Child Psychotherapist / Clinical Psychologist PIMHS
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT
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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join Wigan Building Attachment and Bonds Support, a Parent-Infant Mental Health Service located within Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust. Our service works with infants and their parents/carers from pregnancy up to 3 years of age. We are a small supportive multi-disciplinary team who are committed to providing high quality care to infants and their families in Wigan.
We are seeking to recruit a Child Psychotherapist or Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about early intervention and parent/carer-infant relationships. The role will involve delivery and development of a high-quality parent infant mental health service including direct work with families and working with other professionals offering consultation, supervision, and training. With supervision and additional training, the successful candidate will manage their own caseload providing assessment, formulation and parent-infant interventions. The successful candidate will be passionate about working in this field and have knowledge and experience of working with infants and their parents/carers. An understanding of working within CAMHS, Adult Mental Health Services and of assessing risk within the perinatal period is required.
We invite applications from those wishing to be considered for a preceptorship.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure that interventions are planned in an integrated and co-ordinated manner particularly where dependent on other external agencies identified through supervision or complex case discussion.
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, management and treatment of service users.
- To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
- Following consultation be responsible for developing care packages including assessing, planning, intervention and evaluation. Ensuring active involvement of parents and infants
- To provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments of referred families and identify collaboratively the most appropriate treatment for them
- Participate in the development / delivery of a programme of training for other professional groups working in parent infant mental health service
- Lead on programmes of audit and research within the team and implement the findings
- Lead on areas of service development
- Deputise for the Team manager / Clinical Lead in their absence
- To provide Clinical Supervision both internally and externally
- To contribute to the training experience of trainee Child Psychotherapists / Clinical Psychologists as appropriate.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Date posted
07 May 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
437-6080235-A
Job locations
Claire House Surgery
Phoenix Way, Ince
Wigan
WN34NW
Employer details
Employer name
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT
Address
Claire House Surgery
Phoenix Way, Ince
Wigan
WN34NW
Employer's website
https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
For questions about the job, contact:
Prinicipal Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead
Dr Catherine Corker
01942764448
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