A Vacancy at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Children & Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner Trainees, CAMHS (training posts)in West and East Berkshire -Fixed Term 1 YEAR.
We are looking to recruit to9training posts;3basedacrossthe Getting Help East Service, 3 based withintheNeurodiversityTeam (Autism Assessment Team and ADHD Team)and 3 training posts within the Anxiety and Depression in Young People (AnDY) Research Clinic in Reading.
The Getting Help East service has three teams working alongside the local authorities of Bracknell Forest, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, and Slough. Each team delivers brief, high quality, evidence-based, psychological interventions for children and young people with anxiety, depression, and behavioural difficulties.
Further information about the Getting Help East service can be found here:
Candidates will need to be ready to start academic training inFebruary2025.Interviews will be held jointly with theUniversity of Readingand successful candidates willbe requiredto complete the application formfor a place on theGraduate/Postgraduate Certificate in Brief Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions for CYP with Common Mental Health Problems course.
The role of the trainee children’s wellbeing practitioners is to provide brief evidence-based and CBT informed interventions for children and young people who arepresenting with mild-moderateanxiety, low mood, and behavioural difficultiesin the community or thosewaiting for an autism and/or ADHD assessment or who have already received a diagnosis ofeither/both.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
• A good degree in Psychology or otherrelevant subject*
• Experience of working with children and an understanding of how to talk with them
• Some experience of working within a mental health setting or school pastoral care
• Strong communication, IT &organisationalskills
*Graduate route (level 6)-Evidence of ability to study at Level 6 (i.e.,previoussuccessful study at level 5; or successful part completion of anHonoursdegree – level 6)
Postgraduate route (level 7) -Hons Degree graded at 2.2 or above
If you have previously applied for a similar post in Berkshire and were not shortlisted, please do not re-apply.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet thecriteria in theperson specificationand write about thispoint-by-pointin your supporting statementfor the best chance of being shortlisted.For further application tips – see thehelp with your applicationdocument attachedonce you click apply.
Ifyou’resomeone who shares our passion for excellence and care,you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to call:YaniChocalingum(Team Lead, CAMHS GHT/MHST Team) on 07780673550 or email: yani.chocalingum@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’llbe delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants whererequired.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024
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