CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPIST

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPIST: British Psychoanalytic Council

Prospex is grassroots, Islington-North London-based youth charity, supporting young people aged 8-21 whose life chances are affected through measures outside their control; poverty, social deprivation, high unemployment, and crime. Founded in 2001, the organisation works to address these negative influences, often resulting in low self-esteem and poor school attendance, leading to limited employment prospects. Through the provision of positive relationships together with transferable life and employability skills, young people can broaden their horizons outside the limits of their existing thinking and are given the tools to achieve their goals.

Position: Child And Adolescent Psychotherapist
Location: London
Hours: Full Time
Salary Guide: £20,000 – £35,000
Last Updated: 30 August 2024
Job Category: Social Care

Psychotherapist Role:

A Clinical Psychologist, or Psychotherapist is a mental health professional who diagnoses and provides treatment for mental, behavioural and emotional illnesses. Duties include assessing the patients needs and behaviour, developing and administering the right treatment and providing advice to Carers.

Other Duties:

• Identifying a patients psychological, emotional and behavioural problems
• Developing and implementing treatment plans and therapeutic processes for patients
• Helping patients define plans and goals to achieve personal, educational and social development and adjustment
• Monitoring the progress of patients through meetings and sessions
• Helping clients make positive progress in their lives and providing support and advice to Carers
• Conducting scientific research of behaviour and brain function to determine better treatments
• Testing for patient patterns that can help understand and predict behaviour
• Developing and implementing clinical research programmes