The post-holder will be required to provide a specialised contribution to the clinical assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment of children, adolescents and their carers within the specialist field served by the Portman Clinic. The post-holder, with support from senior colleagues, will offer teaching and consultation to practitioners both within and outside the Trust and disseminate knowledge and expertise to professionals within those domains appropriate to the work of the Clinic. In addition, he or she will, where appropriate, be expected to provide information about cases which will contribute to the research being carried out by others within theclinic.
In collaboration with colleagues the post-holder will provide specialised
assessment of patients referred to the Portman Clinic, based on the
appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex information derived from a variety of sources including interviews with patients, and reports from other professionals involved in the care, treatment and/or supervision of patients. In the case of children and adolescents, this will involve interviews with parents and/or carers.
The post-holder will be responsible for implementing a range of
psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, families and groups as
appropriate.
The post-holder will act as parent worker or the member of staff who liaises with the professional network and/or as Case Manager for patients treated by other child psychotherapy colleagues.
The post-holder will contribute to a developmental and psychotherapeutically - based framework for the understanding and the care of patients within the referral network.
The post-holder will undertake risk assessment of all patients during
assessment and treatment.
The Portman Clinic was founded in 1933 for the specific purpose of studying and treating delinquency. Since 1948 the Portman Clinic has been an NHS outpatient clinic which offers assessment, treatment and management for children, adolescents and adults, male and female, who engage in delinquent, criminal or violent behaviour or who consider themselves to be suffering through compulsive sexual impulses which compel them to act in a way which may cause distress or harm to self or others.
The aim of the Portman Clinic is to develop, through its clinical work, a body of knowledge about criminality, violence and compulsive sexual behaviours, and to disseminate this expertise through consultancy, teaching, research and publication.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Monday 31 Mar 2025