Job overview
Do you want to join a team who are strongly committed to staff development and training?
Do you want to be trained to deliver Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and other evidence-based interventions?
Are you seeking a community role based in Child and Adolescent Mental Health services (CAMHS) where flexible working arrangements are considered to enable you to bring your best self to work and, most significantly; help transform the lives of children and young people?
This role carries an incentive premium of £3,500 which will be paid in instalments over an 18th month period. Please note that this scheme is not open to existing employees of Oxford Health and is subject to a claw back clause. Further information will be provided.
With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join us an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.
You will be working with young people experiencing a wide variety of mental health difficulties sometimes with complex social situations and neurodevelopmental challenges.
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Main duties of the job
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 that may involve multi-agency networking where necessary.
We have opportunities available to work a range of clinical areas including:
1. Community CAMHS
2. Mental Health Hospital Liaison
3. Learning Disabilities
4. Assertive Outreach
5. Eating Disorders in our Eating Disorders Service
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.
The main duties of the job are:
6. Comprehensive assessment of children and young people presenting to the service.
7. Shared formulation and care planning
8. Multi agency working
9. Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions
10. Collaborative risk management
11. Support and supervision of colleagues
12. Being part of the on-call rota covering out of hours contact from professionals.
Working for our organisation
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:
13. Excellent opportunities for career progression
14. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
15. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
16. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
17. Competitive pension scheme
18. Lease car scheme
19. Cycle to work scheme
20. Employee Assistance Programme
21. Mental Health First Aiders
22. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
23. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 and to work in these clinical areas to give variety to their job role.
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. We are investing heavily in training and 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.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
24. Relevant professional qualification e.g. registered Mental Health Nurse, registered Learning Disability Nurse, registered Occupational Therapist, registered Children’s Social Worker
25. Current registration with relevant professional body – eg NMC, HCPC, GSW
26. Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
27. Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals.
28. Relevant experience in a community setting / inpatient setting
29. Experience of working with families, carers and significant others
30. Experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs.
31. Ability to carry out assessments and psycho-social interventions
Desirable criteria
32. Experience of positive risk taking
33. Experience of Recovery focused practice
34. Experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT
Knowledge
Essential criteria
35. Understanding of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs.
36. Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy
37. Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures
38. Knowledge of Recovery focused practice
Desirable criteria
39. Knowledge and experience of a range of evidence-based interventions i.e. motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)
40. Knowledge of Child and Adult Protection work
Skills
Essential criteria
41. Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives
42. High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet.
43. Risk assessment and management skills, particularly in relation to Safeguarding children and young people
44. Able to manage a caseload, set priorities and work with members of a multi-disciplinary team
45. All 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
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
49. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
50. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
51. 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.
52. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing