Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate and creative ACP registered Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist to join the service at Newham CAMHS, to provide specialist assessment and treatment of young people 0-18 and their families for period of 6 months to cover some staff absences.
We are a creative, well-connected and energetic team with a longstanding reputation for child psychotherapy, which is well understood and supported within the broader service. At present we are a large team of 11 members. This includes trainees, ACP members and clinicians with other psychotherapeutic trainings.
This is a permanent, full-time post with well-balanced variety of work. There are 4 days in the clinic at Newham CAMHS (8 sessions) and 1 day in the NNU at Newham University Hospital (2 sessions) which is within walking distance. Experience of working with parents and their infants is essential. Additional specialist training in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy is desirable.
Main duties of the job
This post will be supported within Newham CAMHS for case management and supervision, and by MDT discussion where required. The PLT meets weekly for clinical and business discussion.
The CAMHS sessions encompass clinical work across both the generic Emotional and Behavioural and the Child Psychotherapy teams within the service. As a member of the Emotional and Behavioural MDT you will provide psychotherapeutic assessments of referred children and adolescents, parents or carers. You will assess the most appropriate treatment for them in co-operation with other members of the multidisciplinary service, including where appropriate, suitability for psychoanalytic psychotherapy, which you will also deliver. Newham CAMHS's Under 5s provision sits within the Emotional and Behavioural Team and uses a psychotherapeutic approach.
The post-holder will contribute to the development of the service, provide teaching, consultation and training, contribute to research and audit and be accountable for their own professional actions and work within professional ethics and Trust policies.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Please note that membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists is an essential requirement for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high quality evidence-based mental health and a specialist psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy service to Ward staff (doctors, nurses and HCAs), the parents/ carers and babies attending the NNU.
- To work closely with the Matron and Consultant Paediatricians in the developing and delivering of the service commissioned in Newham NNU at Newham General Hospital.
- To provide specialist consultation, assessment and treatment for neonates and their parent/ carers.
- To be a member of the multi-disciplinary PLT at Newham CAMHS.
- To be a member of the Emotional and Behavioural (E&B) MDT at Newham CAMHS.
- To provide high quality evidence-based mental health and specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic service to children and young people from birth 18 and their parents / carers, in the E&B and Psychotherapy teams in the clinic.
- To ensure that interventions are undertaken on the principle of strong, collaborative partnership working between agencies with each agency clear about which aspects of their work provide support, prevention and early intervention.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high quality evidence-based mental health and a specialist psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy service to Ward staff (doctors, nurses and HCAs), the parents/ carers and babies attending the NNU.
- To work closely with the Matron and Consultant Paediatricians in the developing and delivering of the service commissioned in Newham NNU at Newham General Hospital.
- To provide specialist consultation, assessment and treatment for neonates and their parent/ carers.
- To be a member of the multi-disciplinary PLT at Newham CAMHS.
- To be a member of the Emotional and Behavioural (E&B) MDT at Newham CAMHS.
- To provide high quality evidence-based mental health and specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic service to children and young people from birth 18 and their parents / carers, in the E&B and Psychotherapy teams in the clinic.
- To ensure that interventions are undertaken on the principle of strong, collaborative partnership working between agencies with each agency clear about which aspects of their work provide support, prevention and early intervention.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Honours degree
- Minimum Masters level in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Child and Adolescent. o
- Postgraduate Diploma/ MA in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies or recognised equivalent.
- Registered member of ACP
- oPsychoanalytic Parent-Infant work experience
Desirable
- oSpecialist Parent- Infant Mental Health training
- oPerinatal Mental Health training
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of two years' post-registration experience working as a child psychotherapist in CAMHS
- oExperience of working with parents/ carers and their babies psychoanalytically
- oSubstantial experience of a qualification or substantial experience in delivering evidence-based assessment and treatments children, young people and families with emotional and behavioural problems
- oSubstantial experience of undertaking CAMHS assessments and formulating a wide range of child mental health presentations in conjunction with the MDT
- oSubstantial experience of providing Child Psychotherapy assessments
- oSubstantial experience of providing Child psychotherapy treatments of varying lengths and intensities.
- oSubstantial theoretical knowledge and clinical experience of working with complex cases in child & adolescent mental health
- oExperience and understanding of working with families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
- oPsychoanalytic Parent-Infant work experience o
- oKnowledge and experience of working with Child Protection issues and mental health problems
- oExperience of consultation to colleagues from other disciplines
- oExperience of working with patients where English is not their first language
- Under 5s work experience
- Leadership experience
- oExperience of group work
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 and their families.
- oKnowledge of policies and procedures relating to child safeguarding.
- oKnowledge of the impact of premature birth and neonatal admission on the infant, parent and early relationships
- oKnowledge of newborns, early infancy and child development including knowledge of infant mental health and perinatal mental health.
Desirable
- oAdvanced practical knowledge in area of NNU
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Honours degree
- Minimum Masters level in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Child and Adolescent. o
- Postgraduate Diploma/ MA in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies or recognised equivalent.
- Registered member of ACP
- oPsychoanalytic Parent-Infant work experience
Desirable
- oSpecialist Parent- Infant Mental Health training
- oPerinatal Mental Health training
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of two years' post-registration experience working as a child psychotherapist in CAMHS
- oExperience of working with parents/ carers and their babies psychoanalytically
- oSubstantial experience of a qualification or substantial experience in delivering evidence-based assessment and treatments children, young people and families with emotional and behavioural problems
- oSubstantial experience of undertaking CAMHS assessments and formulating a wide range of child mental health presentations in conjunction with the MDT
- oSubstantial experience of providing Child Psychotherapy assessments
- oSubstantial experience of providing Child psychotherapy treatments of varying lengths and intensities.
- oSubstantial theoretical knowledge and clinical experience of working with complex cases in child & adolescent mental health
- oExperience and understanding of working with families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
- oPsychoanalytic Parent-Infant work experience o
- oKnowledge and experience of working with Child Protection issues and mental health problems
- oExperience of consultation to colleagues from other disciplines
- oExperience of working with patients where English is not their first language
- Under 5s work experience
- Leadership experience
- oExperience of group work
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 and their families.
- oKnowledge of policies and procedures relating to child safeguarding.
- oKnowledge of the impact of premature birth and neonatal admission on the infant, parent and early relationships
- oKnowledge of newborns, early infancy and child development including knowledge of infant mental health and perinatal mental health.
Desirable
- oAdvanced practical knowledge in area of NNU
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).
