Clinical Specialist - Crisis​/Home Service Posted

Job overview

Are you dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people?

Do you want to develop your leadership skills and be part of a new service?

In our BSW (Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services we are proud to be developing a needs-led, responsive and accessible service based on the i-Thrive model.

We are looking for an experienced RMN, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist who would be interested in this role as a full-time Specialist Clinician for the Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS) in Marlborough.

You will be located in the well-established and compassionate Marlborough CAMHS team—this is a multi-disciplinary team and we pride ourselves on the service we provide to young people and their families, staff wellbeing and development opportunities.

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There is scope for you to build into this role, with options for clinical sessions working in: our CAMHS eating disorder service; our neurodevelopmental assessment clinic; our family therapy clinic; our DBT service; our short-term therapeutic interventions pathway; or our longer-term MDT interventions pathway.

Although this role is funded for full-time hours, we really understand and appreciate the need for a healthy work/life balance, so if part-time hours work better for you, please get in touch with us and we can discuss!

The post will include professional and practice development and ensuring high-quality client-centred care is delivered as part of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS crisis and home treatment service for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

• To take a leading role in the development of evidence-based services and specialist programs for the care group
• To provide an assessment and treatment process for referred patients in collaboration with professional colleagues and clinical services in order to enable continuity of care
• To develop care pathways and signpost young people to appropriate mental health services
• To provide consultation, advice and training to support partnership agencies.

We’ll offer you training in Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, Motivational Interviewing and DBT-informed Coping Skills. There will also be the opportunity for further training based around individual learning needs. We have good professional support in our service and regular professional regional meetings.

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

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity  will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that…