Job overview
Are you a passionate and reflective Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist looking to make a real difference? Come and join our friendly and welcoming team in the Oxfordshire CAMHS Getting More Help service, based in Abingdon and Banbury.
We’re looking for someone who is excited to bring their skills, creativity, and insight into a well-established, multi-disciplinary team. You’ll be working alongside experienced clinicians who value collaboration, mutual support, and shared learning.
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Delivering a variety of psychotherapeutic interventions including individual child psychotherapy, short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP), State of Mind Assessments and parent-child relationship work
* Contributing thoughtful, psychoanalytically informed insights to MDT discussions and care planning
* Holding a protected psychotherapy caseload, with time set aside for high-quality, reflective work
What We Offer:
* A nurturing environment where psychoanalytic thinking is valued and embedded in our approach
* Regular clinical supervision with our Consultant Child Psychotherapist
* Ongoing management support and a culture of team-based reflection and development
* Membership of a wider network of Child Psychotherapists across the Trust, with regular opportunities to connect, share and grow
* A Trust that prioritises staff wellbeing and offers a rich programme of CPD and training opportunities
Main duties of the job
* Caseload Management: Hold a protected psychotherapy caseload, offering assessments and a range of interventions including individual psychotherapy, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP), State of Mind Assessments, and parent–child interventions.
* Assessment & Treatment: Conduct psychoanalytic assessments for complex referrals and implement treatment plans based on psychodynamic principles.
* Therapeutic Delivery: Deliver highly specialist psychotherapy to children and adolescents, often in emotionally charged or complex family situations.
* Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions and provide consultation to colleagues.
* Risk Management: Undertake risk assessments and advise others on risk-related issues.
* Care Coordination: Act as care coordinator where appropriate, ensuring communication with referrers and other professionals.
* Communication: Handle sensitive and complex information with skill, especially in emotionally intense or high-risk scenarios.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work. If you are reading this, please refer to the candidate guidance provided with roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained) and tailor your supporting statement to address the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Individual and Trust wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount
* Pension scheme
* Lease car scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached JD and PS for further information on the role. For details please speak with Miriam Creaser.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Master’s level pre-clinical training at a training school recognised by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) and post–graduate training at doctoral level in clinical child psychotherapy at a training school accredited by the ACP
* Maintenance of ACP Registration
Desirable criteria
* ACP Supervisors training
Experience
Essential criteria
* Sufficient experience of working as a qualified psychotherapist within an NHS CAMHS clinic
* Advanced knowledge and skills in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and its effective application to the mental health problems of children and adolescents with complex disorders and diagnosis, including pervasive and severe emotional and psychological difficulties
* Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
* Ability to manage competing demands / manage a caseload
* Demonstrates high standards in written communication
* Able to write clear reports and letters to other agencies
* Experience with routine outcome monitoring
* Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
Desirable criteria
* Experience of supervising clinical staff
* Experience of group work
* Experience of working with or supervising trainee psychotherapists
Documents to Download
JD & PS (PDF, 368.4KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact Details
Name: Miriam Creaser
Title: Psychotherapy Clinical Lead
Email: miriam.creaser@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01865 901000
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