Under 5s Child Psychotherapist (ACP) | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	19 Mai 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum incl. HCAS
Oriau:	Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau:	18 Mehefin 2026
Lleoliad:	Wembely, HA9 6JE
Cwmni:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7998024/333-G-CA-1706

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Harrow Under 5s CAMHS Service is commissioned to provide brief parent-infant and parent-child psychotherapy to families with infants and young children. The team a psychoanalytically informed service.

We are looking for an ACP accredited child psychotherapist with an experience of and passion for Under 5s work. You will be part of our successful service and help us to expand our reach and supporting other Hubs across Harrow, making relationships with families and local stakeholders. You will offer brief psychotherapy to families and consultation to professionals and parents. We accept and encourage applications from people qualifying in Summer 2025.

The role involves a creative and passionate approach to service development, and offers the opportunity of being part of a pioneering initiative. We are looking for clinicians with sound understanding of infant mental health, and who are open to growing and developing in this field. As this is a brand-new service, we are looking forward to growing and developing together with you.

We are advertising a 0.8 (4 days a week) band 7 post for the Borough of Harrow. The post holder will be based within Brent & Harrow CAMHS team and in one of the local Children’s Centres.

The service aims to provide an accessible, destigmatising, culturally sensitive infant/young child mental health perspective through:
• consultation to parents and professionals
• specialist assessment
• 6 session brief work with Under 5s and their families, using evidence-based treatment
• interagency partnership working
• teaching and training in infant mental health and early attachment.

The Child Psychotherapist role requires a motivated, organised and enthusiastic professional interested in supporting a lively Under 5s clinical team. They will be part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team undertaking clinical functions in line with their clinical expertise to implement the under the guidance of a Band 8a Child Psychotherapist and Lead Child Psychotherapist.



Key Responsibilities:

To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist early intervention psychotherapy assessment and treatment service for children Under 5 and their families with
1. highly complex and persistent infant mental health problems and presentations beyond ordinary developmental expectations, their carers/parents and families within care pathways as relevant.
2. To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of families with children Under 5 with complex infant mental health presentations, developmental and emotional difficulties.
3. To offer consultation, teaching and training on infant mental health and attachment to multidisciplinary colleagues
4. To contribute to audit and research.
5. To actively engage in outcome monitoring, including the use of normed routine outcome measures associated with CYP IAPT
6. To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework of the CAMHS Directorate’s and the Trust’s policies and procedures.


This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Jun 2026

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