CAMHS Psychotherapist

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire CAMHS has a strong and ongoing commitment to providing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy for Children, Young people, and Families. We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist to join our Eastleigh team.

We are looking for a creative and motivated child psychotherapist who is committed to our CAPt values and core principles in offering and developing psychotherapy within our service.

Your unique and specialist skills, training, and experience will support specialist assessments and psychotherapeutic interventions within our mental health service, including working with complex trauma, children in need, and neurodiversity, working collaboratively across a variety of external agencies.

The successful psychotherapist will be supported by our new to CAMHS training, therapies, and CAPt leadership and team. The Trust provides a supervision package combining individual, management, and clinical supervision, continuing professional development, and regular group psychotherapy meetings.

You will have a core qualification in clinical Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy and experience in child and adolescent mental health. You will be registered or registerable with ACP.

Main Duties of the Job

To work as a member of the clinical service/team, providing a high-quality, specialist child psychotherapy service to children, young people, their families, or carers. In addition, to support psychological practice within the team through psychoanalytically informed consultation, supervision, formulation, and training, and by participating in systematic clinical governance.

To work with complex presentations suitable for child psychotherapy in the team, utilising a high level of knowledge and experience and adapting approaches as appropriate, with regard to evidence-based practice.

About Us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.

We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration. Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.

Job Responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief, or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised postgraduate level training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy conferring eligibility for full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
• Professionally registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year based on full-time hours.