Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist - Preceptee

Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist - Preceptee opportunity

Child Family Health Devon (CFHD) has developed an innovative,integrated model of childrens community services and are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated pathways. Come andjoin us in beautiful Devon!

You will joina strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be yourpeers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This bringsprofessional collaboration that will be an asset to your daily work, your development and your support network.

Inline with transformation, we are excited to be developing our Child Psychotherapy provision across the county.

Weare looking for experienced Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists tojoin us in senior roles (8a) in our Mood, Emotions and Relationships pathway, providing mental health provision to children andyoung people across Devon.

We have the following vacancies:

• 1.0wte position
• 0.8wte position

Preceptorshipopportunity - new or soon to be qualified colleagues could beappointed to these roles at band 7 under a preceptorship to work towardsrequirements for band 8a, subject to satisfactory completion of preceptorshipprocess.

Itsan exciting time of change as we develop our pathways under iThrive and expandour therapeutic offer. We are committed to providing high quality services to improve outcomes for children and young people and are keen to find the rightcolleagues to join us.

Parttime roles can be considered.

Asa Senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist, you will be offeringhigh-quality complex assessments and psychotherapy to children, young peopleand their families. You will bring advanced assessment, formulation, therapy and consultative skills to the pathway as well as applying your specialistthinking to wider service development contributions.

Therewill be CPD opportunities to support your development and a commitment to supporting your career progression at this stage in relation to consolidatingyour supervisory role and leadership skills as well as further expanding yourclinical knowledge and skills.

Youwill have regular clinical supervision and separate line management. You willbe supported with a job plan with opportunities to use a breadth of skills including research and service development. There is a growing, friendlynetwork of Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists working across CFHD with,bringing increasing opportunities for shared CPD and professional support. Weare committed to supporting the growth of the profession and the provision of Trainee placements.

We encourage interest from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences,both personal and professional.

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

See attached Job Description for full person specification and job description.

Youwill be a qualified and experienced Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist readyto move into a Senior role. You will have a passion for working with children,young people and families with complex needs. You will have the knowledge andskills to undertake complex assessments and deliver skilful psychotherapyinterventions. You will have experience in supporting the development of others through supervision and training and be keen to further develop this.

You willbe a reflective practitioner with strengths to bring to a multi-disciplinary team and consultative work. You will be committed to service user participation and collaborative working with children, young people, parents, carers and families. You will have a good understanding of safeguarding across thelifespan. You will be motivated to further develop your leadership skills to contribute to quality improvement and service development within your pathwayand the wider service.

Mood,Emotions and Relationships Pathway

Theappointed Senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist will work within astrong multi-disciplinary team, providing assessments and therapy to children with severe, chronic and enduring mental health concerns such as depression,anxiety-based disorders and Trauma. You would be expected to…