Child Psychotherapist

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a child and adolescent psychotherapist to join their Oxfordshire CAMHS team. The position involves managing a protected psychotherapy caseload and conducting assessments. Ideal candidates will have clinical qualifications and experience in psychoanalytic thinking. The organization promotes staff well-being and offers various career advancement opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified child and adolescent psychotherapist with clinical qualifications.
• Ability to conduct psychoanalytic assessments.
• Experience in delivering individual child psychotherapy.

Responsibilities

• Manage a protected psychotherapy caseload and deliver assessments.
• Conduct psychoanalytic assessments for complex referrals.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members.

Skills

Psychoanalytic thinking

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Risk management

Communication skills

Education

Clinical qualifications in psychotherapy

Job description

We have an opportunity for a child and adolescent psychotherapist to join our friendly team within the Oxfordshire CAMHS Getting More Help CAMHS team. Bases are in Abingdon and Banbury.

You will be part of an experienced and reflective multi-disciplinary team offering generic and specialist assessments in addition to holding a protected child psychotherapy caseload. You will have the skills to make thoughtful contributions to MDT thinking and the confidence to work autonomously. You will offer a range of psychotherapy interventions including individual child psychotherapy, STPP, State of Mind Assessments and parent-child relationship focused interventions. Psychoanalytic thinking is valued in the team and there will be the chance to offer regular consultation. You will receive regular clinical supervision from our consultant child psychotherapist, as well as management supervision within an environment that values the mutual support and skills of team members. In addition, you will be part of a team of child psychotherapists across Oxford Health Trust who meet regularly to share our work and consider new learning. The Trust values staff well being and is keen to provide regular training opportunities.

• Caseload Management: Hold a protected psychotherapy caseload, offering assessments and a range of interventions including individual psychotherapy, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP), State of Mind Assessments, and parent–child interventions.
• Assessment & Treatment: Conduct psychoanalytic assessments for complex referrals and implement treatment plans based on psychodynamic principles.
• Therapeutic Delivery: Deliver highly specialist psychotherapy to children and adolescents, often in emotionally charged or complex family situations.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions and provide consultation to colleagues.
• Risk Management: Undertake risk assessments and advise others on risk-related issues.
• Care Coordination: Act as care coordinator where appropriate, ensuring communication with referrers and other professionals.
• Communication: Handle sensitive and complex information with skill, especially in emotionally intense or high-risk scenarios.
  
  

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.

Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Miriam Creaser Job title: Psychotherapy Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01865 901000

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.