We are seeking to recruit a Child Psychotherapist who is passionate about early intervention and parent/carer-infant relationships. The role will involve delivery and development of a high-quality parent infant mental health service including direct work with families and working with other professionals offering consultation, supervision, and training within our Parent-Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS). With supervision and additional training, the successful candidate will manage their own caseload providing assessment, formulation and parent-infant interventions. The successful candidate will be passionate about working in this field and have knowledge and experience of working with infants and their parents/carers. An understanding of working within CAMHS, Adult Mental Health Services and of assessing risk within the perinatal period is requiredPackage DescriptionAs a Bank Child Psychotherapist we value you and your wellbeing, offering a range of benefits to help you feel supported and appreciated:As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:Flexible Shift Booking – Self-book bank shifts and request time off up to six weeks in advance for a better work-life balance.Wagestream Access – Track and access earned wages anytime, avoiding high-interest loans or overdrafts.Professional Growth – Gain experience across various services, access free training, and join our Strive for Better professional network.24/7 Well-being Support – Free counselling, legal advice, financial guidance, and career coaching.Innovative Culture – Share ideas, apply for national funding, and contribute to service improvements.Recognition & Engagement – Nominate colleagues for awards and participate in executive Q&A sessions.Commitment to Excellence – Be part of a team with "Good" or "Outstanding" CQC-rated services.Main ResponsibilitiesEnsure interventions are planned in an integrated and coordinated manner, especially when reliant on external agencies identified through supervision or complex case discussions. Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to support the formulation, management, and treatment of service users.Communicate assessment, formulation, and treatment plans with skill and sensitivity. Develop care packages post-consultation, ensuring active involvement of parents and infants, with a focus on assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. Conduct specialist psychotherapeutic assessments for referred families and collaborate to determine the most suitable treatment. Contribute to the development and delivery of training programs for professionals in parent-infant mental health services. Lead audit and research initiatives within the team, implementing findings and driving service development. Deputise for the Team Manager/Clinical Lead in their absence. Provide clinical supervision internally and externally, and support the training of trainee Child Psychotherapists/Clinical Psychologists.The Ideal CandidateEssential:Master’s level preclinical training at an Association of Child Psychotherapists-recognised school.Postgraduate doctoral training in clinical child psychotherapy at an accredited training school, or Statement of Equivalence from the Association of Child Psychotherapists, or Doctoral-level Clinical Psychology accredited by BPS/HCPC.Experience in specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of families as part of a multidisciplinary team in community, primary care, outpatient, or inpatient settings.Desirable:Pre-qualification training in health, social care, or education settings.Experience working with families ante/perinatally.About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
