Senior Mental Health Practitioner

6 months ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Outreach team provides a community-based service to children and young people and their carers who are experiencing serious mental health disorders.

In this role the post holder will contribute to the treatment of patient’s and their recovery at the key stages of their journey through mental health services. The Outreach team has two strands of the workforce.

**Outreach**: a part of the service which support young people, who are hard to engage with mental health disorders, which impact them accessing support and therapy from a standard CAMHS service, patient care can occur in a variety of settings such as patient home, school or community.

DBT dialectical behaviour therapy; to practice this strand of the post, the applicant will have completed the DBT foundation training, However CAMHS OSCA team can support the successful applicant to build on these competencies including signing off of the homework requirement.

Provision of high quality assessments and treatment for young people and their families referred to the service. Utilizing knowledge and skills for interpretation and analysis of patients’ needs.

Responsible for patient care; formulating programs of care and as appropriate undertaking care coordinator role for a small complex case load.

Provision of appropriate interventions such as family work, cognitive therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, behavioural management, individual counselling and group work with supervision as required. Ability to use an integration of theoretical frameworks to formulate practice.

Consultation and joint working with other agencies/professionals to provide early interventions in and prevention of mental health problems in young people.

Provision of consultation and joint working with other agencies involved in the care of children and adolescents such as Social Services and Education.

Flexibility in delivery of care i.e. able to work within other environments in the primary care sector to maximize contact with clients and other agencies.

Working within the Multi-disciplinary team to offer and access supervision and support to ensure good practice.

Clinical practice that demonstrates knowledge and promotes Children’s Rights and Child protection legislation.

Participate actively in supervision with line manager and multi disciplinary team.

High levels of group and individual supervision and reflective spaces.

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

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

You will be responsible for a small case load of clinical work including assessment, 1:1 direct interventions as well as -co-ordinating the professional network and system around the child.

You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Family therapists, Occupational therapists and other mental health practitioners and Outreach workers, so there's plenty of opportunity for learning and sharing expertise.


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