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.

Job overview

If you would like to find more enjoyment, development, and flexibility at work, we could be the team youre looking for.

We are looking for an enthusiastic suitably qualified Mental Health Nurses, Learning Disability Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers interested to join our Learning Disability CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) based in Swindon community CAMHS team as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner.

This role involves working with young people experiencing a wide variety of mental health difficulties and a learning disability, sometimes with complex social situations and neurodevelopmental challenges. 

The role will include undertaking the assessment of the young person’s mental health needs, collaborative formulation and providing the treatment plan drawing on a variety of interventions and involve multi-agency networking.

You will be offered in house training in a number of evidence-based interventions. There will also be the opportunity for further training based on individual learning needs. We have good professional support in our service and regular professional regional meetings, including regular team safeguarding supervision.

Main duties of the job

In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these values as we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide. This ensures that we have the right workforce to deliver effective team-working and excellent patient care and experience.

We embody the importance of staff wellbeing in our practice, and this is why we are interested to get to know you as a person and hear what you would like from your job. We are open to conversations about flexible working and including some home working where appropriate to the role. 

 We have a number of specialist clinics such as The Eating Disorder Service, Neurodevelopmental Clinic and Family Therapy clinic and we like to work with staff to help them gain experience and skills to work in these clinical areas. 

Working for our organisation

You will be supported by excellent team knowledge and experience on a formal/informal basis. Clinical and managerial supervision are augmented with profession specific supervision as required with systemic/psychodynamic opportunities. We are investing heavily in training, preceptorships to develop staff skills. We have a thorough induction process, and you will be paired with other new starters as you begin to find your feet. 

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Staff accommodation
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    The Main duties of the job include:

  • Comprehensive assessment
  • Shared formulation
  • Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions
  • Collaborative risk management
  • Support and supervision of colleagues
  • Multi-agency working 
  • You will be responsible for:

  • Compliance with professional registration practice 
  • Safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
  • Addressing safeguarding concerns were appropriate or necessary
  • Please note: 

  • New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
  • Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
  • Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
  • Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
  • We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
  • Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
  • Person specification

    Qualification

    Essential criteria

  • Relevant professional mental health qualification as Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Clinical Psychologist
  • Current registration with relevant professional body: NMC, HCPC, Social Work England
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Desirable criteria

  • Knowledge, skills and experience of working with a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Framework.
  • Experience of running groups
  • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Experience of working with children and young people with neuro developmental and/or Intellectual Disability and their families and carers
  • Experience of planning and providing intervention of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings
  • Experience of supervision of staff
  • Knowledge and further training/skills

    Essential criteria

  • Knowledge of Mental Health, Neurodevelopmental conditions and Intellectual Disabilities.
  • To have ability to assess client need, both mental health, health and social needs.
  • To have the ability to complete clinical risk assessments
  • Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
  • Desirable criteria

  • Experience of working as a qualified clinician within CAMHS
  • Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Staff accommodation
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
  • Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
  • Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
  • Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
  • We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
  • Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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