Trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

Trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Foundation Trust is excited to be able to offer a new specialist clinical training post for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy within our Children and Young Peoples Eating Disorder Service. This training is a Professional Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.

We are looking for a trainee who is engaged with curiosity in psychoanalytic thinking, holds an outward looking countenance, and demonstrates a commitment to improving the lives of children, young people, and their families. The candidate should have a particular interest in work with children and young people with eating disorders.

This is a four-year NHS England funded clinical training post. Funding includes tuition fees; fulltime salary; and a contribution to travel, accommodation, and analytic expenses.

Candidates must have completed their preclinical training, an Association of Child Psychotherapy (ACP) recognised 'observation course'; and will need to have been accepted into one of the clinical training schools linked to the Southwest (Tavistock Centre or IPCAPA).

Main duties of the job

Training as Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist from Cornwall will require significant personal commitment and resilience as training entails engagement in challenging clinical work, personal psychoanalysis, academic learning, long-distance travel and being regularly away from home.

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

About us

We value ourselves in being a close, supportive and containing team that is passionate about providing high quality care and look forward to welcoming you to be part of our team.

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A Higher Degree (Nursing, Psychology, Social Care, Education, Arts)

Experience

• Extensive experience of work with children and adolescents, including some experience with those with complex difficulties and special needs
• Experience in a multi-professional network and awareness of issues for such networks and teams
• Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work
• A capacity to struggle with the necessity for containing anxiety and distress without resorting to premature action

Skills

• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team with varying theoretical perspectives.
• Ability to work within defined management arrangements.
• Capacity to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, with analytic and non-analytic colleagues and professionals from other backgrounds.
• Good communication skills and ability to participate in group activities
• Awareness of basic research procedures and capacity to conduct simple surveys and audits of own work
• Ability to travel independently where required
• Basic keyboard skills

Qualifications

• Completion of Association of Child Psychotherapy recognised observational course

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.

Employer name

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist