Psychotherapist jobs in United Arab Emirates

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 10 February 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for a Child and adolescent Psychotherapist to obtain diverse experience of Core CAMHS and under 5s work, through this split post. The role entails working in the Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster (KCW) Under 5s team for 2.5 days a week and do one day of psychotherapy in Kensington and Chelsea Core CAMHS team. The post-holder will be based in Kensington & Chelsea CAMHS clinic and will work in the community and in Family Hubs across KCW.

We are seeking a qualified ACP‑registered child and adolescent psychotherapist for our CAMHS Emotional Disorders Team and our Inner Under 5s Teams. This is a maternity cover for a staff member who currently has a split role across both the Inner Under 5s and Core CAMHS. Both teams are based in 1B Beatrice Place.

This is a fixed term maternity cover post for 12 months. The post holder will work 2.5 days a week in the Inner Under 5s Team and 1 day a week in Core CAMHS (there might be a possibility to extend the role for an additional day.

We are ideally looking for a candidate who would like the diverse opportunities that the split role has to offer. We will consider applicants to only one of the roles and job shares, if we are unable to appoint to the split role.

We welcome candidates who are dedicated to excellence, able to work independently within professional standards, and keen to participate in quality improvement initiatives that benefit the mental health of children, young people, and their families.

As a vital member of our Under 5s and Core CAMHS teams, you will have the opportunity to engage in psychodynamic work alongside generic CAMHS work, further broadening your scope of professional practice and enhancing your clinical skills. You will be responsible for:

• Providing expert psychodynamic assessment, formulation, and therapy to children, young people, and families with complex mental health presentations.
• In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, conducting comprehensive state of mind assessments, psychological formulation, care planning and interventions.
• Coordinating care, managing communications with parents and professionals and liaising with various agencies involved in the care of children and young people referred to the team.
• Offering psychodynamic consultation to non‑psychotherapist colleagues and other professionals.
• Working alongside professionals in the RBKC and Westminster family hubs, offering consultation to them and therapy to patients under the age of 5.

You will join a well‑represented multidisciplinary service, including psychiatrists, psychologists, family therapists, nurses, art therapists and behaviour analysts. You will be part of a supportive network of child psychotherapists working across various teams within our service, fostering an environment of professional growth, reflection and collaboration.

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Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical:

Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments for referred children and young people, integrating complex data from various sources.

Develop and implement treatment and case management plans based on appropriate psychoanalytical conceptual frameworks and evidence‑based methods across different care settings.

Implement a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, grounded in psychoanalytic psychotherapy principles and techniques, including both short‑term and long‑term interventions as needed.

Evaluate and decide on treatment options, considering theoretical and therapeutic models as well as complex historical and developmental factors.

Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, care planning, treatment, and discharge of children, young people, and their families.

Conduct risk assessments and manage risks for individual children and young people.

Act as care coordinator when appropriate, initiating, planning, and reviewing CAMHS care plans involving children, young people, their carers, referring agents, and others in the care network.

Communicate effectively and sensitively about assessment, formulation, and treatment plans, and monitor progress during both uni‑disciplinary and multi‑disciplinary care.

2. Education and Development:

Receive regular clinical professional supervision from the consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist.

Identify training and professional development needs in accordance with the service needs, through clinical and management supervision and the appraisal process.

3. Research and Audit:

Utilise theory, evidence‑based literature, and research to support evidence‑based practice in clinical work and team collaborations.

Participate in Quality Improvement (QI) projects and processes as appropriate.

Advise both service and professional management on aspects of the service where clinical and/or organisational matters need addressing.

Undertake project management, including complex audits and service evaluations, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.

Contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes.

Contribute to the development and articulation of best practices in their professional discipline.

4. Administration and Clinical Recording:

Enter required data into the Trusts patient administration systems and use databases as directed by managers.

Use computer software to prepare reports, presentations, and documents relevant to clinical duties.

Perform administrative tasks in line with service requirements, effectively utilising available administrative support.

5. Standards:

Complete the CNWL mandatory training programme annually within directed timescales.

Prioritise attendance at multi‑agency planning meetings such as Child in Need, Child Protection conferences, professionals meetings, and CPAs.

Adhere to CNWL policies and procedures, including confidentiality, data protection, information sharing, code of conduct, capability, equality and diversity, health and safety, infection prevention and control, finance, safeguarding children, sickness absence, annual leave, special leave, lone working policy, and use of information technology.

Fully participate in the Trusts Appraisal/Supervision Programme and work with the manager to ensure clear job plans and objectives.

Undertake additional duties appropriate to the grade/role and work flexibly across CAMHS sites to provide cover for short‑term absences when needed. Flexible hours may be arranged with the manager, subject to service needs and regular review.

6. Mandatory Training:

The post holder will complete the CNWL mandatory training programme annually within directed timescales.

7. Multi‑agency Meetings:

The post holder will prioritise attendance at multi‑agency planning meetings such as Child in Need, Child Protection conferences, professionals meetings, and CPAs.

8. Duty Systems:

The post holder will actively participate in and support the CAMHS internal duty system as required and stipulated in the duty rota.

9. Policy and Procedure:

The post holder will work in line with CNWL policy and procedures at all times, including:

Confidentiality, Data Protection, and Information Sharing

Code of Conduct

Capability

Equality and Diversity

Health and Safety

Infection Prevention and Control

Finance

Safeguarding Children

Sickness Absence

Lone Working Policy

Use of Information Technology

10. Professional Standards and Performance Review:

The post holder will fully participate in the Trusts Appraisal/Supervision Programme and work with their manager to ensure they have a clear job plan and objectives.

11. Flexible Working:

The post holder will undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade/role and work flexibly across Child and Adolescent Mental Health sites to provide cover for short‑term absences when required. Where service needs allow, flexible hours can be agreed with the manager in line with Trust policy and are subject to regular review.

Note: This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties within the job grade, in discussion with the manager.

• Master's level preclinical training at an Association of Child Psychotherapists recognised training school Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical child and adolescent psychotherapy at a training school accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapy (ACP)
• Pre‑qualification training and qualifications in relevant fields in health, social care or education

• Experience in specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and their parents as a member of an NHS multidisciplinary team in community, primary care, outpatient, or inpatient settings. Experience working with a diverse range of children and adolescents (ages 0‑18) and their parents, addressing a broad spectrum of clinical severity and complexity. Experience working with neuro‑divergent children and adolescents Desirable criteria Maximum score 6
• 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 applying child and adolescent psychotherapy in various cultural contexts.

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychotherapeutic assessment, intervention and management
• 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, as well as national policies and frameworks.
• Skills in providing consultation to professional and non‑professional groups.
• Knowledge of research methodology, outcome research and ability to critically interpret research findings.

• Ability to form effective working relationships within a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ability to identify and implement clinical governance mechanisms to support and maintain clinical practice.
• Ability to teach and train others and to present the work of child psychotherapists within public, professional and academic settings.

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£56,276 to £63,176 a year pro rata per annum incl. HCAS