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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Aylesbury, United Kingdom

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14.05.2025

28.06.2025

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Job overview

Are you interested in working in a team that delivers services to young people facing mental health challenges?

Within Children & Adolescent Mental Health Services in Buckinghamshire we are looking for motivated Social Workers who are looking to work in a great team alongside other social workers, occupational therapists and nurses, all of whom are dedicated to improving services for young people. You may be working in the NHS already, a local authority, or an alternative setting and looking to gain exposure in a new area. Either way, we have a career path ready for you.

If you are not already working in a CAMHS setting, we can immerse you in mental health services and train and develop you within our experienced team. There has never been a better time to join Oxford Health CAMHS, and this post is based in our Buckinghamshire Young People's Eating Disorder Service, where you will deliver a high-quality, comprehensive mental health service for children, young people, and their families experiencing mental health and eating disorder challenges.

Whilst this is a full time role, we will also consider part time or other work patterns for this post so please do get in touch if you have any questions.

This role is eligible for an incentive scheme of £3,500 paid at intervals over an 18-month period. All payments are pro-rata, non-pensionable and subject to a clawback clause. Please note that only employees external to Oxford Health NHS are eligible for this scheme.

Main duties of the job

• Collaboratively assess, plan, and provide evidence-based treatment programmes for children and young people referred to the Buckinghamshire CAMHS Eating Disorder Service.
• Take responsibility for an agreed clinical caseload, involving key working and providing therapeutic interventions.
• Develop and maintain relevant and evidence-based therapeutic activities as appropriate to the patient’s needs.
• Deliver training, supervision, consultation, and support to partnership agencies and education settings, promoting positive mental health and early access to treatment.
• Work closely with a range of agencies, including Social Care, schools, and other CAMHS teams, to meet the needs of children and young people and develop integrated services.

Applicants must have a full valid driving license and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Working for our organisation

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. These include:

• 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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We know how important a work-life balance is, so we are happy to consider arranging part-time hours.

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.

Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number or hold HCPC registration in order to be considered for this role.

Person specification

Qualification

• Current registration with relevant professional body: NMC, HCPC
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

• Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, working with young people or adults with mental illness.
• Experience of mentoring and
• Experience of working with children and young people who have serious mental illness and their families and carers in the community

Knowledge and further training/skills

• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• To have ability to manage case load and act as care coordinator for clients on case list
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• A positive approach to working with children, adolescents and families
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing