Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

The closing date is 04 March 2026

We are looking for a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist with a committed interest in bringing psychoanalytic thinking to improve outcomes of young people in our multi-disciplinary CAMHS team. This is a fixed-term opportunity for one year to cover maternity leave.

You will have post‑graduate training at masters / doctoral level in clinical child psychotherapy at a training school accredited by the ACP and maintenance of ACP registration. You should also have some experience post‑qualifying within a CAMHS setting. Experience of working independently in the community would be particularly advantageous.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

You will join a small team of child and adolescent psychotherapists within our service; however, you will be required to work autonomously within professional guidelines being responsible for providing specialist assessments and interventions within the CAMHS team. You will provide consultations, state of mind assessments and short and longer term psychotherapy.

As a member of the team you will contribute to the wider aims of the service through joint working, training and supervision to other professionals. The team is welcoming and dynamic and you will be made very welcome.

As this post will work across the Wakefield District you will be required to demonstrate a flexible approach to travel as you may see young people in different community settings as well as the CAMHS bases in the area.

In return we will provide regular clinical and management supervision and you will be appraised on a yearly basis with a view to developing knowledge and skills where appropriate.

Please get in touch to discuss this opportunity; we are very keen to have a conversation about the role.

Lou Jones, General Manager 07876 398655 or Laura Liddell, Highly Specialised Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist 07544 117538

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities; we do this by providing high‑quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we’re run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

JOB SUMMARY

The post holder will provide specialist psychotherapy skills within a multidisciplinary team. The post holder will provide a high quality clinical service to the users of the service.

They will provide highly specialist assessment and…