Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist/ Clinical Psychologist
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Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist/ Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist – Specialist Parent Infant Mental Health Service
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established Parent Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Service in HMR. As a highly specialist clinical psychologist/psychotherapist, you will be integral to shaping the future of our service, collaborating with an experienced and passionate team.
Working alongside greater Manchester’s CAMH (Child and Adolescent Mental Health) services, you will contribute to the NHS long-term plan for a comprehensive mental health service from birth to 19. Your role will focus on developing inclusive practice, engaging diverse groups and supporting vulnerable infants and families, while also contributing to peri-natal mental health workforce development.
Responsibilities
While delivering an individualised formulation-driven service to families from conception to age 2, your core responsibilities will include:
- providing PIMH assessment, formulation, and specialist intervention
- leading training, consultation, and supervision for the workforce on early years mental health (conception to reception)
- developing and embedding an inclusive, trauma-informed approach across all practices
- representing the service in local partnerships and contributing to service improvement initiatives
- supporting the professional development of clinical staff through supervision and mentorship
Requirements
Candidates must hold Charles Sturt University’s Expert Specialist Clinical Practice (Clinical Psychologist Pathway) qualifications and be qualified HCPC-registered clinicians in either:
- Clinical Psychology
- Child Psychotherapy
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Compulsory prerequisites include:
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with families and referring professionals
- Experience delivering systemic and formulation-based tertiary interventions in Infant Mental Health
- A commitment to equitable practices with marginalised communities
- Expertise in early intervention, including early help approaches for caesarean section and medical intensive care network populations
- Ability to produce My Healthy Child Team and Parent-Infant Mental Health Framework deliverable products
- glad service awareness and recognition of the role of attachment in family functioning
- Experience of working within the NHS or child public health systems
Skills & Experience
Eligible applicants will possess:
- Outstanding communication and leadership skills
- Strong background in systemic work, psychoanalytic theory, and developmental psychology
- Willingness to develop skills in **perinatal **and neonatal mental health
- Experience with trauma-informed care and intergenerational mental health considerations
- Willingness to support clinical supervision and performance appraisal processes
About Us
Based at Croft Shifa Health Centre, the role offers:
- Collaborative work in a multidisciplinary team, in line with NHS tips for early help.
- A supportive supervisory environment from the clinical lead.
- Access to continue professional development (CPD), training, and research activities.
Our vision underlying all we do is a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in Greater Manchester’s five boroughs:
- Bury
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Stockport
- Tameside & Glossop
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We stand by an inclusive and compassionate ethos, encouraging applications from diverse backgrounds, including candidates with lived experience of mental illness or those acting as carers.
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We pride ourselves on delivering a circle of care approach from birth to 19, from within the NHS adult care setting. Our services reflect news inequality standards around early support.
Benefits & Opportunities
When you join us, you’ll benefit from:
- Generous annual leave, including Bank Holidays for Agenda for Change staff and exclusions for specific health roles
- Flexible working options to achieve a satisfying balance between work and life
- Continued Professional Development opportunities to advance your expertise
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives, including access to a wellbeing service
- Staff discounts across retail, leisure, and travel partners
- Competitive salary & benefits attached to NHS Agenda for Change Band 8a/9
Equal Opportunities
All individuals are warmly invited to apply, irrespective of:
- Race
- Age
- Disability
- Ethnic background
- Nationality
- Religion
- Marital status
- Gender identity
- Lived experience as a carer of mental health services is highly encouraged
For More Information
For further inquiries or to arrange an informal visit to understand our services, please contact:
Name: Sarah Fielding Job Title: Clinical Child Psychotherapist & Clinical Lead Email: sarah.fielding1@nhs.net Telephone: 07394 843480
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