Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Skills and Competencies

  Communication and relationship skills at the highest level in situations where complex formulations need to be considered.

• Skills and Competencies

  Analytic and judgement skills in processing the great complexity of information arising from clinical work. Skill in formulation and forming care plans.

• Skills and Competencies

  Advanced skill in supervision. An ability to deliver regular supervision to a range of professionals.

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  Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professionals.

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  Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

• Skills and Competencies

  Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work and clients.

• Skills and Competencies

  Masters or Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology consistent with psychoanalytic work.

• Skills and Competencies

  Well-developed skills to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an age appropriate level (including use of play, drawing etc) complex, highly technical and / or clinically sensitive information to adults, children, young people, their families, carers and professionals within and out with the NHS including reports for court.

• Skills and Competencies

  Knowledge of child development/ mental health issues.

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  Ability to work with people from culturally diverse communities in a variety of contexts including highly specialist skills for working therapeutically in family homes.

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  Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation and ethical issues, and their implication for both clinical practice and professional management to the full range of client groups.

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  Skills in flexibility planning and organising own working week, prioritising case load, balancing clinical sessions appropriately with other workload.

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  Physical skill in using key board, audio/ visual equipment, car driving.

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  Basic IT skills.

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  Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies.

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  Ability to manage working in situations of multi- level stress e.g. clients experience of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, organisational transitions.

• Skills and Competencies

  Ability to move between different levels of context in a single day, switching between clinical work, supervision, consultation, teaching, strategic thinking and planning and able to conceptualise at the highest level in order to assist colleagues who are experts in their particular field.

• Knowledge and Experience

  Substantial experience of working within an NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Learning Disability Service.

• Knowledge and Experience

  Advanced knowledge and skills in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and its effective application to the mental health problems of children and adolescents with complex disorders and diagnoses including pervasive and severe emotional and psychological difficulties.

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of working regularly and intensively with children and young people and their family/ carers.

• Education and Qualification

  Masters level pre- clinical training at a training school / institution recognised by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) and Post graduate training at doctorate level in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at a training school accredited by the ACP.

• Education and Qualification

  Maintenance of ACP registration.