Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Family and Systemic Psychotherapist - Eating Disorders
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Are you a compassionate Senior Family Therapist, looking for a new role where you can be autonomous, creative, and a team player?
Are you dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people with complex needs?
We are looking for a Systemic Family Therapist to join our nationally recognised and expanding Oxfordshire Child & Adolescent Eating Disorder Service.
Our well-established service aims to deliver high standards of care to young people and their families, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and participation.
We are a friendly and welcoming team looking for practitioners who put young people at the centre of what they do. We value multidisciplinary formulating and working. There is regular reflective space, supervision, and dedicated complex case discussions for the team with a high value placed on developing systemic thinking and working. You will work closely with a senior SFT colleague in the pathway providing extensive opportunities for development through practice and supervision.
Training and development is a priority and we offer specialist internal and external training relevant to the job role which includes clinical training in eating disorder specific models, as well as wider clinical related content. Staff in the wider team are interested and proficient in a wide range of therapies and there is a good culture of skill sharing.
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You'll be based in Oxford, but Oxfordshire CAEDS encompasses the whole of Oxfordshire.
As a Band 7 Systemic Family Therapist, you will have the opportunity to support the Family Therapy and Eating Disorder assessment and treatment provision within Oxfordshire CAEDS. This will include:
- Providing Family Based assessment and treatment approaches within the Eating Disorder Service (including contributing to pre and post assessment MDT discussion)
- Being a member of a Systemic Family Therapy clinic, with reflecting team
- Offering systemic advice and consultation to CAEDS clinicians, other CAMHS clinicians and Multiagency services in relation to systemic issues
- Teaching and training opportunities within the CAMHS network
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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”
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Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
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 apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Alice Palmer
- Job title: Clinical Team Manager
- Email address: alice.palmer1@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
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