Interview will be held on 13th Feb 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in an innovative service within Berkshire Healthcare- the Family Safeguarding Service. This service forms the mental healthcomponentof the multidisciplinary ‘Family Safeguarding Model’. It is a collaboration between health services and local authority Children’s Social Care services (Bracknell Forest Council and West Berks Council).The Family Safeguarding Model is a multiagency initiative, where mental health, domestic abuse practitioners and alcohol and substance misuse recovery workers are co-located within Children’s Social Care, to provide a‘whole family’approach to safeguarding children.
The servicesupports adults, who are experiencing difficulties with their emotional wellbeing and mental health, to meet the needs of their childrenand to better safeguard them.Improvingparentalmental health, improves family functioning and the outcomes for children.
Flexible working is available, with a combination of home visits, on-siteappointmentsand remote working.The role is anopportunityfor part-time working between 0.6 and 0.8wte.
• The Family Safeguarding Mental Health practitioner will work as an integral member of a co-located multi-disciplinary team, which includes children’s social workers, domesticabuseand substance misuse specialists, as well as mental health workers and clinical psychologists, to safeguard and reduce risks to children.
• The postholder will contribute to theholistic approach, recognising the impact on children where parents have poor mental health and limited coping strategies, as well as problems arising from domestic abuse, and parental alcohol and substance misuse.
• To engage and empower parents to make the changes required for better outcomes for their children, more specifically to address parental mental health and to develop improved emotional wellbeing and resilience.
• The postholder will berequiredto provide evidence-based opinion on the role of parental mental health and share this with the MDT through review meetings such as Child in Need reviews and Child Protection Case Conferences.
• Our interventions are underpinned by Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Systemic Family Therapy models. Brief emotional ‘first aid’ approaches are key to supporting our clients through periods of crisis, whilst motivational interviewing supports inmaintainingtheir engagement.
• Opportunities for being involved in group work interventions and individual interventions are available.
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. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the 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
The “must haves” for this role:
1. A team player with experience of multidisciplinary working and working flexibly
1. A holistic understanding of mental health needs and the intergenerational impact of mental healthand traumaupon family functioning
1. A desire to support families to improve outcomes for parents and their children
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.
We’recommitted to equal opportunitiesand welcomeapplications fromall sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected inour accreditations:Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, CarerConfident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to contact:Jo Hadfield or Catherine FarrJo.Hadfield@berkshire.nhs.ukorCatherine.Farr@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’llbe delighted to helpor to arrange aphonecallto discuss further.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Jan 2025
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