Employer North London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Bay Tree House Town London Salary £61,631 - £68,623 Per annum pro rata inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 16/10/2025 23:59
Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people.
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
Job Description
Generic CAMHS support children / young people and their families where there is concern about emotional or behavioural difficulties. Assessment and therapy can be provided to children, young people, and families, where appropriate CAMHS clinicians consult with other professionals.
As a Senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist in our multi-disciplinary team, you will be assessing young people, delivering evidence-based therapeutic support, and contributing to the overall development and provision of the service.
Main duties of the job
* Provision of specialist assessments with clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
* Formulation and implementation of plans with shared decision making for intervention and/or management of young person’s mental health problems.
* Implementation of a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, including adjusting and refining the formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models.
* Evaluation and decisions making about intervention options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes.
Person specification
Education
* Doctorate in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy. Registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
* Post-qualification training in additional specialised areas of relevant practice. ADOS-2 training
Skills and abilities
* Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and intervention, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychotherapeutic therapies with children, young people, and families.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Experience and knowledge
* Experience of specialist assessment and intervention of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
* Interest and/or experience of working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties in mental health services, including the application of risk assessment and safeguarding procedures in this area.
* Experience in carrying out ADOS-2 assessments for ASD & ADHD and/or using other reliable diagnostic tools. Experience in enabling service user participation.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020.
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