Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 4 years (Band 6 for clinical training, - fixed term 4 years ending August 2028, post dependent on having a place on a clinical training.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (0.7 WTE Clinical Work - 0.3 WTE Study)
- Job ref
- 267-OC6205693
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Melksham CAMHS
- Town
- Melksham
- Salary
- £28,407 - £42,618 (salary dependent upon where the candidate is in their training)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist - Melksham
Band 6
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer a Trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist 4 year fixed term position in Oxford Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in BSW based in our Melksham Team in Wiltshire.
All applicants will need to have completed or near completion of an Association of Child Psychotherapy pre-clinical training and have been offered a place on an ACP full clinical training ready to begin in Sep 2024 Wiltshire.
The post is funded by NHS England to begin in September 2024 up until August 2028, you will be based in clinic for 4 days per week and you will be funded to attend your training school for 1 day a week. Funding also covers analysis and training costs.
Main duties of the job
The role is to undertake a range of clinical work under supervision whilst undertaking a training at an ACP registered training school. The post holder will be expected to offer advice, consultancy and support to colleagues within the CAMHS team and wider service.
You will be joining a large group of child psychotherapists across Oxford Health who meet regularly for CPD and to discuss our work.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides 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
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a leading teaching, training, and research trust, we have close links to Oxford and Oxford Brookes, Buckinghamshire, Reading and Bath universities. We are part of the Oxford Academic Health Science Centre, working closely with our university colleagues to translate their findings into clinical care as quickly as possible, enabling people using our services to benefit from the latest advances in healthcare.
The funding will cover training fees, salary and a significant contribution towards personal analysis and travel.
Successful applicants will already need to be on an ACP recognised pre-clinical training course or have been accepted for the ACP recognised Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy clinical training.
Applicants, as a minimum, will need to have completed the first year of the pre-clinical training recognised by the Association of Child Psychotherapists. This assumes they will already be working with children and young people in a professional capacity and that they have an interest in and some understanding of psychoanalytical thinking. Those undertaking or having already successfully completed an ACP approved pre-clinical training, will also be eligible to apply and may be able to “step on” in Year 2 and hence complete the training in 5 years.
Pre-clinical courses are offered in the following locations:
Belfast
Perinatal, child, adolescent and family work: a psychoanalytic observational approach (M7N)
Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust
University of Essex
[email protected]
07879 885 881
Birmingham
Perinatal, child, adolescent and family work: a psychoanalytic observational approach (M7B)
Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust /University of Essex
[email protected]
0121 7530413
Bristol
Perinatal, child, adolescent and family work: a psychoanalytic observational approach (M7K)
Avon & Wiltshire Partnership NHS Trust
Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust /University of Essex
[email protected]
0117 919 0330
Glasgow
Psychoanalytic Observation and Reflective Practice: Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People (TWCYP)
Human Development Scotland
University of Strathclyde
[email protected]
0141 331 2419
Leeds
Psychoanalytic Observational Studies
Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
University of Leeds
[email protected]
0113 855 8750
London
Early Child Development and Clinical Applications
Anna Freud Centre
University College London
[email protected]
020 77942313
Psychodynamics of Human Development
British Psychotherapy Foundation
Birkbeck, University of London
[email protected]
0208 438 2411
Perinatal, child, adolescent and family work: a psychoanalytic observational approach (M7)
Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust
University of Essex
[email protected]
0208 938 2214
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Undertaking an ACP recognised pre-clinical Child Psychotherapy training and already in year 1 of an ACP recognised pre-clinical training before commencing with the intent to do the full four-year clinical training once the pre-clinical training has been completed.
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate Mental Health Diploma or higher degree.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and application of Child Psychotherapy interventions
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children, young people and families using a therapeutic approach.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of individual therapeutic work with children and young people.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susannah Marks
- Job title
- Lead Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 903777
- Additional information
Kat Mifsud psychotherapist or Susannah Marks or Clinical team manager Megan Sadler all on 01865903777
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