Clinical Lead for Trauma and Inreach

We are excited to share the opportunity to take on the Clinical Lead role for our new pathway for Complex Trauma and our Inreach Service for CYP in BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW). Both the Inreach Team and Specialist Trauma Clinicians in the new Trauma Pathway will work with CYP who have experienced complex trauma to allow for timely access to high quality consultation, assessment and treatment.
Our Trauma Pathway is a newly funded initiative, by our ICB, with the aim of this this service to be grounded in a strengths-based, trauma informed approach. You will lead the team whose aim will be to embed positive partnerships with key adults and networks to improve the outcomes for young people who have experienced significant trauma, working closely with our Head of Psychological Therapies and the wider BSW management team.
The Inreach Team is a well-established service made up of experienced Clinical Specialists who interface with social care in a variety of specialist areas; including Foster Care, Early Help, Youth Justice Service, Drug and Alcohol, Children who are Looked After and MASH.
This post could be based in any of our 3 larger CAMHS teams in Swindon, Melksham or Keynsham.
We are looking for a very experienced Clinical Psychologist, Family and Systemic Therapist or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to lead our new Trauma Pathway and Inreach Service., You will oversee clinicians embedded in CAMHS providing specialist assessments of CYP with complex trauma and moderate to severe mental health needs, ensuring they employ research-based models to formulate and implement plans with individuals, families and carers. You will clinically lead the development of this new pathway utilising change methodology and working in partnership with a range of stakeholders to ensure the service is fit for purpose. Alongside the leadership, there will be an element of clinical work offering consultation and treatment to CYP in the trauma pathway.
As Clinical Lead for Inreach you will lead the Clinical direction of the service, working closely with a range of stakeholders and commissioners to ensure that we continue to provide a high quality, effective, safe and efficient service.
This role requires you to demonstrate evidence of an anti-oppressive approach at the heart of your practice and to challenge, when needed, issues that are relevant to the children, young people and families we work with, as well as within the system, or that impact on colleagues.
You will have, This role will:
+ Provide clinical, evidence-based care and treatment
+ Offer direct clinical work and alongside this consultation and supervision to support the work of other staff
+ Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures
+ Utilise research skills for audit, and lead research and training within the areas served by the teams and service
+ Lead the development of the service
+ Monitor the success of the service through KPIs and performance management to achieve timely access to appropriate consultation and intervention for this group of CYP
We are hugely committed to investing in our staff. Part of this commitment is our unique BSW training strategy. You will be able to access our comprehensive CAMHS training programmes, specifically adapted to you and your role.
We will work with you to identify any learning and development needs, as well facilitate your access to high quality management supervision to maintain your skills gained from this training. This will equip you to be the best you can be in your role, whilst also helping you to focus on your future and career development.
You will be supported by a close, motivated, kind and enthusiastic BSW wide leadership team to ensure we deliver a successful service.
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don't meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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+ 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 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.
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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

+ Significant experience of working with complex trauma
+ Experience of leading service development
+ Experience of delivering training in the area of trauma
+ Experience of delivering clinical supervision in the field of trauma
+ Significant experience of delivering multi -agency clinical consultation
+ Significant experience of working strategically with system partners, 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.

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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 for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you're excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you., 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"
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
+ 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