Family & Systemic Therapist - North and South Oxford CAMHS

NHS; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a qualified Family & Systemic Therapist to work with children and families in a hybrid model. This role involves conducting mental health assessments and providing specialized family therapy in Oxfordshire. Candidates should possess relevant postgraduate qualifications and experience in mental health settings. The position offers competitive salary and benefits including career progression opportunities.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in family and systemic psychotherapy required.
• Registration with UKCP or equivalent is necessary.
• Experience assessing/intervening with families in mental health settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide mental health assessments for young people.
• Manage a caseload of families needing systematic approaches.
• Support family therapy clinics.

Skills

Knowledge of family therapy assessment

Experience with children and young people

Intervention techniques

Education

Postgraduate qualification in family and systemic psychotherapy

Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent

Postgraduate qualification in mental health or social welfare

Job description

Family & Systemic Therapist - North and South Oxford CAMHS

Are you looking for your first role as a qualified Systemic Family Therapist

Or are you an experienced Systemic Family Therapist therapist looking to work with children and young people?

1 year fixed term contract

In the Oxfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services teams we are focused on ensuring young people gain access to the right care in a timely way.

We are launching an initiative for one year to focus on young people and their families who require assessment and treatment from the Getting Help and Getting More help teams. You would be joining a specific team including a mix of mental health professionals to focus on these young people and their families.

The team would have a hybrid working model, combining face-to-face and remote working, with different bases across the Oxfordshire County, including Oxford City, Abingdon and Banbury. Flexibility depending on where you live would be on an individual basis.

We are looking for enthusiastic clinicians to join the team who enjoy working with others, have a flexible approach to delivering treatment and enjoy a challenge. You will have a clear job plan setting out the expectations and will be fully supervised as well as working closely with the rest of the team for support.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to really get involved in the Systemic provision offered within the Oxford North and South Locality. On a day-to-day basis, this will include:

• Offering mental health assessment to young people open to CAMHS
• hold a caseload of families who require a systemic approach.
• Actively support the family therapy clinic, with a reflecting team.
• To provide specialist family therapy advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• To plan and implement family therapy treatment or management of a client's mental health problems using evidence based practice.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the family.

The team would work closely with the current Multi-Disciplinary Teams including psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, social work, mental health nursing and occupational therapy. We are also supported by an admin team, who are well-embedded within the wider team.

You would receive appropriate clinical and management supervision as developing relationships with your new colleagues within the team.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing including:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

The wellbeing of our staff is top of our agenda; we have an active Wellbeing Team and regular opportunities for staff support. This includes reflective care space sessions for staff, supervision groups and monthly opportunities to socialise outside of work hours.

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in family and systemic psychotherapy
• Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
• Post graduate qualification in a relevant field of mental health or social welfare (or established equivalence according to AFT criteria)

Experience

• Experience of assessment / intervention with children, young people and families in a mental health or equivalent setting
• Experience of running/co-running groups.
• Experience of other treatments options

Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge and application of family therapy assessment, interventions and family therapy process relevant to client group
• Knowledge of evidence base in relation to child mental health
• Knowledge and application of standardised assessments and outcome measures

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum | pro-rata