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BSW CAMHS In Reach Lead Clinical Specialist Placement support

BSW CAMHS In Reach Lead Clinical Specialist Placement support

Oxford Health NHS Foundation TrustKeynsham
6 days ago
Salary
£53,755.00–£60,504.00 yearly
Job type
  • Permanent
Job description

Job overview

We are thrilled to offer a permanent opportunity to join the BANES CAMHS In Reach team as a  Lead Clinical Specialist (Placement Support Specialist) .

In this rewarding role, you will provide specialist multi-agency consultation and support to carers, including foster carers, kinship carers, and special guardians, as well as the professionals who support them. You will lead therapeutic group work, facilitate staff reflective practice sessions, and deliver valuable training to both carers and social care teams.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Provide expert multi-agency consultation and support to carers and professionals working with children in care.
  • Lead and facilitate therapeutic group work and reflective practice for staff members.
  • Develop and deliver training sessions to carers and social care teams.
  • Collaborate closely with the Local Authority and multi-disciplinary partners, contributing to planning and review meetings.

The Ideal Candidate :

  • Strong understanding of attachment theory, complex trauma, and therapeutic parenting.
  • Experience in delivering multi-agency consultation and training.
  • Proven experience working with children in care.
  • Excellent knowledge of CAMHS and local authority processes (preferred).
  • Ability to draw on a variety of theoretical models to inform practice.

    • If you are passionate about supporting children and carers, and want to make a meaningful impact in a multi-disciplinary environment, we would love to hear from you.

    Main duties of the job

    As part of our specialist multi-disciplinary inreach team, which extends across BANES and Wiltshire, you will have many opportunities for shared learning and development. This role offers the chance to work autonomously while also benefiting from professional development and support from our team manager and clinical lead for inreach. You will be joining BSW CAMHS at an exciting time as we launch our CAMHS complex trauma pathway, with which this role is likely to have strong connections.

    The position requires working 22.5 hours over three days, including Wednesdays and Thursdays to accommodate team meetings. We are awaiting confirmation of an increase to 30 hours over four days. The post holder will have the opportunity to work within the BANES CAMHS base (Keynsham) and BANES Local Authority Civic Centre, alongside remote working as agreed.

    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”

    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

    • Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

    Person specification

    Qualifications

    Essential criteria

  • Registered RMN, OT, Social Worker or Psychological Therapist

    • Desirable criteria

  • Educated to PhD level, Non- medical prescribing qualification Formal teaching qualification Master’s degree directly related to specialism

    • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Experience / skills of working with young people who are known to Children’s social care and present with complex needs

    • Knowledge

    Essential criteria

  • Evidence of involvement in strategic level decision-making

    • Skills

    Essential criteria

  • Highly developed interpersonal skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
  • 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.
  • We are 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