Highly Specialist Child Adolescent Psychotherapist: Sponsorship Available

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and creative Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to join our Generic Team at Greenwich CAMHS. You will be a senior clinician in a team that is well established and expected to play an active role in a service that is working to become more responsive and needs led. We are looking for someone with post qualified experience who is ready to take up supervision and support of band 7 psychotherapists, trainees and possibly colleagues from other disciplines. You will be part of the Generic team’s clinical leadership team, helping deliver Directorate and Trust initiatives at service level and playing key role in monitoring and evaluating the quality of care delivered locally.

The postholder will be an ACP accredited Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist wishing to work in a community based service with children, young people and their families.

The Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy team in Oxleas NHS Foundation trust is an established, active, diverse and creative group that meets regularly, offers opportunities for CPD, holds an annual conference and welcomes innovatory ideas and collaborations.

 

Main duties of the job

 

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and creative Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to join our Generic Team at Greenwich CAMHS. You will be a senior clinician in a team that is well established and expected to play an active role in a service that is working to become more responsive and needs led. We are looking for someone with post qualified experience who is ready to take up supervision and support of band 7 psychotherapists, trainees and possibly colleagues from other disciplines. You will be part of the Generic team’s clinical leadership team, helping deliver Directorate and Trust initiatives at service level and playing key role in monitoring and evaluating the quality of care delivered locally.

The postholder will be an ACP accredited Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist wishing to work in a community based service with children, young people and their families.

The Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy team in Oxleas NHS Foundation trust is an established, active, diverse and creative group that meets regularly, offers opportunities for CPD, holds an annual conference and welcomes innovatory ideas and collaborations.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

  • Doctorate level and relevant qualification as Child psychotherapist

Desirable

  • 3+ years experience working as a Child psychotherapist, 2 – 3 years working with children and families in a relevant field

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Experience of working with children and young people in NHS settings

Desirable

  • Working with families

Experience supervisior

Essential

  • Supervising junior staff and trainees

Desirable

  • Experience of relevant patient groups presenting high levels of complexity and difficulty

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 10 May 2026

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