Location: Exeter, EX2 4NU, Torquay, TQ2 7BA, Barnstaple, EX31 3UD&Dartington, TQ9 6JE
Salary: £53754.00 to £60503.00
Date posted: 4th December 2024
Closing date: 5th January 2025
Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist - Preceptor Opportunity
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Job Description:
Child Family Health Devon (CFHD) has developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens community services and is looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated pathways. Come and join us in beautiful Devon!
You will join a strong, enthusiastic, and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network, and your inspiring colleagues. This brings professional collaboration that will be an asset to your daily work, your development and your support network.
In line with transformation, we are excited to be developing our Psychotherapy provision across the county.
We are looking for experienced Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists to join us in senior roles (8a) in our Mood, Emotions and Relationships pathway, providing mental health provision to children and young people across Devon. We have the following vacancies: 1 WTE inExeter, 1 WTE in Torbay & South Devon, and 0.8 WTE (30 hours) in North Devon.
Preceptorship opportunity - new/early qualified colleagues could be appointed to these roles at band 7 under a preceptorship to work towards requirements for band 8a, subject to satisfactory completion of preceptorship process.
Its an exciting time of change as we develop our pathways under iThrive and expand our therapeutic offer. We are committed to providing high-quality services to improve outcomes for children and young people and are keen to find the right colleagues to join us.
Part-time roles considered.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist, you will be offering high-quality complex assessments and psychotherapy to children, young people and their families. You will bring advanced assessment, formulation, therapy and consultative skills to the pathway as well as applying your specialist thinking to wider service development contributions.
There will be CPD opportunities to support your development and a commitment to supporting your career progression at this stage in relation to consolidating your supervisory role and leadership skills as well as further expanding your clinical knowledge and skills.
You will have regular clinical supervision and separate line management. You will be supported with a job plan with opportunities to use a breadth of skills including research and service development. There is a growing, friendly network of Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists working across CFHD with a new Principal CAPT also joining us, bringing increasing opportunities for shared CPD and professional support. We are committed to supporting the growth of the profession and the provision of Trainee placements.
We encourage interest from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences, both personal and professional.
About us
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our children and young people say
We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.
Contact information:
Principal Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist
Harry Howell
