To provide a qualified specialist therapeutic service to clients across child & adolescent mental health services; providing psychological assessment and therapy
Main responsibilities include offering:
Consultations to professionals, Social Workers and foster carers
Assessments – Mental health, carer’s and therapeutic
Delivery of therapeutic interventions
Consultation and training for residential staff
Nurturing Attachment Group training for foster carers
Virtual foster carer drop-in sessions fortnightly
Telephone advice and guidance for carers and professionals
Care leaver Consultations for Personal Advisers/Social Workers
• To provide a specialist psychology/psychological therapy service to children and young people, their parents and carers
• To provide specialist advice and consultancy regarding child psychology to other professionals working with children and young people
• To provide a qualified specialist therapeutic service to clients across all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care
• To provide specialist advice and consultancy to other professionals working in CAMHS and the Social Care Directorates
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Apr 2025