Employer: West London NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Hounslow MHST
Town: Hounslow
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of 15% HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/05/2025 23:59
Band 6
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community, and physical healthcare services for children, adults, and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Hounslow.
Job overview
We are pleased to introduce the new role of Senior Wellbeing Practitioner within our Mental Health Support Teams in West London CAMHS. The role offers the opportunity for qualified Senior Wellbeing Practitioners experienced in providing supervision to Educational Mental Health Practitioners or Child Wellbeing Practitioners and experience of working in schools to take a more senior role within the team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be providing clinical and skills-based supervision to trainee and more junior practitioners, with the support of a Team Lead. Alongside this, you would be working as a senior practitioner delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people, and families/carers within schools. The role will also include supporting Team Leads and managers with aspects of service development and operational functioning of the team.
We invite applications from qualified Senior Wellbeing Practitioners to join our team with experience working within schools who are interested in developing their supervision skills and utilizing these in supporting trainees and more junior members of staff. We are looking for people who have good skills in team working and who value working with a diverse staff group.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
* Evidence of qualification as a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner (PGCert SWP) from an accredited training provider.
* Evidence of qualification as Education Mental Health Practitioner (PGDip EMHP) OR Child Wellbeing Practitioner (PGDip CWP) from an accredited training provider.
* Psychology or other health/social care/youth related undergraduate degree.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
* Experience of working as a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner and providing supervision for junior staff.
* Significant experience post CWP/EMHP qualification of working with children and/or young people and families.
* Knowledge of child and adolescent development and the role of the family in supporting children and young people’s emotional well-being.
* Understanding of systems and contexts in which children and young people are likely to live.
* Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place to demonstrate outcomes.
* Demonstrates an understanding of common mental health problems experienced by children and young people.
* Understands why it is essential to use evidence-based interventions when possible.
* Experience in providing manualised CWP/EMHP interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, low mood, and behavioral difficulties.
* Experience of MDT working.
* Experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
* Experience of working with children with neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., ASC, ADHD, Mild-moderate LD).
* Able to identify common mental health problems in children and young people.
* Understands why collecting feedback from children, young people, and parents is important.
APTITUDE & ABILITIES
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills.
* Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.
* Able to develop good professional relationships with colleagues inside and beyond the service.
* Responsive to and willing to ask for feedback and supervision.
* Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within the scope of practice.
DISPOSITION / ATTITUDE / MOTIVATION
* High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
* Excellent organisational and self-management skills.
* Ability to manage own caseload and time.
* Ability to use supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
* Able to work under pressure.
* Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
* Ability to be self-reflective in own personal and professional development and in supervision.
* Able to travel between sites where children and young people may present (e.g., schools, NHS premises, home, etc.).
* Willingness to take an active part in developing the role of SWP within the organisation.
* Willingness to contribute to service development.
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
For more information or an informal chat/visit please contact:
Hully Wolderufael
h.wolderufael@nhs.net
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