Job summary
Do you have substantial experience delivering Dialectical Behavioural therapy?
Would you like the opportunity to lead the development of a new service?
We're looking to recruit a dedicated practitioner to lead our DBT in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Outreach Team.
In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist DBT service to clients with complex mental health problems including severe, enduring and multiple disorders, and challenging behaviour.
If you enjoy opportunities for innovation and leadership and possess skills in working closely with other colleagues to bring about the best outcomes and experiences of the service for young people and their parents/carers, then this role is for you!
Main duties of the job
- To offer consultation and supervision and support the work of other service staff and psychology clinical team members providing psychologically based care and treatment, according to expertise.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit and contribute to research and training within the areas served by the teams and service.
- To be involved in service developments, as appropriate.
About us
You will be joining a friendly and compassionate CAMHS management team. Management and supervision will be provided from your relevant professional lead, alongside specialist DBT supervision
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support in the supervision, ensuring adherence to the DBT model, including facilitation of it. This will include being able to participate in all modalities of the therapy. This will include taking part in covering the DBT standard phone coaching rota. This will include at times working outside of usual working hours (08:00-20:00 Monday-Friday; Saturday, Sunday and Bank holidays 09:00-17:00, except for Christmas Day). This may also include evening to facilitate therapy groups, which currently operate Monday and Wednesday, 17:30-20:00.
- Provide expert care to patients on their caseload. Providing skilled assessment, treatment, supervision and consultation as part of the DBT provision within CAMHS.
- To provide expertise and specialist advice, supervision, guidance and consultation to other professionals delivering DBT and to contribute directly to young peoples assessment and treatment.
- To provide and ensure that all staff within Oxfordshire CAMHS providing DBT receive appropriate training and have appropriate supervision arrangements in place.
- Exercise a high degree of personal professional autonomy.
- Make critical judgements of the highest order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support in the supervision, ensuring adherence to the DBT model, including facilitation of it. This will include being able to participate in all modalities of the therapy. This will include taking part in covering the DBT standard phone coaching rota. This will include at times working outside of usual working hours (08:00-20:00 Monday-Friday; Saturday, Sunday and Bank holidays 09:00-17:00, except for Christmas Day). This may also include evening to facilitate therapy groups, which currently operate Monday and Wednesday, 17:30-20:00.
- Provide expert care to patients on their caseload. Providing skilled assessment, treatment, supervision and consultation as part of the DBT provision within CAMHS.
- To provide expertise and specialist advice, supervision, guidance and consultation to other professionals delivering DBT and to contribute directly to young peoples assessment and treatment.
- To provide and ensure that all staff within Oxfordshire CAMHS providing DBT receive appropriate training and have appropriate supervision arrangements in place.
- Exercise a high degree of personal professional autonomy.
- Make critical judgements of the highest order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post training experience of delivering DBT
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Current registration with the NMC.
- Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision in a specific modality, or any other relevant supervised practice experience including case presentations, supported by short courses approved by the Trust Head of Psychology, and assessed at interview.
Desirable
- Experience of facilitating different modalities of DBT.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with the NMC.
- Completion of DBT Intensive Training & commitment to achieve DBT accreditation
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the NMC
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialized psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post training experience of delivering DBT
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Current registration with the NMC.
- Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision in a specific modality, or any other relevant supervised practice experience including case presentations, supported by short courses approved by the Trust Head of Psychology, and assessed at interview.
Desirable
- Experience of facilitating different modalities of DBT.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with the NMC.
- Completion of DBT Intensive Training & commitment to achieve DBT accreditation
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the NMC
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialized psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
