Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

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 fixed term opportunity for one year to cover maternity leave. 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 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.

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.

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 were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were 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.