About this role
Job summary
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?
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and newly qualified or experienced systemic family therapist who will be able to work with our young people and their families and carers, alongside a multi-disciplinary team on a part-time basis. There will be opportunities to work across our Get More Help and Eating Disorder services.
Come and join our thoughtful and reflective team within Salisbury CAMHS. We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. We are a diverse team servicing Salisbury and the surrounding area.
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 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.
- Be part of and in time lead 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
- Competitive pension scheme
- 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 description
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
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification in family and systemic psychotherapy
- Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
- Are you soon to be qualified as a systemic psychotherapist and will be able to register with the UKCP?
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in a relevant field of mental health or social welfare (or established equivalence according to AFT criteria)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of assessment / intervention with children, young people and families in a mental health or equivalent setting
Desirable
- Experience of running/co-running groups.
- Experience of other treatments options
Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Salisbury CAMHS
Block 40 Salisbury District Hospital
Salisbury
SP2 8BJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)