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We have an opportunity for a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to join our friendly psychotherapy team within the Getting More Help CAMHS team in Abingdon. 

We welcome applications both from experienced psychotherapists and from applicants who are about to complete their training and qualify.

You will be part of an experienced and reflective multi-disciplinary team offering generic and specialist assessments in addition to holding a protected child psychotherapy caseload.

In this role, you will offer a range of psychotherapy interventions including individual child psychotherapy, STPP, State of Mind Assessments and parent-child relationship focused interventions, as well as supporting our trainee’s development. Psychoanalytic thinking is valued in the team and there will be the chance to offer regular consultation. 

We offer you regular clinical supervision from our senior child psychotherapist, as well as management supervision within an environment that values the mutual support and skills of team members. In addition, you will be part of a team of child psychotherapists across Oxford Health Foundation Trust who meet regularly to share our work and consider new learning. The Trust values staff wellbeing and is keen to provide regular training opportunities.

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• To provide child psychotherapy assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
• To plan and implement formal child psychotherapy treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon the client’s problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy.
• To implement appropriate child psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
• To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by child psychotherapy based standard care plans.
• To provide specialist child psychotherapeutic advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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