Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

Sabp; Aldershot; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Aldershot invites applications for a Band 7 Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. The post is based in Aldershot with travel to Leatherhead or other bases as required and is a permanent full-time role (37.5 hours).

Applicants should be registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists or be in training with expected registration in 2026. The post offers regular supervision, CPD opportunities and a multidisciplinary team environment.

Qualifications

• Registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists, or training to become registered by 2026.
• Experience delivering specialist psychotherapy interventions for children and young people.
• Ability to contribute to service development through evaluation and audit.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy, parent/child psychotherapy, and short-term psychodynamic work.
• Supervise trainees and colleagues within the service.
• Provide advice and consultation to schools and other organisations as required.
• Lead therapeutic groups for parents and children.
• Work autonomously within ACP guidelines and trust policies.
• Develop audit and research activities and propose policy changes within the area served by the team.

Skills

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Child & Adolescent psychotherapist

Supervision

Education

Registered with the ACP

Job description

The Children and Young People’s (CYPS) Directorate in Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to join the well-established multi-disciplinary NEH CYPS Community Team. You will be based in Aldershot with an expectation to travel to Leatherhead or other bases if needed.

This post will be suitable for a highly motivated Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist interested in ensuring excellent psychological care is accessible for children and young people with complex mental health needs from diverse backgrounds. This is a permanent full time (37.5 hours) post. Applications are invited from Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists and to those currently in training who expect to become registered in 2026.

The post-holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering specialist interventions for children and young people experiencing complex, chronic and/or severe mental health difficulties. The post-holder will provide evidence-based psychotherapy interventions. The post-holder will contribute to service-development through service-evaluation and audit, taking into consideration service-user participation.

All our staff have regular supervision and access to a wide variety of CPD opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy, parent/child psychotherapy, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, state of mind assessments, psychoanalytic parent work and psychoanalytical consultations.
• To supervise and teach trainees and colleagues within the service.
• To provide advice and consultation to schools and other organisations as required.
• To lead therapeutic groups for parents and children.
• To work autonomously within ACP guidelines and trust policies.
• To develop audit and research activities and to propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

• wide range of staff networks
• flexible working
• free parking
• excellent health and wellbeing support
• wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Claire Whitefield Job title: Professional Lead for Psychotherapy Email address: [e-mail]

Kanese Da Costa [e-mail]