consulting with otherprofessionals in Health, Education, Social Services and Local Authority using psychoanalytic concepts.
- Experience of representing child psychotherapy within the context of multidisciplinary and multi-agency treatment and care.
Desirable
- Experience of working in CAMHS and/or with infants and young children, prior to training as a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist.
- Experience of helping service development
- Experience of Audit
- Experience of research
- Experience of the developmental issues of under 5's
- Experience of work or contact with adult mental health services.
- Relevant post qualification experience as CAPT
- Experience of supervision of Band 6 trainee psychotherapist
Person Specification
Registration and Education
Essential
- Full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists
- Doctorate level qualification as a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist as recognised bythe Association of Child Psychotherapists
Desirable
- Parent-Infant Psychotherapy Training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with patientgroups presenting high levels of complexity, including young children and families.
- Experience in psychotherapy assessment and therapeutic workwith young children and their families/ parents/carer's with a full range of presenting problems.
- Experience of consulting with otherprofessionals in Health, Education, Social Services and Local Authority using psychoanalytic concepts.
- Experience of representing child psychotherapy within the context of multidisciplinary and multi-agency treatment and care.
Desirable
- Experience of working in CAMHS and/or with infants and young children, prior to training as a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist.
- Experience of helping service development
- Experience of Audit
- Experience of research
- Experience of the developmental issues of under 5's
- Experience of work or contact with adult mental health services.
- Relevant post qualification experience as CAPT
- Experience of supervision of Band 6 trainee psychotherapist
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).
