Family Therapist (Preceptorship)

Preceptorship roles for recently qualified Family & Systemic Psychotherapist have been developed in Oxleas CAMHS to provide a framework that enables us to support colleagues to develop beyond their newly qualified role with a progressive and satisfying job plan. It is intended to support staff wellbeing, encourage the retention of quality staff and support children, young people, and their families with greater consistency of care.
Bexley CAMHS is currently in the process of a redesign to align with the Thrive framework to ensure timely, responsive and needs based mental health interventions for the children and young people in Bexley. Postholders will contribute to initial assessment clinics which will be robustly supported through post assessment multi-disciplinary case discussions. You will manage a caseload split between care coordination and therapy cases, as well as supporting triage and emergency rotas along with the rest of the team. You will contribute systemic thinking into the work of this busy, friendly multi-disciplinary service. You will be encouraged to develop and lead on creative service development initiatives which meet the needs of the population., In a preceptorship role, it is expected that you will progress within 18-24 months post-qualification to band 8a. There are 5 main competencies that you will need to evidence to support your progression from band 7 to 8a, supervisory skills, evidence of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge, evidence of complex analytical and judgemental skills, evidence of ability to co-ordinate and lead an area of service development and/or clinical pathway, evidence of participation in service level evaluation There are several activities that may support the development of these competencies. You will be well supported with personal and professional development reviews as well as being encouraged to take increasing autonomy of the process over time.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic qualified Family and Systemic Psychotherapist who is interested in developing skills to further professional progression. The post is in a busy, committed and well-established Tier 3.5 Adolescent Team in Bexley CAMHS who work young people and families who are at risk of inpatient admission as a result of severe mental health problems, risk to self or others, with highly complex presentations and systems. The team uses a mentalization based approach (AMBIT, MBT-A, MBT-F and MBT-P). Training for the postholder in this model will be provided and supported. In addition, the postholder will regularly be involved in at least one family therapy clinic and peer group supervision (in addition to their own individual supervision)

Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
+ We're Kind
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+ We Listen
+ We Care