A Vacancy at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Job summary
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist 8a - 1wte Permanent - Bury CAMHS (preceptorship opportunity)
The postholder will work alongside colleagues and provide training, consultation, supervision and specialist intervention while simultaneously promoting trauma informed practice across the large multi-agency network of mixed professionals and supporting healthy relationships within our Bury families.
The postholder will work as a highly specialist practitioner developing and
implementing a community based therapeutic service to children, young people and their families with a particular focus on trauma and attachment. S/he will provide assessment and treatment of children and young people and their carers grounded in the principles and techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The training and strategic development aspect of the role involves acting as a specialist resource and contributing to multi-agency training of relevant professionals across Bury. The post holder will be expected to offer consultation and clinical supervision to professional colleagues
• Development and Delivery of a specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service provision within the parameters of child and adolescent mental health, in a multiagency context.
• To provide specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy assessment for children and young people who may be experiencing severe, highly complex and persistent mental health difficulties and to make decisions about treatment options taking into account relevant evidence based research, theory, practice and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes.
• To formulate and implement plans for therapeutic intervention and
management from the point of referral, grounded in the principle and
techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
• To develop specialist provision for the parents and/or carers of children and young people using a psychoanalytic psychotherapy framework.
• To provide specialist expertise in psychoanalytic principles and techniques through advice and consultation to other members of the CAMHS service and colleagues within the multi-agency network.
• Post-holder will be expected to hold and work their own caseload within the context of the CAMHS service.
• To be contribute to the provision of appropriate information, advice, support, consultation to a range of professionals, and families.
• To actively participate in team meetings, referral meetings, CPD and business meetings.
You will be supported to achieve success by a highly motivated local across system leadership team who are committed to embedding a thriving culture within Bury. You will be a key member of the Bury CAMHS management team, receive excellent supervisory support both through clinical and managerial and we will work with you to support your development. We know that the support and development of our staff is fundamental in ensuring that those that need our services get the best possible experience.
• Development and Delivery of a specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service provision within the parameters of child and adolescent mental health, in a multiagency context.
• To provide specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy assessment for children and young people who may be experiencing severe, highly complex and persistent mental health difficulties and to make decisions about treatment options taking into account relevant evidence based research, theory, practice and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes.
• To formulate and implement plans for therapeutic intervention and
management from the point of referral, grounded in the principle and
techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
• To develop specialist provision for the parents and/or carers of children and young people using a psychoanalytic psychotherapy framework.
• To provide specialist expertise in psychoanalytic principles and techniques through advice and consultation to other members of the CAMHS service and colleagues within the multi-agency network.
• Post-holder will be expected to hold and work their own caseload within the context of the CAMHS service.
• To be contribute to the provision of appropriate information, advice, support, consultation to a range of professionals, and families.
• To actively participate in team meetings, referral meetings, CPD and business meetings.
• To attend and contribute as an independent clinician to multidisciplinary and multi-agency meetings as appropriate.
• To ensure appropriate liaison with professionals from external agencies.
• To participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical work and the service as a whole.
• To contribute to the development of best evidence based practice within the service.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility based on the Code of
Professional and Ethics of the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
• To be involved in CAMHS service development as required.
• To work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team and
communicate effectively regarding children and their families.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment,
treatment and discharge of patients and manage a caseload in line with the
Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics of the Association of Child
Psychotherapists.
• To take a prominent role in the development and implementation of a
psychotherapy pathway within Bury CAMHS.
• To produce reports on families, in a timely manner, that convey the key
findings of assessment, formulation and treatment outcome in a way which
does justice to the complexity of the problems described; which takes account
of confidentiality; and in a way which is understandable to the recipients of the
reports.
• To participate in regular line management supervision.
Service development
• In collaboration with others, to contribute to the development of a specialist CAMHS team.
• To communicate and work with other staff and agencies including CAMHS, children social services and voluntary sector agencies, to provide an integrated and accessible service for children and young people.
Supervision and Training• To contribute to pre and post qualification training and supervision for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists where appropriate.
• To provide as appropriate specialist clinical supervision or case consultation for professional trainees of related professions and for professionally trained members of the service.
• To provide advice, consultation and specialist training to staff working with parents/carers, children and young people across a range of agencies and settings where appropriate.
Continuing Professional Development
• To receive regular clinical and service related supervision from a more senior CAPT (external).
• To gain additional highly specialist experience and training relevant to CAPT.
• To fully participate in and contribute to, clinical supervision of staff in CAMHS
• To fully participate in, and contribute to, training events associated with
CAMHS /Cared for Children service.
• To attend regular case consultation meetings with senior colleagues.
• To maintain and develop skills in post graduate teaching, training and
supervision.
• To participate in an annual KSF Review process.
• To attend to CPD and training needs as identified in supervision and KSF
Review.
Clinical Governance and Research
• To participate in audit and evaluation of CAMHS
• To participate in evaluation of all clinical activity within the post and provide such information as required by the Clinical Lead of CAMHS and operational manager for CAMHS for the purpose of service monitoring and evaluation.
• To participate in all research activities associated with CAMHS as appropriate to this role and as required by the Clinical Lead of CAMHS
• To utilise theory evidence based literature and research to support effective practice.
• To represent a professional view point in relation to nationally accepted good practice and to ensure a high level of ethical standards and professional
conduct.
• To participate in service evaluation and research in consultation with Clinical Lead of CAMHS
This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024