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This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist to join a diverse team of psychological therapists based within the Bradford District CAMHS.
The Core CAMHS Psychological Therapies Team provides assessment, therapy and consultation for young people and their families across Bradford District. The team is comprised of a range of therapists including Systemic and Family Therapists; Play Therapists; Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytical Psychotherapists; Cognitive Behavioural Therapists; and Art Psychotherapists.
The role will involve consultation, supervision and facilitation of formulation/reflective groups within the multidisciplinary team. There will be opportunity to contribute to service development, training and research, and the post will be supported through supervision with experienced Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists, with additional training and continued professional development.
Applications for the post are invited from suitably qualified (or about to qualify) clinicians who meet the person specification and who have the personal skills, experience and aptitude for this kind of work.
The young people we work with can display high levels of complexity which require knowledge and skill around safeguarding, risk assessment and management alongside system working to provide the highest quality of care.
Closing- 13th August 2025
Shortlisting- 14th August 2025
Interview- 10th September 2025
Provide evidence based psychological therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
Provide clinical supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies and psychological elements of care.
Assist the Team Manager/Clinical Lead with operational duties and service development, including research and development activities
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
Benefits
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alice Carter Job title: Quality Improvement Lead Email address: alice.carter@bdct.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01274 723241
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