Contract: 12 months fixed-term (permanent pending funding)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Are you an accredited counsellor, social worker, mental health nurse, occupational therapist looking to increase skills and competencies working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate existing knowledge and experience of working therapeutically with young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. Experience of at least 2 years working with children and young people is essential.
Applicants without the above recognised core profession but with 4 years’ experience of working in a mental health service delivering therapy will be considered for eligibility via the Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSA) framework based on that developed by the BABCP https://babcp.com/Knowledge-Skills-Attitudes.
This is a 12-month paid training post that includes fully funded training leading to a postgraduate qualification in IPT-A. You will receive expert clinical supervision and clinical experience as part of a multidisciplinary team committed to improving outcomes for children and young people.
Purpose of Role:
- To gain a postgraduate diploma in Psychological Therapies with Children and Young People: Interpersonal Therapy with Adolescents (IPT-A) pathway
- To deliver evidence-based therapy to Adolescents
- To attend CBT Training Centre (Greater Manchester West) one day per week teaching
- To deliver 4 days per week clinical practice and clinical supervision
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To attend CBT Training Centre (Greater Manchester West) one day per week
To complete placement with Young Persons Advisory Service 4 days per week
- To carry out assessments to identify appropriate intervention
- To utilise routine outcome measures collaboratively with children, parents and teachers to assess, monitor, evaluate and demonstrate the impact of the intervention
- To utilise electronic equipment to record sessions the training centre and placement supervisions
- To fully participate in lectures, seminars and self-directed learning.
- To ensure reflection of recordings of clinical work.
- To fully participate in supervision of clinical practice.
- To attend initial five days of core IPT-A teaching over two weeks
- To attend academic teaching one day per week (Thursdays) across 3 terms
- To develop and maintain sound working relationships with external agencies, to enable appropriate support relating to the young person’s needs.
- To initiate and support the EHAT (Early Help Assessment Tool) assessments
- To attend safeguarding meetings as and when required by caseload
- To ensure Information Governance compliant in relation to safeguarding children and young people personal data
- To record, file and populate data in accordingly
- To actively promote participation
- To generate monthly statistical information
- To contribute to YPAS service developments, including monitoring and evaluation.
- To be committed to value based and anti- discriminatory practice
- To participate and consult within YPAS’s policy review system
- To actively participate in the quality assurance of the service via appropriate systems underpinned by ISO9001
- To share knowledge and skills through training as and when required.
- To engage with all YPAS services in response to internal pathways
- To produce monthly management reports based on your undertaken work and activities and deliver the content via a presentation as and when required.
- To contribute to the organisation’s annual report content.
- To undertake any additional duties consistent with the nature of the position as agreed through the management structure.
Review
This job description is issued as a guideline to help you understand the role you will be expected to undertake. It has been prepared based on the current needs of the service and will be subject to periodic review or development.
The appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check, two references and proof of original documentation. If appointed, you will be subject to a six month probationary period
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £32,597.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 01/09/2025
Reference ID: IPTA25
Expected start date: 08/01/2026
