Parent-Infant Psychotherapist

CNWL; London; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a forward-thinking healthcare provider dedicated to patient-centered care. As a Parent-Infant Psychotherapist, you'll play a vital role in supporting the mental health of infants and their families. This position offers the chance to work within a dynamic team, providing specialized assessments and interventions tailored to the needs of vulnerable families. With a commitment to professional development and a diverse range of services, this role is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the community. Join a team that values your contributions and supports your career growth in a nurturing environment.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Masters level training in child psychotherapy is essential.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary teams and complex cases is required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and provide psychotherapy to infants and parents.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to enhance service delivery.

Skills

Psychotherapeutic assessment

Parent-Infant psychotherapy

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Knowledge of infant mental health

Education

Masters level preclinical training

Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical child psychotherapy

Job description

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Main area Psychotherapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 22 months (Until March 2026) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 333-G-CA-1434-D

Site Monks Park Health Centre Town Wembley Salary £49,178 - £55,492 per annum incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 31/12/2024 23:59

Job overview

CNWL Parent-Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS) is an exciting new service being developed in Brent. We are looking for a Parent-Infant Psychotherapist to join this new team. The post-holder will be based in Brent CAMHS and will have clinics in the community and in Family Hubs across Brent.

In line with the Start 4 Life Programme, the service will offer support to infants in the first two years of life with mild, moderate or severe mental and emotional health needs, and their mothers in the first two years postpartum; who have mild to moderate mental health concerns past or present, risking the mother-infant relationship. This service also extends to fathers, co-parents and the overall familial relationship with the infant, with the infant remaining the focus of the work.

The service will be delivered by a MDT consisting of a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, a Lead Parent-Infant Psychotherapist, a Senior-Parent Infant Psychotherapist, two Parent-Infant Psychotherapists, and an Assistant Psychotherapist.

Main duties of the job

• To participate in the development of an effective PIMHS team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.
• To be responsible for the assessment and treatment of families allocated to them within the context of the multi-disciplinary U5s CAMHS team.
• To be directly involved in delivering specific Parent-Infant psychological interventions to infants and parents to promote the quality of parent-infant relationships. This may also include brief parent work, group work, short term generic CAMHS input, video work (e.g. video interactive guidance), consultation, offering teaching and training and joint working with multiagency colleagues.
• To be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative.
• To participate in the review and development of clinical policies and identify improvements to service provision.
• To participate in the audit process, linking in with the clinical governance agenda.
• To contribute to the training experience of trainee psychotherapists and students from other disciplines on placement, as appropriate.
• To receive regular clinical and service related supervision from a Consultant/Lead Parent-Infant Psychotherapist within the Brent U5 CAMHS Team.
• To take an active interest in working parties and groups within the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols and guidelines.

Working for our organisation

This post necessitates working directly and indirectly with women who have vulnerable infants and are experiencing complex and severe mental health difficulties. Some clients/patients may be difficult to engage and their behaviour may significantly challenge the integrity and welfare of the post holder. The post also necessitates the post holder to travel regularly across Brent and when necessary, to local community amenities or independent sector establishments often transporting test materials, audio-visual and IT equipment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Responsibilities:

• To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist Parent-Infant psychotherapy assessment and treatment to service users, and support and signposting to parents, to promote the quality of parent-infant relationships.
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of parents with a range of mental health and social and emotional difficulties, particularly focusing on providing interventions flexibly which are adapted to the needs of infants and their mothers/carers in complex and varying degrees of illness and distress.
• To offer consultation, teaching and training on Parent-Infant mental health and Attachment to multidisciplinary colleagues as required.
• To contribute to audit and research.
• To actively engage in outcome monitoring, including the use of normed routine outcome measures associated with CYP IAPT where appropriate.
• To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework of the CAMHS Directorate’s and the Trust’s policies and procedures.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Masters level preclinical training at an Association of Child Psychotherapists recognised training school; post graduate doctoral level training in clinical child psychotherapy at a training school accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapy or Association of Child Psychotherapists Statement of Equivalence AND/OR Training in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy accredited by the BPC/UKCP.
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in relevant fields in health, social care or education settings.

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their parents as a full member of a multidisciplinary team located in community, primary care, outpatient or inpatient setting.
• Experience of working with a wide variety child, adolescents across the whole age range (0-18) and their parents, and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity and complexity.
• Experience of working in different CAMHS Tiers.
• Experience of working with parent-infant psychotherapy.
• Experience of the application of child psychotherapy in different cultural contexts.

Knowledge & Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychotherapeutic assessment, intervention and management.
• Knowledge of infant mental health.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents including child protection procedures and policies.
• Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor.
• Awareness of the implications of working within a managed system.
• Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education Structures, National policies and frameworks.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings.

Other

• Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
• Ability to teach and train others and present the work of Parent-infant mental health within public, professional and academic settings.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.

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CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Claudia de Campos Job title ACP Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist Email address [e-mail]