Job summary Are you passionate about working with young adults? Are you a creative, enthusiastic mental health professional? The Transitions Pathway in Enfield is seeking an experienced & enthusiastic Band 4 mental health engagement worker, dedicated to making a difference to young people in the community. Confident and dynamic, they might be experienced in support work within CAMHS, be a newly graduated Associate Mental Health Worker or have other relevant experience working in the mental health field. The candidate should have drive and a sound knowledge of mental health to work in a creative and personalised way. As a new pathway, the service is still developing, and your input can really make a difference The Transitions Pathway is part of Enfield Core Community Mental Health Team. The Pathway works closely with CAMHS and core locality services for adult mental health and charity partners, MIND. The Pathway is also linked with other "Front Door" mental health services, including the Community Engagement Team. Overall, our mission is to ensure safe, supportive and age-appropriate transition from CAMHS to adult services for the young adults under our care. Main duties of the job The successful candidate will work closely with team leads, Experts by Experience, patients, carers and other professionals in the network to establish and refine this new service. Interest in /experience of working in adolescent and young adult mental health care is vital for this role. As is a flexible and innovative approach to working. The Engagement Worker will help to deliver a goals based approach (with individual and group work), ensuring that young adults' needs are met at home and the community. They will assist in the delivery of high standards of care to individual young people. There will be an expectation that the applicant will work independently but will have the support, guidance and direction of a qualified nurse, occupational therapist or social workers and feed into the wider care plan being delivered by the MDT. Other duties include: Use of Dialog and other tools to assess service users health and social care needs Contribution to the design of care plans in line with risk assessment and psychosocial needs. Utilisation of designated recovery tool with outcomes focusing on care planning, ensuring clients understand they will work in a collaborative manner to engage in social inclusion activities such as seeking employment, education and independent living. This is not an exhaustive - Please see attached document for full detail of job duties. About us North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: 1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. 2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all 3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. 4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. Why NLFT? We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network The post holder will be aligned with our Values : We Are Kind We Are Respectful We Work Together We Keep Things Simple We Empower We Are Proudly Diverse In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. Date posted 29 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 4 Salary £31,081 to £33,665 a year per annum including Outer London Allowance Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 306-BEH-2581 Job locations Various - Core Locality Teams in North/South Enfield (main site) Fore Street London N9 0PD Job description Job responsibilities This is an exciting opportunity to work within a newly created pathway aimed at supporting healthy transition from CAMHS to adult services. The 18-25 Transitions Pathway supports young people between 17-25 who require additional input to ensure they are safely supported into adulthood. Please see attached document for full job description and main responsibilities. Job description Job responsibilities This is an exciting opportunity to work within a newly created pathway aimed at supporting healthy transition from CAMHS to adult services. The 18-25 Transitions Pathway supports young people between 17-25 who require additional input to ensure they are safely supported into adulthood. Please see attached document for full job description and main responsibilities. Person Specification Qualifications Essential NVQ Level 4 in Health and Social Care/Trainee Graduate MH Worker programme or equivalent experience. Desirable Bachelor's degree in Psychology (1st Class or 2.1) or equivalent experience. Experience Essential Experience of working with Young people/young adults/older adolescents Experience working within a mental health or social care setting in community, primary care, outpatient or inpatient setting. Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team. Desirable Experience of delivering/co-facilitating group interventions Communication Essential Demonstrable ability to communicate in a clear and empathic way with young adults and their carers and to advocate for them with other professionals and agencies Person Specification Qualifications Essential NVQ Level 4 in Health and Social Care/Trainee Graduate MH Worker programme or equivalent experience. Desirable Bachelor's degree in Psychology (1st Class or 2.1) or equivalent experience. Experience Essential Experience of working with Young people/young adults/older adolescents Experience working within a mental health or social care setting in community, primary care, outpatient or inpatient setting. Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team. Desirable Experience of delivering/co-facilitating group interventions Communication Essential Demonstrable ability to communicate in a clear and empathic way with young adults and their carers and to advocate for them with other professionals and agencies Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Employer details Employer name 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust Address Various - Core Locality Teams in North/South Enfield (main site) Fore Street London N9 0PD Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)