The Clinical Team

Who we are

The Clinical Team is a therapeutic team made up of:

• clinical psychologists
• assistant clinical psychologists
• an educational advisory teacher
• a child and adolescent psychiatrist
• a family practitioner
• an administrator 

What we do

The Clinical Team offers a number of systemic interventions to staff working with families.

We aim to:

• promote family and placement stability for young people
• support assessments
• prevent family breakdowns
• support successful transitions into adulthood

Who we support

Families and young people

Teams that work with:

• families who are at risk of family breakdown as well as children and young people living in residential homes
• families who need early support and social care planning
• vulnerable young people aged 16-25 who need accommodation and support.
• families where a child or young person is living away from their birth family and a move back home is being considered

County council staff and external professionals

Our support to teams includes:

Staff training

We offer a varied training programme to the staff teams that we support. This includes training in specific approaches as well as broader topics such as resilience, working with parents, child mental health, child development, and the transition from child to adult mental health services.

Reflective practice

We offer reflective practice, which gives workers a chance to step back and consider their work.

Psychology consultations

We offer the teams we support psychological consultations in which staff can discuss a family in detail. The aim of these consultations is to:

• inform the assessment process
• deepen the understanding of the family's needs and challenges
• consider ways of promoting family engagement and/or informing any future interventions

Direct work with children and families

Following consultations, the Clinical Team offers direct work to children and families when their psychological and therapeutic needs are not being met by other services. This work is tailored to the needs of the child and family and can involve assessment, formulation, and interventions. 

Resources for parents and staff

• Building family connections - a resource for parents (doc format, 87Kb)
• Building family connections - a resource for professionals (doc format, 87Kb)
• A new approach to supporting families experiencing child violence (doc format, 740Kb)
• Responding to developmental trauma (pdf format, 510Kb)
• Warm and attuned parenting (doc format, 989Kb)
• Key contacts and support services for families in Oxfordshire (doc format)