Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Band 8a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist to join our multidisciplinary CAMHS service. Consideration will also be given to newly qualified child and adolescent Psychotherapist for whom this would be a development post moving to a Band 8a following 2 years post-qualification.
The role of the Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist is to ensure delivery and development of a high-quality specialist assessment and intervention underpinned by a psycho-analytic framework to complement the range of psychological/therapeutic services within the multidisciplinary service. We offer a specialist service to families and young people through face-to-face contacts or indirectly by liaising closely with statutory and voluntary organisations. The Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist will provide assessment, consultation, training, groups and individual interventions for parents/carers and infants, young children and their families, and clinical supervision. Postholders will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers and have a clear understanding of professional boundaries. The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation.
Responsibilities
* Ensure interventions are planned in an integrated and coordinated manner, particularly where dependent on other external agencies identified through supervision or complex case discussion.
* Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals to assist in formulation, management and treatment of service users.
* Provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning assessments, formulations and treatment plans of clients.
* Develop care packages after consultation, including assessing, planning, intervention and evaluation, ensuring active involvement of parents and infants.
* Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments of referred families and identify collaboratively the most appropriate treatment.
* Participate in the development/delivery of a programme of training for other professional groups in the parent-infant mental health service.
* Lead on programmes of audit and research within the team and implement findings; lead on areas of service development.
* Deputise for the Clinical Lead in their absence.
* Provide Clinical Supervision both internally and externally.
* Contribute to the training experience of trainee Child Psychotherapists / Clinical Psychologists as appropriate.
Requirements and expectations
Applicants should have experience and competence in delivering high-quality assessment and intervention within CAMHS settings and be comfortable working within a psycho-analytic framework. The post holder will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, engage with external agencies, and contribute to clinical supervision, training, and service development.
How to apply / contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Julie Boardman
Job title: Clinical Lead
Email: Julie.Boardman@gmmh.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01942 764 473
Organisation details
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff across 122 locations, providing inpatient and community-based mental health care across Greater Manchester.
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