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Children in Care Therapist

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Basingstoke, RG21 8UN

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

6 September 2026

6 days left

Job description

Are you interested in working with Children in Care in a CAMHS setting? By joining us as a Children in Care Therapist you will be providing direct evi...

To provide expert clinical consultancy, support, and where agreed supervision and training to staff and managers caring for children and adolescents with complex needs and expressed behaviours in local authority residential homes across Hampshire.

  • To provide expert clinical consultancy, support, and where agreed, supervision and training to staff and managers caring for children and adolescents from across the county who are seen to be at risk to themselves and / or others. This includes carrying out standardised clinical assessments specifically designed for use with children and adolescents in secure accommodation settings.
  • To provide assessments, consultation and direct therapeutic support for care experienced children and adolescents.
  • To be a resource for consultation by senior managers concerning the setting up of support for local authority residential care managers and staff.
  • To contribute to joint agency planning and support of the Children in Care Specialist Mental Health Service.
  • To provide or be a resource Specialist CAMHS colleagues, contribute to the assessment of young children presenting with complex histories and symptomology by carrying out specialised psychological assessment of patterns of attachment and evidence of complex trauma.
  • To provide specialised therapeutic support to children and families at the specific request of clinical colleagues and Specialist CAMHS managers.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Qualifications

Essential

  • *A relevant Specialist CAMHS core Professional Qualification e.g. Child Psychotherapy, Arts & creative therapies, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Nursing or Social Work.
  • * MSc/MA or equivalent post-graduate qualification in relevant profession/psychological therapies / psychology.

Experience

Essential

  • Post registration clinical experience (with experience at Senior Level).
  • * Proven experience of providing multi-agency consultancy in a specialised field.
  • * Proven experience of direct clinical work with a complex client (child / young person and family) group.
  • * Clinical supervisory experience.
  • * Appraiser experience.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

24 August 2026

Last checked

26 August 2026

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About the employer

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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