Job Description

We are seeking to recruit a skilled and experienced Play therapist to join our CAMHS under 14's team in Norfolk and Waveney. We have a full time vacancy in our Central team, based at Mary Chapman House, Norwich.



We are looking for someone with experience of delivering Play Therapy to children and young people, as well as a broader comprehensive range of skills and knowledge to deliver the additional clinical aspects of the role. You will have excellent communication skills both verbal and written and enjoy being part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team.



It is an exciting time to join our CAMHS teams as we review our ways of working, to ensure our services are needs led, outcome informed and accessible for the young people within Norfolk and Waveney. We expect opportunities to be involved in providing specialist mental health care in a creative and innovative way, informed by overarching THRiVE principles.



In this role you will be required to provide specialist evidenced based assessment and therapeutic intervention to children and young people with mental health difficulties. We are currently working to implement newly aligned treatment pathways and have identified a gap in our play therapy provision.



You will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines, your role with be integral to the multi-disciplinary team. You will at times offer advice and consultation on young people's psychological care to colleagues and other agencies.

Benefits included within this role are:

NHS pension A comprehensive in house and external training programmes Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) Staff physio service NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.



Work as a high level clinician providing Specialist Play Psychotherapy assessments and treatment to young people with a range of psychological and emotional disorders.



Provide expertise in all aspects of Play Psychotherapy to clients, carers and significant others.



Contribute to the provision of the Psychological Therapy Services within NSFT



Work as part of the multidisciplinary team, carrying a caseload of clients for treatment and providing case load management.



Participating in core CAMHS tasks including duty, case discussion and liaising with multidisciplinary teams.



Receive regular clinical supervision, caseload management and line management supervision in line with the Trust Policies and responsible for management of own caseload and ensuring high standards of care are maintained in line with Trust policies and professional codes of practice.



Supervision and consultancy to other mental health professionals and involved in the development of Psychological Therapy provision within the locality as appropriate



Accountable for accurate mental health clustering of all patients in caseload on admission, discharge and at review meetings,



Ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.



Responsible for maintaining the accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.