Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist CAMHS | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Salford, M6 5FX |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6149102/349-MCH-6149102 |
Summary
Salford CAMHS is seeking to recruit an experienced child and adolescent psychotherapist to join our MDT made up of a number of disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, family and systemic therapists, and mental health practitioners.
As well as being a core team member, you will establish strong connections with an enthusiastic group of psychotherapists across CAMHS directorate for peer support.
You will receive regular supervision from a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist alongside training opportunities to continue your development.
The successful applicant will be confident and skilled to work independently and in collaboration with other professionals.
We encourage interest for candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
This is a part time post.
As a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, you will be a registered member of the ACP. You will:
• Work with children, young people and their families facing a range of mental health difficulties and challenges.
• Undertake expert and holistic assessments, including risk assessments, and deliver outcome based long, medium and short-term psychotherapy to children and their families
• Provide reflective supervision space for other psychotherapists and members of the MDT as appropriate.
• Offer specialist consultation to colleagues in the MDT, across the CAMHS footprint and to other professionals involved in the child’s care. A comprehensive understanding of safeguarding is essential.
• Contribute to the development of trauma informed pathways within CAMHS and across the locality as required.
• As a senior member of the service, you will support the team in the delivery of therapeutic care coordination and evidence-based outcomes, ensuring that team processes and spaces for reflection are robust and well used.
You must therefore have good interpersonal skills and qualities to build good relationships and engage families with complex lives.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Apr 2024
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