455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Family Systemic Psychotherapist OR Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

The closing date is 03 June 2025

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an innovative and proactive Child Psychotherapist or Family Systemic Psychotherapist to our growing under 5's provision.

The postholder will be part of newly formed 0-5 BEH CAMHS, undertaking complex specialist assessments, formulating, managing risk, providing specialist interventions, teaching and consultation to partner agencies. Part of your role will be delivering support via LB Enfield's Family Hubs programme, working in the community to support vulnerable children under 2 years old and their families, and offering consultation to professionals such as social workers.

Main duties of the job

To provide BEH 0-5 CAMHS with a high-quality evidence based Systemic, or Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic, service to children, their families, carers, and professional networks, including assessment and therapy to patients and their families. To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding diagnoses and treatment to CAMHS colleagues, external agencies, working both autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. To provide clinical supervision to Team members as required. The post holder will make positive contributions to any future service developments and the delivery of high-quality evidence-based care pathways.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

  1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
  2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
  3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
  4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Details

Date posted

21 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year Base rate per annum (pro-rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0087

Job locations

Baytree House

Christchurch Close

Enfield

EN2 6NZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking to recruit an innovative and proactive Child Psychotherapist or Family Systemic Psychotherapist to our growing under 5s provision.

The postholder will be part of newly formed 0-5 BEH CAMHS, undertaking complex specialist assessments, formulating, managing risk, providing specialist interventions, teaching and consultation to partner agencies. Part of your role will be delivering support via LB Enfield's Family Hubs programme, working in the community to support vulnerable children under 2 years old and their families, and offering consultation to professionals such as social workers.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking to recruit an innovative and proactive Child Psychotherapist or Family Systemic Psychotherapist to our growing under 5s provision.

The postholder will be part of newly formed 0-5 BEH CAMHS, undertaking complex specialist assessments, formulating, managing risk, providing specialist interventions, teaching and consultation to partner agencies. Part of your role will be delivering support via LB Enfield's Family Hubs programme, working in the community to support vulnerable children under 2 years old and their families, and offering consultation to professionals such as social workers.

Person Specification

Educational

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to the introduction of training doctorates) providing membership to the Association of Child Psychotherapists OR Masters degree in Family Systemic Psychotherapy with appropriate registration as a Family Systemic Psychotherapist with AFT/UKC

Skills

Essential

  • Advanced skills in using a wide variety of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic / Systemic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting.
  • Advanced skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
  • Skills in communicating complex, highly technical &/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Advanced skills in professional supervision; skills for offering live supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.
  • Advanced skills in providing consultation to other professional groups and non-professional groups

Desirable

  • Knowledge of research methodology consistent with Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic or Systemic practice.
  • Advanced Skills for offering live supervision to multi-disciplinary colleagues.
  • Advanced skills in professional supervision to meet ACP requirements.

Experience

Essential

  • Must have significant experience of working as a qualified Family Systemic or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, including experience within the designated specialty where the post is located (0-5 CAMHS).
  • Experience of specialist Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic/ Systemic assessment, formulation and intervention with individuals and families.
  • Experience of specialist Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic/ Systemic assessment, formulation and intervention with individuals and families.
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic/ Systemic care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
  • Experience of the application Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic psychotherapy/ Family Systemic Psychotherapy in different cultural contexts.
  • Experience of working with a range of childhood disorders at the acute and chronic stage.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with people (children and families) of all ages.
  • Experience of developing services.
Person Specification

Educational

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to the introduction of training doctorates) providing membership to the Association of Child Psychotherapists OR Masters degree in Family Systemic Psychotherapy with appropriate registration as a Family Systemic Psychotherapist with AFT/UKC

Skills

Essential

  • Advanced skills in using a wide variety of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic / Systemic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting.
  • Advanced skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
  • Skills in communicating complex, highly technical &/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Advanced skills in professional supervision; skills for offering live supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.
  • Advanced skills in providing consultation to other professional groups and non-professional groups

Desirable

  • Knowledge of research methodology consistent with Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic or Systemic practice.
  • Advanced Skills for offering live supervision to multi-disciplinary colleagues.
  • Advanced skills in professional supervision to meet ACP requirements.

Experience

Essential

  • Must have significant experience of working as a qualified Family Systemic or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, including experience within the designated specialty where the post is located (0-5 CAMHS).
  • Experience of specialist Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic/ Systemic assessment, formulation and intervention with individuals and families.
  • Experience of specialist Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic/ Systemic assessment, formulation and intervention with individuals and families.
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic/ Systemic care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
  • Experience of the application Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic psychotherapy/ Family Systemic Psychotherapy in different cultural contexts.
  • Experience of working with a range of childhood disorders at the acute and chronic stage.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with people (children and families) of all ages.
  • Experience of developing services.

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).

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.

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

455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Baytree House

Christchurch Close

Enfield

EN2 6NZ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Baytree House

Christchurch Close

Enfield

EN2 6NZ


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Tri-Borough Under 5s Clinical Pathway Lead

Dr Leonie Lee-Carbon

leonie.lee-carbon2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

21 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year Base rate per annum (pro-rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0087

Job locations

Baytree House

Christchurch Close

Enfield

EN2 6NZ


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