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Senior Mental Health Practitioner / Clinical Psychology - Aylesbury
Band 8a
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
A unique opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and reliable Senior Mental Health Practitioner (SMHP) to join the Buckinghamshire CAMHS ACE (Adopted and Care Experienced) Team. We require a clinician from any of the following backgrounds:
- Social Work
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health Nursing
The successful applicant will work within a Specialist team to identify and address the mental health needs of Looked after children and young people.
This is an exciting time to join the team as we are currently reviewing how we deliver the service, and you will have the opportunity to help us shape the service going forwards.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
· You will provide an experienced and senior level of expertise to children, young people and their carers referred to the Adopted & Care Experienced Service within Buckinghamshire CAMHS.
· You will carry out assessments of children, young people and their carers referred to the service as part of our multidisciplinary team. This will include risk assessments, assessments of the child’s emotional well-being and general functioning, mental health assessments, and assessments of the quality of the child’s relationship with their carer.
· In this exciting role you will provide a range of interventions and evidence-based treatments to our clients and their carers. This will include co-facilitating a carers group for foster-carers and adoptive parents. The post entails taking Care Co-ordinator responsibility for an agreed case load of patients and there is a balanced and varied workload.
· You will offer advice and consultation on clients’ care to professionals including social workers and CAMHS clinicians, and to other, non-professional carers to include foster-carers and adoptive parents.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
If you have a passion for identifying and meeting the mental health needs of vulnerable children and young people, supporting their carers and have the relevant experience and transferable skills, we would love to hear from you.
Access to a car for work, or willingness to seek alternative transport is essential due to the community aspect of this role.
Please see job description for full details.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Has relevant professional qualification - Psychology OR RMN/OT/SW
Meini prawf dymunol
- Has relevant training in trauma/attachment therapies/interventions
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Has post qualifying experience working with vulnerable people
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Has experience working with LAAC or people with a history of trauma
Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to assess children and family’s needs and develop effective care plans
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological/psychosocial assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children and adolescents with attachment difficulties.
- Knowledge of therapeutic interventions for Children who are Looked After.
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Megan Wale
- Teitl y swydd
- Service Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01865 901325
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
Rhestr swyddi gyda Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust yn Nyrsio a bydwreigiaeth