This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to join CYPMHS East Hertfordshire as a member of our multidisciplinary community team. We have a welcoming and developing team that prides itself on providing excellent evidence-based interventions. The team works as one team across two main sites, in Welwyn Garden City and Hoddesdon, and you will work across both bases. As a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, you will have ACP registration and provide highly specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy. You will work within the principles of CAPA (Choice and Partnership Approach), i-THRIVE and CYP-IAPT, providing both core work and specialist evidence-based psychotherapy. You will work autonomously within the team, undertaking assessments and interventions with children, adolescents, and their families. You will have a high level of clinical expertise and operate within relevant codes of practice and ethical guidelines and draw upon a range of models and techniques. As a Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, the post comes with the possibility of becoming a Service Supervisor to training child and adolescent psychotherapists, as arranged and agreed with the Consultant Lead Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. The Trust has supported the CPD of senior child psychotherapists by funding attendance at Service Supervisor trainings offered by the Tavistock and IPCAPA (i.e. the training schools).,
* Formulate a range of treatment options based on an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based upon evidence e.g. NICE guidelines.
* Responsible for a substantial caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work and to identify priorities of action in complex circumstances, providing both Core work and Specific/Specialist work including provision of a specific model of evidence-based Psychotherapy intervention across the CAMHS clinics
* Provide supervision as agreed with Consultant Lead Child Psychotherapist. The post-holder will undertake research, audit and evaluation for service development All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout
* Coaching network where trained coaches throughout the Trust are matched with staff of all disciplines to provide a powerful development opportunity
* Leading company discounts and childcare vouchers
* Salary sacrifice schemes enabling staff to drive a new car or bike -saving on tax and insurance included
* Wellbeing activities - from mindfulness to yoga, pilates and our signature craft club join our monthly programme of regular and special events to support your wellbeing
* Gym discounts, including Nuffield Health and David Lloyd.