Job summary
- Main area
- Social work, RMN, OT, Psychotherapist, family therapist, psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday 9am-5pm)
- Job ref
- 267-OC7184891
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- BSW CAMHS In Reach, Melksham Hospital
- Town
- Melksham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/06/2025
Employer heading
BSW CAMHS In Reach DTM/clinical specialist
Band 7
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.
Job overview
BSW CAMHS In-Reach Team –Deputy Team Manager
We are thrilled to offer a new and exciting opportunity within the BSW (Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire) CAMHS In-Reach team for a Band 7 Deputy Team Manager and Clinical Specialist. This unique, combined role provides the ideal platform to both develop and utilise your leadership and clinical expertise, working within a dynamic and committed multi-disciplinary team.
This is a dual-role post, split between:
• Deputy Team Manager (0.4 WTE - 15 hours) – providing operational support, leadership, and service development input
• Clinical Specialist (0.6 WTE - 22.5- hours ) – contributing advanced clinical skills within the Family Assessment and Safeguarding Service (FASS) pathway
This role offers a rare opportunity to work across clinical and leadership domains, promoting personal and professional growth. You’ll work closely with the Clinical Team Manager, clinical leads, and local leadership to evaluate and evolve services, and you will play a key role in delivering high-quality mental health support to children, young people, and their families.
This role involves travel across Wiltshire and B&NES and working across various clinical settings and family homes.
Please ensure you read both attached job descriptions before completing your application.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Team Manager aspect will involve having specific areas of lead responsibility, supporting multi-agency risk assessment and management (including positive risk-taking), and deputising for the CTM when needed. The role will be supported by a clear and regularly reviewed job plan.
The Clinical Specialist portion of the role will be embedded within the FASS pathway, covering Wiltshire and B&NES. You’ll be part of a small, passionate and experienced team that provides specialist assessment and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for families experiencing complex mental health and safeguarding challenges.
FASS works with families where children (from pre-birth to 18 years) are at significant risk due to severe parenting difficulties. These families are typically open to Local Authority safeguarding teams and are stepping up to or subject to Child Protection Plans.
You will offer consultations, assessments (including parent-infant and parent-child relationships), and use psychological formulation to guide and inform treatment. We offer Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) interventions, individual therapy for parents, and therapeutic family work. You will also contribute to the evaluation and development of these services.
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 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”
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
We welcome applications from professionals with:
• A strong clinical background and expertise in complex family assessments and therapeutic work
• An interest in working with families where safeguarding and mental health concerns intersect
• Experience in supervision and service management or leadership
• Confidence in risk formulation and communicating complex clinical information to families and agencies
The post holder will work with the Clinical Team Manager to ensure the successful and effective day-to-day operational management of BSW CAMHS In Reach Team so that it provides a responsive, high-quality service to multiagency partners, children, young people and their families. The post holder will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other team members as agreed with the Team Manager and participate in the service development of the team.
The Deputy Team Manager will have specific lead areas of responsibility and will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children, young people and their families experiencing mental health difficulties, who would benefit from a professional network consultation (AMBIT) approach. Multiagency risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an essential part of the role.
Liaison, advice and consultation with wider CAMHS and Children services colleagues and a range of external agencies such as Children’s Social Care, Education, Youth Offending Services and Police is also central to the role.
The post holder will also participate in covering the service’s 24 hour on call service on a rota basis, pro rata 0.4 WTE.
The post holder will support interagency working between community CAMHS and Local Authority Children’s Services to provide a more coordinated and seamless experience of care and support to children, young people and carers who have multiple and complex needs. This role will contribute to the offer of ‘Risk Support’ in line with the i-Thrive model that will provide a CAMHS perspective to the multi-agency network for children, young people and families, supporting the delivery of broader outcomes and helping to reduce safeguarding risks through a ‘Team Around the Relationship’ multi-agency approach.
The post holder will provide Consultation to Children’s Social care with the opportunity to offer direct work as indicated to meet the needs of young people and their carers. There will be opportunities to provide training to multiagency staff groups.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and supervision and within the overall framework of the Trust’ policies and procedures.
If you're seeking a role where you can influence service development while continuing to work clinically with complex and rewarding cases, we’d love to hear from you.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional accredited qualification in Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Psychotherapy, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Registered Nurse: RMN/RNMH or RNLD
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post graduate qualifications
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of Child and Adult Protection work
Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of contributing to the leadership /management of a clinic, project, aspect of clinical work
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Risk assessment and management skills, particularly in relation to Safeguarding children and young people
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Watts
- Job title
- BSW CAMHS In Reach Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919396862
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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