Job summary
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..
Come and join our thoughtful and reflective team within Getting More Help CAMHS in Oxfordshire. 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 the south of Oxford City and the south of the county. We are based in Oxford and Abingdon.
You will hold a protected family therapy caseload, supported by senior family therapists, you will be part of a family therapy clinic, with a reflecting team. You will offer systemic consultations to the team and wider services, you will supervise and support the multidisciplinary team in thinking systemically about complex cases. Systemic thinking is highly valued in the team. You will be part of an experienced and reflective multi-disciplinary team offering generic and specialist assessments.
Main duties of the job
- To provide family therapy consultations to families and the team, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
- To plan and implement family therapy treatment or management of a client's mental health problems, based upon problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy.
- 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.
- To provide specialist family therapy advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
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. These include:o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We offer regular clinical supervision from our senior family therapists, as well as management supervision within an environment that values the mutual support and skills of team members. In addition, you will be part of a team of family therapists across Oxford Health Foundation Trust who meet for CPD to share our work and consider new learning. You will be invited to part of delivering systemic training to CAMHS staff.
We have an industrious local Association of Family Therapy which has an active reading and writing group, as well as offering exciting face to face CPD opportunities.
- 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 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 and emergency assessments as agreed with the Operational Lead
- To work as a key worker/contextual intervention/care coordinator for complex cases.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We offer regular clinical supervision from our senior family therapists, as well as management supervision within an environment that values the mutual support and skills of team members. In addition, you will be part of a team of family therapists across Oxford Health Foundation Trust who meet for CPD to share our work and consider new learning. You will be invited to part of delivering systemic training to CAMHS staff.
We have an industrious local Association of Family Therapy which has an active reading and writing group, as well as offering exciting face to face CPD opportunities.
- 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 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 and emergency assessments as agreed with the Operational Lead
- To work as a key worker/contextual intervention/care coordinator for complex cases.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification in family and systemic psychotherapy
- Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification in family and systemic psychotherapy
- Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
