Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Band 8A Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

We are looking for people to apply who have a clear passion to make a difference, are motivated and enthused about working with young people and families. We are a service that is known for being creative and responsive to the needs of our young people, who, no matter what level of need, receive the right support for their emotional well-being and mental health.

Main Duties of the Job

You will be a qualified psychotherapist with current registration with the ACP professional body. You will hold a caseload of young people with complex mental health needs and will take responsibility for providing assessments and therapeutic treatment programmes.

About Us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the center of everything we do. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership, and more.
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline, and more.
• Staff networks and support groups.

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.

Job Responsibilities

• Ongoing opportunities for further training (e.g., Postgraduate study with Reading & Coventry Universities, CYIAPT, EMDR, systemic family therapy, ARFID training).
• Developmental posts for newly qualified practitioners looking for supported career progression.
• Regular clinical, management supervision, and appraisal.
• Flexible working patterns and hours, which will include some virtual working.
• Opportunities for creative specialized or shared roles.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Reflective practice and complex case discussion groups.
• Friendly experienced MDT settings.
• Opportunities to support service transformation (e.g., home treatment team for eating disorders, crisis home treatment, and CYIAPT).
• A chance to be part of a service with a Good CQC rating.
• CAMHS Module offered at Coventry University.

We are a service that has received national funding for new and exciting developments, including the trailblazer pilot looking at improving access for young people. You will be joining a service that values its staff and actively invests in their wellbeing; staff are warm, welcoming, and described as the RISE family.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training, management qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Relevant qualification or significant experience in the relevant clinical children's field.
• Maintenance of ACP registration.

Knowledge and Skills

• Understanding of child development and family functioning.
• Knowledge of the range of young people's mental health problems and mental health services.
• Working knowledge of health, social services, education, and the voluntary sector, together with the relevant legislation regarding both children and mental health.
• Knowledge of key policy and guidance relating to children and young people.

Experience

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• 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.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Clinical Lead Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist