We have an excellent opportunity for a Band 5, full-time, 37.5 hours per week position within CAMHS, based in Lower Henwick Farm, Thatcham but will also be supporting the two other localities, Wokingham and Reading.
The Specialist Community Teams are looking for a Child and Family Mental Health Worker to join our multi-disciplinary team to effectively support our young people in the community. The role includes delivering support to young people both individually in the young person's home, clinic, school and or via digital media. You will be expected to work within this complex and variable setting, with supervision. You will report to and work in collaboration with senior colleagues, to deliver care in order to maximise each young person's individual potential.
This post includes working with families and/or carers in collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will work with community services such as children's social care and other Local Authority and voluntary sector colleagues. Ideally, you will have some experience in CAMHS, be thoughtful and reflective, and have the flexibility to integrate into a multi-disciplinary team. We welcome applicants who have skills (or transferable skills) in working with young people with mental health needs and have ideally also worked with their parents/carers. You'll find we offer a positive team environment.
Main duties of the job
1. You will provide brief interventions and support for young people, who require the support of multi-disciplinary team to meet their needs.
2. You will be working with young people who may have self-harmed and/or expressed suicidal thoughts. You will therefore need to be aware of risk identification and management (with support of a case holding Clinician).
3. You will work with parents/carers of the young people (where clinically indicated) offering support, advice and psychoeducation.
4. You will work with the young person to ensure they are heard, validated and their needs are understood.
5. You will play an important key role in liaising with multi-agency partners to ensure the young person's needs are communicated and all agencies work collaboratively together.
6. You will work closely with the wider CAMH services in Berkshire as well as local authority and education colleagues and other services/agencies as required.
7. You will be supported, guided and supervised by senior clinicians in the team.
8. You will receive training to enable you to offer interventions to support young people.
About us
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:
1. Caring for and about you is our top priority
2. Committed to providing good quality, safe services
3. Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
1. Flexible working options to support work-life balance
2. 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
3. Generous NHS pension scheme
4. Excellent learning and career development opportunities
5. 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
6. Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
7. Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
8. Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
9. Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
10. Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
1. Degree or HNC/HND or similar in relevant subject with extensive relevant work experience or short courses to degree equivalent level.
2. Previous experience of working directly with young people, families and multi-agencies.
3. Personal resilience, good listening skills and empathy.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident 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. Please don't hesitate to contact: Christina Subrai via email: christina.subrai@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Interview will be held on 6th Feb 2025
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
1. Degree or MSc in a subject relevant to the post (e.g Social work, OT, Mental Health, Child Development, Youth work, Offending etc) OR
2. HNC/HND or similar in relevant subject with extensive relevant work experience or short courses to degree equivalent level
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
1. Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
2. Evidence of relevant training
Previous Experience
Essential
1. Previous work directly with children, young people, families as well as working with multi-agencies
2. Significant experience in a mental health or social care setting, working with children, young people and families.
3. Experience undertaking assessments of needs
4. Working with people in their own homes and the community
5. Significant experience of risk management while working independently with vulnerable people in high distress in community settings
6. Working with and co-ordinating mult-agencies to ensure young care is joined up and their holistic needs are identified and met
Desirable
1. Specialist skills acquired through engagement with different groups of vulnerable children and parents (offending, substance misuse, refugees.)
2. Experience of managing groups of parents providing psychoeducation around children's mental health and/or parenting
3. Experience of working with children and young people whose needs have been identified as needing CAMHS Tier 3 or 4 interventions, including profound self-harming and suicidality
4. Experience of providing consultation/guidance relating to systemic issues, attachment and delivering training to teams of professionals
5. Work within an NHS CAMHS setting liaising with appropriate qualified staff co-delivering joint pieces of therapeutic interventions to patients/families
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
1. Listening and advocacy skills, empathy, and ability to lead others
2. Personal resilience and ability to work under pressure within a crisis service
3. Good IT skills and experience of recording about clients' needs
4. A keen attitude to learning and working in a team
Desirable
1. A good understanding of attachment theories and their clinical applications onto family work
2. A good working understanding of and/or training on main therapeutic interventions, i.e. CBT/DBT/psychodynamic/person-centred approaches
3. Ability to work autonomously and prioritise own workload
4. Excellent oral and written communication skills where there are barriers to understanding
5. To have a working knowledge of financial benefits for families e.g. Carers Allowance, DLA, carer support options, respite/breaks, local groups/carer support, housing issues, employment and educational issues, mental health treatments and diagnoses
6. To have knowledge and understanding of a wide range of working procedures and practices, ideally within Berkshire Foundation NHS Trust and Social Services, and knowledge of Health Authority Structure, charitable & voluntary organisations.
Additional Requirements
Essential
1. Ability to work flexibly
2. Ability to travel to multiple sites across the Trust
3. Clean driving license and access to personal vehicle
Employer details
Employer name
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
CAMHS West Specialist Community Team
Lower Henwick Farm
Thatcham
RG18 3AP
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