Family & Systemic Therapist - Swindon

7 months ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We, in Swindon Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, are looking for a compassionate, caring and dedicated Family & Systemic Therapist to become a vital part our multidisciplinary team.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the lives of children and young people and also join a committed team that values what you can bring to us, then look no further...

You'll be working closely with other Family Therapy colleagues in the pathway, providing extensive opportunities for development through practice and supervision. You will also work alongside other functions such as the Neurodevelopment Clinic, Outreach Service, and Eating Disorders Service (TEDS), so there's plenty of opportunities to share skills and learning. There is also regular reflective space for the team, safeguarding supervision, and dedicated complex case discussions.

We understand 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. In fact, we are a popular placement for trainee family therapists and trainee clinical psychologists.

**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 you may be required to use your own vehicle to transport clients for attendance at meetings or as part of the therapeutic process.

Your office base will be with other team members for clinical work undertaken and you 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.

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 networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

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

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