Senior Family Therapist

Job overview

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join the Oxford South Community CAMHS Service. We have a reputation for being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research led. The wellbeing of our Administrative and Clinical staff is top of our agenda; we have an active Wellbeing Team and regular opportunities for staff support. We have a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working.

The CAMHS Getting More Help team understands the importance of systemic thinking in a child and adolescent service, and systemic practices are evident across the team.  We use reflecting team practices (with a team behind the screen)  to support many of the staff in develop their systemic thinking. We are a popular placement for trainee family therapists and trainee clinical psychologist.  The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support the Family Therapy provision offered within the Oxford South Locality.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist systemic assessments and interventions for young people, families, and carers.
• Work autonomously in assessment, treatment planning, and discharge.
• Offer consultation and supervision to colleagues and trainees, promoting systemic thinking across the team.
• Contribute to risk assessment and management in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Deliver training and live supervision to staff and support service development.
• Engage in audit, research, and evaluation to improve outcomes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You 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 you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.