Specialist Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 PA including HCAS - pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW3 5BA |
| Company: | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6213250/260-TP-645 |
Summary
If you are a dynamic and creative Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist who is looking to develop professionally, and who has a passion for working with children, young people and families in community CAMHS in innovative ways, this is a great opportunity for you. You will join the North Camden Community Team (NCCT) and it’s well-established Child Psychotherapy Discipline known for the high quality child psychotherapy they offer to the diverse population of Camden, and it’s long-standing tradition of Under Fives work with infants, children and their families.
You will join a large number of Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists in the Trust and help to support the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists in Doctorate Training who are placed in NCCT. You will be supported by experienced Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists in NCCT and will have opportunities to develop and deliver innovative and evidence-based Child Psychotherapy in line with the needs of the service.
Candidates who are due to qualify in the summer may apply.
You will be part of the team’s various duty rotas, and this will include responding to urgent queries and offering urgent assessments. The post holder will be supervised by a senior Child Psychotherapist and join a growing team discipline and large Trust wide psychotherapy group.
This post will provide you scope for you to offer supervision, consultation and training, alongside clinical work including outreach community work, generic CAMHS assessment and brief treatment, child psychotherapy assessment and treatment (including work with pre latency children and their families).
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a prominent mental health trust which combines patient services, research and consultancy with a national remit for delivering mental health-related education and training.
We are a multi-disciplinary team staffed by highly experienced clinicians and part of a large and vibrant child and family department. We are proud to offer a dynamic, innovative and needs-led service. We have a varied caseload of clients from diverse backgrounds, ranging from those presenting with a high level of complexity and risk to those who require preventative interventions. We work closely with the multi-agency networks and offer CAMHS input in schools. We strive to be an accessible, responsive and innovative service with patient care and patient experience at its heart.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024