Principal Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Please note this vacancy is only open to internal applicants working for Sheffield Children's
An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide expert guidance and contribute to assurance and oversight of the provision of high quality Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy across CWAMH, alongside the Joint Heads of Psychological Services. This will include contributing to workforce planning, recruitment, staff training and development, ensuring appropriate registration and accreditation, therapy specific clinical supervision and adherence to national standards and guidelines around the practice and provision of the specified therapy.
You will have agreed job planned time, within your existing clinical role, in line with the other professional leads of psychological therapies.
Main duties of the job
1. Responding to queries regarding Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy as and when required.
2. Supporting recruitment of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists in the specified modality.
3. Leading on therapy specific pathways development and implementation where appropriate.
4. Supporting the maintenance and development of clinical skills for clinicians trained in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and those who may be interested in following a psychological therapist career route, through the development of therapy specific special interest forums, CPD or internal training and contributions to supervision.
5. Liaising with, and where appropriate, contributing to local modality specific training programmes and ensure training roles and routes within the service are well supported.
6. Providing support for audits undertaken regarding the provision of psychological therapies alongside the Joint Heads of Psychological Services and other senior SCFT staff in order to ensure that access to psychological therapies is equitable and matched to population need.
About us
At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
* Brilliant Place to work
* Leaders in Children's Health
We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.
As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children's health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
* Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and significant demonstrable practice.
* Doctoral level qualification in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
* Registration as a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with the ACP.
* Attendance on further formal training courses and/or programmes of learning - evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* Registration as Clinical Supervisor by ACP.
Experience
* Experience of working with families using psychotherapeutic approaches; in child mental health settings or equivalent.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and multi agency settings.
* Clinical practice in relevant first profession (in Health and/or Social Care settings).
* Experience of professional leadership or line management.
Knowledge & Skills
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychotherapy assessment and treatment of individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations.
* Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, ethical issues and strategic frameworks including The Children Act 1989, and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management.
* Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of psychoanalytic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting.
* Skills in professional supervision of psychotherapy trainees to meet ACP requirements and for offering live supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.
* Skills in delivering a specialised psychoanalytic perspective to individual, team and organisational understandings of issues and events.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
425-24-6784220
Job locations
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
£62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum pro rata
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