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If you are considering applying for a Band 7 Systemic Family Therapy post (with a hybrid working model of face to face and remote working), then we have an exciting opportunity within our Oxford Health Trust for you!

You will have the opportunity to join the Swindon Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. You will be part of a wider multidisciplinary team that values multidisciplinary formulating and working. There is regular reflective space for the team, safeguarding supervision, and dedicated complex case discussions. You will work closely with other Family Therapy colleagues in the pathway, providing extensive opportunities for development through practice and supervision. You will work alongside other functions such as the Neurodevelopment Clinic, Outreach Service , and Eating Disorders Service (TEDS).

The team understands the importance of systemic thinking in a child and adolescent service, and systemic practices are evident across the team. We support many of the staff in developing their systemic thinking. We are a popular placement for trainee family therapists and trainee clinical psychologists.

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In this role, you will:

• Provide a quality family therapy service to the clients in the Swindon CAMHS .
• Provide consultation, supervision, and support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment, according to expertise.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• Utilise skills for audit, policy, service development and research.
• Work as part of the community CAMHS teams, seeing clients individually and in group settings.
• Work within other settings as required for clinical work e.g. client’s own homes, day patient, inpatient and outreach services.

The post involves independent travel (driving) between all of the above sites and there may be potential risk of exposure to aggressive or unpredictable behaviour from clients and carers or family members in distress. You should be guided by the local team lone worker policy and Trust risk policy and their supervisor when undertaking visits.

On some occasions the post holder may be required to use their own vehicle to transport clients for attendance at meetings or as part of the therapeutic process.

The post holder’s office base will be with other team members for clinical work undertaken and they will have access to support from the team secretary.

There is a need to use effective an efficient keyboard skills in the recording of clinical information and in communicating with colleagues.

Training and development is a priority and we support clinicians who want to challenge themselves and development their knowledge and skill base. Staff in the wider CAMHS teams are interested and proficient in a wide range of therapies and there is a good culture of skill sharing. All development opportunities will be considered through the PDR/Appraisal framework.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Staff accommodation
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• To provide specialist systemic assessments of clients referred to the team utilising information from a range of systemic methodologies (identifying and prioritising interactional patterns/ dynamics/ context) and employing research based models in order to formulate and implement plans with individuals, couples, families and carers in the context of the professional and wider social systems.
• To plan and implement formal family therapy treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based upon clients problems and employing methods of proven efficacy.
• To implement appropriate systemic interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining formulations, adjusting and refining formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• 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 individuals, family or group.
• To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by family therapy based standard care plans.
• To provide specialist systemic advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan, in the context of multi-disciplinary team working.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professionals on systemic aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• To act as care co-ordinator where appropriate for a case load of patients and contribute to the CPA processes within the Team.
• To communicate highly complex information and give feedback in a skilled and sensitive manner, for example in organising and conducting meetings which can include clients, family members, multi agency representatives. These can generate a high level of emotion, and involve risk issues such as domestic violence, the safety of the person or care for people with enduring mental health problems.
• To provide advice, guidance and consultation to peer and junior professionals within the service, both individually and by attendance at team referral and review meetings.
• To take part in the duty rota for emergency assessments as agreed with the Operational Lead.

Please note:

• New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
• 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.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
• Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.