Position Overview & Specifications
Do you want to be part of a new service that offers intensive, personally tailored mental health support for children and young people?
We are looking for enthusiastic, caring individual with a passion for improving care for young people with mental health difficulties to join our CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS). Following new investment, we are proud to be developing a needs led service based on the i-Thrive model. Accessibility, responsiveness and excellence in care, with the highest regard for service experience will be at the heart of the service.
The role will involve offering emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or are being supported to leave psychiatric inpatient care.
This is an essential role where you will have a real opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people and their parents.
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You will be offered a variety of training including Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, DBT coping skills, and Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders. There will also be the opportunity for further training based around individual learning needs.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
Please note:
We are looking for enthusiastic, caring individual with a passion for improving care for young people with mental health difficulties to join our CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS). Following new investment, we are proud to be developing a needs led service based on the i-Thrive model. Accessibility, responsiveness and excellence in care, with the highest regard for service experience will be at the heart of the service.
The role will involve offering emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or are being supported to leave psychiatric inpatient care.
This is an essential role where you will have a real opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people and their parents.
Want to know more about us? Check us out on Youtube!BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube
You will be offered a variety of training including Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, DBT coping skills, and Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders. There will also be the opportunity for further training based around individual learning needs.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Please note:
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- 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.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.