Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To provide a high-quality evidence-based mental health and a specialist psychoanalytic child psychotherapy service to the children, young people and their and families attending Newham CAMHS.

2. As a member of the Emotional and Behavioural Team MDT, the postholder will ensure that interventions are undertaken on the principle of strong, collaborative partnership working between agencies. Post-holder will provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation, from a psychoanalytic perspective to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis, management and treatment of clients.

3. To share with senior Child Psychotherapist colleagues in managing and developing the provision of Child Psychotherapy as an evidence-based resource within NCAMHS, working to ensure that, as a highly specialist provision, it is targeted to optimise outcomes for the children and young people for whom it is made available.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

• oHonours degree oPostgraduate Diploma/ MA in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies or recognised equivalent oMinimum Masters level in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Child and Adolescent. oRegistered member of ACP

Experience

Essential

• oExperience of intensive and non-intensive psychodynamic interventions with individual children, parents and adolescents.
• oExperience of offering psychoanalytic interventions employing brief models
• oKnowledge and experience of working with Child Protection issues and mental health problems
• oExperience and understanding of working with children and families from a diverse ethnic and cultural background, and families with a high level of deprivation

Desirable

• oExperience in some area of clinical specialisation

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oKnowledge of psychoanalytic theory and an understanding of implication for clinical activity.
• oKnowledge of recent legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families.
• oKnowledge, understanding and experience with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation

Desirable

• oAdvanced practical knowledge in area of specialisation.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newham CAMHS

411 Barking Road

London

E13 8AL

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)