Systemic Family Therapist - Developmental Role - Marlborough

Job overview

* We welcome applications from you if you are due to qualify this year* 

Surrounded by one of the few remaining ancient forests, we have found a magical formula of supporting and looking after each other, which makes coming to work a joy, even when things get tricky or don’t go to plan. 

As we say a fond farewell to our family therapist who will be moving on, this leaves a systemic shaped space within our team.  We are keen to find someone who may be newly qualified, with the skills, enthusiasm and drive to seek out a great team that can offer an amazing career development opportunity. 

You will be embedded and well supported by the generosity of excellent team knowledge and experience on both a formal and informal basis.  In addition to clinical and management supervision you will be supported by our clinical lead and find yourself part of a wide network of family therapists. 

We will tuck you beside the gentle wing of our consultant psychiatrist and augment your development with Maudsley model training to enable you to grow into a confident systemic family therapist working in the eating disorder team.  We will also honour profession specific development opportunities and invest in you as an individual. 

Our team ethos is uniquely elegant: come to work, be happy, be yourself, do your job, be kind, eat lunch, eat cake and go home on time. 

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As a newly qualified or developing family therapist you will be embedded within our team functions: Core CAMHS and The Eating Disorder Service (TEDS).  We will support you to work with a myriad of presentations, develop hypotheses and formulations, provide consultation, run a family therapy clinic, develop your skills in TEDS and generally find your confidence to fledge after one year into a Band 8a systemic family therapist.

Within the IThrive model, we see a variety of young people ranging from mild to complex and work with the myriad of issues between.  We are down to earth and hold a young person-centred approach in what we do and with whom we work.  We do what needs to be done and work to our strengths, which keeps us fresh and gives us flexibility at work.

Other main duties include:

• The assessment and treatment of young people with a wide range of presentations and their families as they arrive to our mental health service.
• Maintaining a systemic perspective of the young people we see in context and holding formulation hypotheses to deliver evidence-based treatment. 
• Maintain the voice and perspective of the young people we work with and regard their safety as the central aspects in everything we do.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.

Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide 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”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

· Excellent opportunities for career progression

· Individual and Trust wide learning and development

· 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service

· NHS Discount

· Pension scheme

· Lease car scheme

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Mental Health First Aiders

· Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)

· Staff networking and support groups