Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for 2 registered Children and Young People's Wellbeing Practitioners to join the Warrington CYPMHS team. One post is to sit within the core team offer and another would give the applicant the opportunity to be part of a new Primary Care Network (PCN) project across 3 GP surgeries within Warrington:
1. Birchwood Medical Centre
2. Fearnhead Cross Medical Centre
3. Padgate Medical Centre
Both posts would expect the applicant to providing low intensity CBT intervention to young people experiencing common mental health difficulties.
** Please note - only applicants who hold the recognised CYWP qualification and are registered or applying to be registered with the BABCP will be considered **
Main duties of the job
As a Children & Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CYPWP), the post holder will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with mental health [CYPMH] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service post holder will be expected to provide assessment and low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) interventions to children and young people and their families / carers referred into the service.
As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers. The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE.
These principles will recognise the need to:
- Promote safe practices- Value the aims of service users- Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice- Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change- Value social inclusion
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To hold a caseload of assessments, treatment upon a conceptual framework and employing research evidenced based intervention.
To provide high volume low intensity psychological interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation and therapeutic input into children, young people and families referred into the service.
Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework.
To work in ways that are sensitive to the needs of children and young people and families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.
To exercise responsibility within supervisory, managerial and accountability structures, for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients
To deliver co-ordinated care, ensuring effective assessment, care planning and risk management processes are maintained. Involve the views of children, their families, referring agents and other professionals involved in the network of care.
To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence based practice in co-operation with the child young person and carers
To hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within area of work jointly and collaboratively with other team members in order to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families.
To have an effective knowledge base of other modalities so as to engage and work effectively with colleagues in other disciplines.
Identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues, as described with the guidelines of Local Safeguarding Childrens Board and Trust safeguarding policies
Maintain clear and comprehensive electronic clinical records, to ensure information is accurate and complies with Data Protection Act and professional body and Trust standards.
To engage with using routine outcome measures as clinically appropriate including their use in clinical practice and inputting data into clinical records.
Adhere to agreed activity expectations relating to the overall number of clients contacts offered, throughput and outcomes to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible, efficient and effective.
To work collaboratively with children, young people and their families and contribute to the trusts service user participation agenda.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
4. Recognised Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CYPWP) qualification
Desirable
5. Educated to degree standard
6. Evidence of further study/ qualification in the field of children and young people's mental health
Experience
Essential
7. Experience of mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families
8. Evidence of competent delivery of low intensity CBT for common mental health disorders in children and young people
9. Skilled in the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, clinical sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
10. Experience of working with a variety of patient groups including a degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
11. Able to provide evidence of competently managing own caseload
Desirable
12. Knowledge of the theory and practice of therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
13. Experience of delivering teaching, training
14. Experience in consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
15. Demonstrates a thorough understanding of anxiety and depression in children & young people.
16. Level of knowledge of the mental health needs of children and adolescents
17. Thorough understanding of theoretical basis of low intensity CBT
18. Able to describe rationale and content of range of low oAble to describe rationale and content of range of low oAble to describe rationale and content of range of low oAble to describe rationale and content of range of low oAble to describe rationale and content of range of low intensity interventions.
19. Must demonstrate ability to be self-reflective and to organise own supervision appropriately
20. Ability to work within a culturally diverse community in a wide variety of contexts including specialist skills for working in settings outside the clinic.
21. Ability to take clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment, both as a care co-ordinator and within the context of a multi-disciplinary team
22. Interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in order to convey clinically sensitive information to family members of all ages and to a wide range of lay and professional persons, within and outside of the NHS.
23. Able to demonstrate understanding of ways to assess risk to self and others within the context of mental health assessment.
24. Broad knowledge of legal frameworks in relation to children and young people
25. Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
26. Ability to use clinical and case management supervision positively and effectively
27. Ability to organise and co-ordinate areas of work.
28. Ability to identify and provide appropriate means of support to carers exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
29. Ability to identify and employ as appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice.
Desirable
30. Skills in Information technology and using word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software.
31. Level of knowledge and/or training in other psychological therapies
32. Knowledge and skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
33. Knowledge of research design and methodology consistent with practice to at least degree level or equivalent.
34. Ability to demonstrate skills in multi-disciplinary work.
Values
Essential
35. Continuous Improvement
36. Accountability
37. Respectfulness
38. Enthusiasm
39. Support
40. High professional standards
41. Responsive to service users
42. Engaging leadership style
43. Strong customer service belief
44. Transparency and honesty
45. Discreet
46. Change oriented