Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

• Deliver specialist psychotherapeutic interventions to children, young people and families.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide holistic, patient-centred care.
• Offer consultation, advice and specialist expertise to colleagues and the wider professional network.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit and research activities.
• Support the development of psychotherapeutic practice within the service.
• Provide clinical and professional supervision to trainees, early career psychotherapists and other professionals.
• Influence and contribute to the development of policies and clinical pathways that enhance patient care.

• Values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Invests in staff wellbeing, learning and career progression.
• Supports clinicians to develop specialist interests and leadership skills.
• Encourages involvement in service transformation, research and quality improvement.
• Offers a supportive and inclusive working environment where every voice matters.

Essential

• ACP-recognised pre-clinical training to Master's level (or equivalent).
• Post-graduate doctoral-level training in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at an ACP-accredited training school.
• To hold a professional registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
• Evidence of compliance with ACP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements.

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and formulation of complex mental health presentations including Trauma presentations
• Experience of working psychologically with children and young people who have complex mental health problems, including trauma and personality disorder
• Experience of teaching, training and supervision
• Experience of skills in group work
• Experience of work with care-givers/families
• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of working in an NHS community mental health settings in secondary and tertiary care

Desirable

• Experience of the application of clinical psychology or psychotherapy in different cultural contexts

Essential

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and intervention for with children and young people with mental health presentations
• Knowledge of clinical caseload management within a team setting
• Well-developed skills in the ability to work and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and to other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Desirable

• Knowledge of legislation and NICE guidance in relation to this client group
• Skills in providing consultation and supervision to other professional and non-professional groups and assistants

Essential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Valid drivers licence and the ability to drive to different bases

Desirable

• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour