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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

About

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit: www.cnwl.nhs.uk

(source: Central and North West London NHS Foundation NHS Trust website)

Contact

Address: 350 Euston Road; Regent's Place; London; London; NW1 3AX
Contact Number: 02032145700

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Ref: 333-G-CA-1435-C Vacancy ID: 6794437

Senior Parent-Infant Psychotherapist/Child-Adolescent Psychotherapist

Accepting applications until: 26-Nov-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 26-Nov-2024 23:59

Location

Site: Monks Park Health Centre
Address: Monks Park
Town: Wembley
Postcode: HA9 6JE
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 22 months (Until March 2026)
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 pro rata per annum incl HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Psychotherapy/Psychology

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and highly specialist Parent-Infant psychotherapy assessment and treatment to service users, and support and signposting to mothers, to promote the quality of parent-infant relationships.
To provide the particular highly specialist areas of expertise gained in post qualifying specialist training to mothers with a range of mental health and social and emotional difficulties, particularly focussing on providing interventions flexibly which are adapted to the needs of infants and their mothers/carers in complex and varying degrees of illness and distress.
To provide advice and consultation from a psychodynamic perspective on clients’ psychological care to psychologist and non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
To be informed by evidence-based practice and participate in audit, policy and service development and research.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
To undertake and oversee audit and research activity.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Masters level preclinical training at an Association of Child Psychotherapists recognised training school; – post graduate doctoral level training in clinical child psychotherapy at a training school accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapy or Association of Child Psychotherapists Statement of Equivalence And/or Training in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy accredited by the BPC/UKCP OR Doctorate in Psychology with Parent-Infant Psychotherapy training
Experience of working as a qualified Child Psychotherapist
Considerable experience of work within the area of adolescence

Desirable criteria

ACP Supervisors training

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of infants and their parents as a full member of a multidisciplinary team located in a hospital outpatient setting or a CAMHS setting
Experience of working with a wide variety of infants, children, adolescents and their parents across the whole age range and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
An ability to supervise clinical work within the multidisciplinary team
An ability to engage hard to reach groups in psychodynamic psychotherapy both brief and long term

Desirable criteria

Experience of the application of infant and/or child psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
Experience of working in different CAMHS Tiers
Experience of teaching, training on pre-registration course and case consultation to other child psychotherapists

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychotherapeutic assessment, intervention and management
High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of short term psychotherapy and its application to a specialist area
Knowledge of legislation in relation to infants including child protection procedures and policies
Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education Structures, National policies and frameworks
Well-developed knowledge or CAMHS setting working with complex cases
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of supervisor
Aware of the implication of working within a managed system
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the Association of Child Psychotherapists of the application of child psychotherapy skills

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings

Other

Essential criteria

Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice
Basic IT skills including word processing, use of email and internet
Interest and ability to contribute to service development
Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour

Desirable criteria

Ability to teach and train others and present the work of child psychotherapists within public, professional and academic settings
Experience of working within a multicultural framework