CAMHS Infant Mental Health Psychotherapist
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Job Summary
37.5 hours per week. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist to work within the CAMHS Infant Mental Health pathway working alongside a small, established team of dedicated professionals. This role will add to an existing 0-5 team by offering assessment and psychotherapy to young children aged 3-5 years with the ability to work with rising 5s up until 7 yrs old and their parents if clinically appropriate. This post is an exciting venture into spanning the age between 5-7 which is currently being held mostly by our Early Help Pathway. The post holder will offer consultation and supervision to the Early Help Pathway assisting with their work with 5-7 year olds. This post will enable therapy to continue with rising 5s who have been referred to the Infant Mental Health pathway but whose difficulties require ongoing longer-term psychotherapy.
The post holder will provide a high standard of service to infants, children and their families and to professionals from other organisations. The post holder will work autonomously and jointly within professional guidelines. The post holder will take an important role within Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy pathway within Plymouth CAMHS and take a part in the future development of this service. The post holder will ensure that the standard of the service is maintained at all times. The post-holder will develop knowledge and skills in teaching, training and provide consultation to CAMHS colleagues.
Main Duties of the Job
Our aim is to improve children and young peoples mental health through the effective delivery of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) through provision of multi-disciplinary Infant and Community Mental Health Pathway for infants, children and young people aged 0-18 using the Anna Freud i-Thrive framework to inform delivery and providing safe, effective, cost efficient, timely and accessible services that are in accordance with national and local priorities and responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and their families.
1. To hold an autonomous caseload of young children aged 3-7 years and their parents/carers who are experiencing highly complex mental health difficulties, providing treatment, assessment and consultation.
2. To provide assessment and treatment of infants, young children and their families.
3. To provide supervision to Livewell Southwest staff (as appropriate).
4. Promote reflection and Clinical Supervision.
5. Post holder will currently be located at Tamar Folk Children's Centre, Plymouth but may be required to work in other areas of the service when needed and there will be some hybrid working.
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted.
All staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
About Us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other. We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Job Responsibilities
1. To manage an autonomous caseload for Infant children and young people who are experiencing highly complex and persistent mental health difficulties including exposure to domestic violence and other trauma.
2. To provide formal, highly specialist assessments of children and their parents/carers, to inform and assist in planning care pathways, both within the CAMHS and with other agencies.
3. To provide individual short and long term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for children either individually or with their parent/carers with the focus of the work being based in parent/child relationships.
4. To participate in regular review and ongoing discussion of cases in treatment with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
5. To provide highly specialist advice, guidance and consultation to professional colleagues within CAMHS.
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Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Clinical experience as a Child Psychotherapist within CAMHS and infant mental health.
* Extensive knowledge of normal and abnormal child development and other relevant theories, practices, and research in the field of child and adolescent development.
* Substantial experience in working in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency context.
* Knowledge of Child Protection legislation.
* Recognised postgraduate level training in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy conferring eligibility for full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
QualificationsEssential
* Recognised Qualification in Child/Adolescent Psychotherapy (equivalent to Doctorate Level Degree).
* Eligibility for membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
CircumstancesEssential
* Valid driving licence.
* Ability to travel across Plymouth.
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