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Child and adolescent psychotherapists (CAPT) work with children and young people aged up to 25 and their families and carers to assess and treat a wide range of psychological problems.
To train as a child and adolescent psychotherapist, you need to complete a recognised pre-clinical course including psychoanalytic and child development theory and psychoanalytic observations of infants and young children. You will also need experience of working with children and adolescents.While you train, you will be paid at Agenda for Change Band 6, moving to a post at Band 7 after qualifying. You could develop to become a highly specialist clinician, consultant or take up teaching and management positions at Band 8a and above.You'll need a keen awareness of people and their behaviour, be able to relate to a wide range of people, be emotionally resilient and have a capacity for study and continued learning.In addition to community child and adolescent mental health services, you could work in inpatient units, looked after children teams, hospital teams for children with physical illness and disability, eating disorder services, perinatal and parent-infant services, schools, learning disability teams and forensic services. You could progress into a leadership, supervision or teaching role. -
NHS catering managers make sure our patients and staff have highly nutritious, high quality food and drink when they need it.
Catering managers in the NHS have a relevant qualification, usually a degree or HND eg in hospitality management, hotel and catering management or culinary arts management. To get onto a degree or HND course you usually need appropriate level 3 qualifications. Some cooks or chefs enter the NHS as catering assistants and take qualifications while they are working and gaining experience. If you join the NHS as a catering manager you will be given the training you need to introduce you to the department and its systems and procedures. You are likely to have opportunities to take further qualifications. You may also be expected to go on short courses in particular topics such as special diets.Catering staff working in the NHS are paid on the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay system. As a cook team manager, you'll typically be on AfC band 4, and with further training and experience, you could apply for posts as a catering manager at AfC bands 5 and 6. Catering managers in the NHS work standard hours of around 37.5 a week. They may work shifts including early starts and evenings. Terms and conditions will usually be different for catering managers staff working outside of the NHS.As a catering manager, you have to be interested in food and drink, flexible and adaptable, able to plan ahead and prioritise and keen to provide good customer service. You'll need good organisational, management, budgeting, problem-solving and communication skills.With experience, catering managers can progress by being responsible for larger departments. With further experience, they may become head of a trust’s catering service. There may be opportunities outside the NHS.Related roles
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A clinical oncologist is a doctor who uses chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a range of other treatments to care for patients with cancer.
Training usually starts with a five year first degree in medicine, two years foundation doctor training, two years core training (CT1-2), followed by five years specialists training (ST3-7). This period of training will include your royal college exams. Length of training can vary according to your circumstancesDoctors may work up to 48 hours a week. The working hours may sometimes extend beyond the normal working day to include early mornings, evenings, weekends and on call. The basic salary ranges from £29,384 to £34,012. Once you start your specialty training as a clinical oncologist employed by the NHS, you can expect to earn a salary of at least £40,257, which can increase to between £84,559 and £114,003 as a consultant.For this role you'll have a high level of compassion, sensitivity and empathy to treat people with cancer. You'll need excellent communication skills to manage a wide range of relationships with colleagues, and patients and their families. You'll be emotionally resilient, have excellent problem-solving and diagnostic skills and work well in teams and under pressure. You'll also be very organised for the benefit of patients.In 2020, there were 170 applications for 49 places on specialty training for clinical oncology. You could specialise or conduct research in specific cancers, teach medical or postgraduate students, or get involved in research.