Senior/Highly Specialist Child Psychotherapist

Actual salary range: £29,692 - £34,044 (depending on experience within Band 7)

4 days per week

Location: Several locations in North London

The Holmewood School is an innovative, small independent Special Educational Needs school meeting the needs of children with high functioning autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, language and communication difficulties, and specific learning difficulties. We have recently been awarded Advanced Accreditation Status by the National Autistic Society.

We are recruiting a qualified Senior (or Highly Specialist) Child Psychotherapist to provide support, assessment and interventions to our young people aged 7-19, as well as manage a small team of therapists and provide guidance to staff. The successful candidate will join an established multidisciplinary team of psychodynamic therapists, speech and language therapists and an occupational therapist.

The post holder will conduct assessments, and offer tailored interventions as well as have the opportunity to work intensively (up to three times per week) with some of our young people. The post holder will work closely with education colleagues and the senior leadership team to provide a holistic approach to wellbeing within the school.

The successful candidates' role will be interesting and diverse, working with young people who present with complex mental health and special educational needs associated with their diagnosis of autism. A flexible approach, a sense of humour, reliability, punctuality, stamina, resilience and the ability to work under pressure are essential.

We can offer you the benefits of working to a school calendar with a 40 week year (12 weeks paid holidays) and an excellent professional development package. We are part of the Cavendish Group, a unique group of educational independent day and boarding schools. We work closely with the other schools in our group, have extensive community links and believe in ‘thinking differently’ and being as creative as possible in our approach.

To be considered for this role we would expect a candidate to demonstrate:

Registration with ACP.

At least five year’s experience in working with young people at previous band level.

Experience working with areas such as ASD, Attachment issues, Trauma, Mental Health or other experience relevant to our young people.

Please contact Bridget Young, Head of School, on 020 3908 8991 if you have any questions or would like to discuss the role

Closing date: 9am, Monday  19th October 2020

Interview date: Thursday 22nd October 2020

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to employment.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.