Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services organization in Coventry is seeking a passionate Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to provide specialist assessments and treatments. The role involves conducting psychotherapy, offering supervision to teams, and participating in clinical audits. Candidates must have current ACP registration and experience managing young patients with complex needs. This position includes generous benefits and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous leave

Development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience managing a caseload of young people with complex mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive psychoanalytical psychotherapy assessments and treatments.
• Support and deliver supervision and consultation for multidisciplinary teams.
• Engage in audit and research to advance services.

Skills

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Clinical assessment skills

Supervisory skills

Data analysis

Education

Current registration with the ACP

Job description

Band 7 Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

The post holder will provide specialist psychoanalytic child psychotherapy assessment and treatment to children, young people, and their families within CAMHS. Responsibilities include conducting initial assessments, offering consultation and supervision to colleagues, and participating in audit and research activities to support service development. The role requires adherence to the guidelines set by the Association for Child Psychotherapy and Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust policies.

1. Provide comprehensive specialist child and adolescent psychoanalytical psychotherapy assessments and treatments.
2. Support and deliver supervision and consultation for multidisciplinary teams and external agencies.
3. Engage in clinical audit, research, and evaluation to advance child psychotherapy services.
4. Work autonomously within ACP guidelines and organisational policies.
5. Participate in clinical pathways and multidisciplinary forums for decision-making.
6. Collect and analyze referral and outcome data to evaluate treatment effectiveness.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, we serve diverse communities with a wide range of health services. We value our staff and offer extensive benefits including generous leave, development opportunities, salary sacrifice schemes, discounts, and wellbeing support.

We seek passionate individuals committed to improving community wellbeing, embodying our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.

Qualifications required include current registration with the ACP and experience managing a caseload of young people with complex mental health needs.

This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Aug 2025.