Senior Systemic Psychotherapist / Family Therapist - Oxford / Bucks

Are you an experienced Systemic Psychotherapist or Family Therapist wanting to make a difference to patients with complex and severe mental health difficulties?
We would be excited to have someone like you join our team as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist.
Oxford Health was successful in securing funding to bring to, and develop, systemic family psychotherapy in the Forensic service. This is a creative development, reflecting the NICE guidelines recognition of Systemic intervention for psychosis which affects a significant proportion of the forensic patient population.
This service covers 3 counties, the inpatient wards are located in Buckinghamshire (Milton Keynes), and Oxfordshire, these counties along with Berkshire also provide specialist community based services in collaboration with the probation service., Duties of the role will include:
+ Delivering systemic Family Therapy to patients and families
+ Offering sessions in the community, home visits, hostels
+ Providing Continuity of Care - Following patients and families throughout from inpatient to community.
+ Working in Multidisciplinary team, systemic teaching
+ Co-working - Family Therapy with members of MDT, (Social Worker, Psychologist)
+ Delivering training to staff, induction and presentations at Academic meetings and community settings
+ Co-facilitating Carers Forum and Families and Carers Open Days
+ Systemic Consultation/Reflecting on practice to Teams, + 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

There is a new vacancy for a band 8a (or preceptorship for a band 7) to join the Lead in bringing systemic thinking and clinical expertise to the service. The successful applicant will have experience of general adult mental health services (though forensic experience is desirable). The location of the post could either be in Buckinghamshire or Oxford, with some travelling to community sites., We offer great CPD and training opportunities and have excellent links with the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health and Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training, which is hosted by the Trust.
We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry. We also collaborate with Oxford Brookes University, Buckinghamshire New University, and the University of Bath.
We provide excellent opportunities for professional development and accredited supervision by senior therapists to help you consolidate your therapy skills in a focused and supported way, monthly opportunities to meet psychological therapy colleagues from across the county for reflective practice groups and clinical updates.
We would really like to hear from you if you can demonstrate you have the following skills:
+ Experience of leadership and Management of therapy staff
+ Significant knowledge in your specialist therapy area
+ A good working knowledge of effective treatments
+ Sound clinical risk assessment and management
+ Experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
+ Substantive experience of supervision with other Systemic Psychotherapist and Family Therapist
+ All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.

Band 8a(Subject to Banding)
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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., 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