Job requirements
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Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Skills in the use of psychoanalytical/psychological methods of assessment, intervention and management in work with infants, and young children and families.
- Skills
Skills in co-working, liaison and consultation with others, especially with regard to highly complex families.
- Skills
Evidence of a capacity to work collaboratively and flexibly in a multi-disciplinary team context and in multiagency partnerships
- Skills
High level of skill in assessing risk in the context of parent infant mental health and with young children.
- Skills
Ability to work with people from different backgrounds, cultures and ethnicity from one’s own.
- Skills
Demonstrate sensitivity in all contact with disadvantaged groups
- Skills
High level of ability to communicate effectively (both written and verbal) complex, technical and clinically sensitive information to children, parents and carers and a wide range of professionals.
- Skills
Ability to cope with stressful interpersonal situations, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse and communicate in situations in which there may be barriers to the acceptance of communications.
- Skills
Good organisational skills
- Skills
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by ACP /HCPC
- Knowledge
Evidence of awareness of perinatal/parental mental health in relation to infant/child mental health matters.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of the impact of developmental trauma and trauma-informed care
- Knowledge
Knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the needs of infants and young children.
- Knowledge
Doctoral level (or equivalent) knowledge of child and adolescent psychotherapy/ clinical psychology, including highly developed knowledge of psychoanalytical/psychological theories and models of development, psychopathology, family and institutional dynamics.
- Knowledge
Working knowledge of professional systems involved in work with infant and young children, particularly in relation to the statutory framework around child protection
- Experience
Experience of working with patient groups presenting high levels of complexity and trauma, including infants, young children and families.
- Experience
Experience in psychotherapy/psychological assessment and therapeutic work with infants and young children and their families/ parents/carers with a full range of presenting problems.
- Experience
Experience of consulting with other professionals in Health, Education, Social Services and Local Authority
- Experience
Experience of representing child psychotherapy /clinical psychology within the context of multidisciplinary and multi-agency treatment and care.
- Work related circumstances
Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Work related circumstances
Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Work related circumstances
Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
- Education and qualifications
Doctorate level qualification as a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist as recognised by the Association of Child Psychotherapists. AND Full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists OR Doctorate level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical, psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS or BPS Statement of Equivalence AND Eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychology Status & HCPC registered.
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working in CAMHS and/or with infants and young children, prior to training as a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist /clinical psychologist
- Experience
Experience of Audit and Research
- Experience
Experience and knowledge of the developmental issues of under 5’s
- Experience
Experience of work or contact with adult mental health services.
- Education and qualifications
Parent-Infant Psychotherapy Training Additional Training in other relevant evidencebased Parent-Infant interventions
Job overview
We are delighted to offer two part-time posts (0.5 WTE), across two specialist services with an established partnership - for either post individually or combined for a fixed term of one year covering maternity leave. We welcome applications from experienced and newly qualified Clinical Psychologists and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists who are passionate about supporting babies, children, young people and families who have experienced trauma. We are looking for reflective practitioners who value meaningful relationships, working collaboratively, and share our commitment to kindness, inclusion and high-quality care.
The posts are across our specialist Family Intervention and Therapy Service (FITS) within Tameside and Glossop CAMHS, operating in close partnership with Children’s Social Care, and our Tameside and Glossop Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS). We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace and particularly welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and with a range of experiences.
Within PIMHS, you will be part of a specialist service (formerly the Early Attachment Service) helping parents build healthy relationships with their babies and young children from pregnancy up to age five. Within FITS, you will be an integral part of a team delivering trauma-responsive intervention for local families via professional consultation, training, reflective practice, and therapeutic pathways.
Main duties of the job
Post 1: Parent Infant Mental Health Service
As a highly specialist Clinical Psychologist or Psychotherapist, you will contribute to the delivery and development of the service alongside an experienced, skilled and passionate multidisciplinary team. You will work with infants, young children and their families from a wide range of backgrounds, providing specialist support where there has been early adversity or trauma, while also strengthening our close partnerships. You will have opportunities to further develop your skills in parent-infant mental health assessment, formulation and intervention through a range of training and professional development opportunities. You will provide a formulation-led service for families from conception to age five, delivering specialist assessment and therapeutic interventions. You will also support the wider workforce through consultation, training and supervision, helping to promote understanding of infant and early years mental health across the system.
Post 2: Family Intervention and Therapy Service (FITS)
You will be an integral part of a team delivering trauma-responsive intervention for local families via professional consultation, training, reflective practice, and therapeutic pathways. Working alongside other practitioners, you will facilitate multiagency consultation, develop and deliver training and implement multi-level therapeutic intervention for children and families in contact with Local Authority Children’s Services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Parent Infant Mental Health Service aims to support parents and carers and your baby/young child to feel safe and secure, to manage the emotional demands of infancy and new parenthood, and to build positive relationships. PIMHS have led the borough in developing integrated perinatal and parent–infant mental health services for parents and children under five and have received wide recognition for good practice and forward thinking from other professionals and services around the country.
The FITS clinical team comprised of mental health professionals, will work in partnership with the Family Intervention Service of Children’s Social Care, while also maintaining strong links with core CAMHS. The aim is to ensure timely access to training, consultation, supervision, and intervention while simultaneously promoting trauma-responsive practice and supporting healthy relationships within our Tameside families.
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential and desirable criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
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This advert is for Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist/ Clinical Psychologist with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Stockport, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 pa, pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 1 year (Maternity Cover. 7 or 8a depending on experience). The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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