• Job Description

  Req#: C9313-24-0185?language=en&page=87&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for a psychotherapist to lead and to continue to develop the psychotherapy service within LPT CAMHS.

  The psychotherapy team comprises of 2 band 8as, 1 band 7, and 2 psychotherapy trainees within outpatients, and 1 band 8b (ARFID Lead), 1 band 8a and a trainee within the ARFID and Eating Disorders Team.

  The team is welcoming, thoughtful and supportive and meets weekly for group supervision and additionally once a fortnight for qualified staff.

  As the professional lead, you will work closely with the Directorate lead for the Psychological Professions, Clinical Team Leads, Family Service Managers and other professional leads within CAMHS to support service development and improvements and to embed psychological principles within the service.

  The successful candidate will have considerable expertise in child and adolescent mental health, will be able to work collaboratively with others and recognise the valuable contribution of the MDT.

  The lead post involves supervision, attending clinical leads and workforce meetings, liaising with the training schools, leading the psychotherapy meetings, holding a clinical case load, delivering internal and external training, and attending regional and national meetings as required.

  Main duties of the job

  • To exercise responsibility for the development, provision and quality assurance for the systematic provision of a specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service to Specialist CAMHS. Including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, and implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
  • To ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible child and adolescent psychotherapy service is available to those service users who need it.
  • To work autonomously within the specialist CAMHS service offering assessment, formulation and psychoanalytic interventions as appropriate, to children, young people and their families.
  • To be responsible for providing clinical supervision, consultation, advice and support to staff from other disciplines (including psychiatrists, psychologists and other professionals).
  • To lead the Child and Adolescent psychotherapists (including doctoral trainees) within CAMHS and ensure the growth, development and co-ordination of this specialist service.
  • To provide professional advice to the FYPC Professional leads to ensure child psychotherapy services are effective, well-co-ordinated and responsive to the changing needs of the service.

  About us

  Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

  Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

  We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

  Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

  We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

  For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

  All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

  For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

  Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

  Date posted

  06 February 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8b

  Salary

  £58,972 to £68,525 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  C9313-24-0185

  Job locations

  The Valentine centre

  Anstey lane

  Leicester

  LEICESTERSHIRE

  LE7 7GX

  
  

  Child & Family Psychiatric Service

  Westcotes Drive

  Leicester

  LE3 0QU

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • 1. Substantial experience of working as a clinical specialist with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
  • 2. Substantial experience of specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of patients in a range of settings.
  • 3. Experience of delivering teaching, training and reflective practice groups to staff teams.
  • 4. Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.

  Desirable

  • Substantial experience of providing supervision

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • 1. Doctoral level training and qualification in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy accredited by the ACP
  • 2. Good honours degree
  • 3. Full membership of ACP and registration with PSA as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and evidence of CPD as required by the PSA
  • 4. Additional post qualification training and experience and/or further
  • qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
  • 5. Experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
  • 6. Additional specialist post qualification training in and/or substantial
  • equivalent experience

  Desirable

  • 1. Further training in leadership skills.
  • 2. Further training in supervision

  Knowledge and skills

  Essential

  • 1 Knowledge of the role of Child and adolescent Psychotherapy within the designated service area in relation to current legislation, government policy and other national initiatives, as well as relevant psychological theory and research.
  • 2 Doctoral level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychotherapy in highly complex cases.
  • 3 Knowledge of research methodology and service evaluation.
  • 4 Knowledge of the psychological literature pertaining to the specialist
  • area of psychotherapy relevant to the post including the evidence
  • base for psychological intervention and assessment.
  • 5 Highly developed skills in working with organisational and interpersonal stress.
  • 6 skills and expertise in providing consultation and advice to other
  • professional and non- professional groups

  Desirable

  • Post-doctoral research, audit or complex service evaluation

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • 1. Substantial experience of working as a clinical specialist with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
  • 2. Substantial experience of specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of patients in a range of settings.
  • 3. Experience of delivering teaching, training and reflective practice groups to staff teams.
  • 4. Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.

  Desirable

  • Substantial experience of providing supervision

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • 1. Doctoral level training and qualification in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy accredited by the ACP
  • 2. Good honours degree
  • 3. Full membership of ACP and registration with PSA as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and evidence of CPD as required by the PSA
  • 4. Additional post qualification training and experience and/or further
  • qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
  • 5. Experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
  • 6. Additional specialist post qualification training in and/or substantial
  • equivalent experience

  Desirable

  • 1. Further training in leadership skills.
  • 2. Further training in supervision

  Knowledge and skills

  Essential

  • 1 Knowledge of the role of Child and adolescent Psychotherapy within the designated service area in relation to current legislation, government policy and other national initiatives, as well as relevant psychological theory and research.
  • 2 Doctoral level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychotherapy in highly complex cases.
  • 3 Knowledge of research methodology and service evaluation.
  • 4 Knowledge of the psychological literature pertaining to the specialist
  • area of psychotherapy relevant to the post including the evidence
  • base for psychological intervention and assessment.
  • 5 Highly developed skills in working with organisational and interpersonal stress.
  • 6 skills and expertise in providing consultation and advice to other
  • professional and non- professional groups

  Desirable

  • Post-doctoral research, audit or complex service evaluation

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

  Address

  The Valentine centre

  Anstey lane

  Leicester

  LEICESTERSHIRE

  LE7 7GX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

  Address

  The Valentine centre

  Anstey lane

  Leicester

  LEICESTERSHIRE

  LE7 7GX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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