Emotion Regulation and Resilience Practitioner- West Essex
The Emotion Regulation and Resilience Practitioner within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is a key member of the team responsible for providing support and interventions to children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural challenges.
This role also involves skill-building work with parents around co-regulation to enhance family dynamics. The postholder's expertise will contribute to helping individuals and their families build emotional resilience and improve their overall well-being.
The Service runs between the hours of 8am and 8pm Monday to Saturday. We require availability of 2 late shifts per week & this includes working some Saturdays.
Main duties of the job
HCRG Care Group are commissioned to provide a range of children, young people, and family services throughout Essex that are free at the point of delivery, which includes our CAMHS service.
* Individual and Group Support: Provide one-on-one and group support to children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural challenges to develop emotion regulation and resilience skills.
* Parental Skill Building: Conduct sessions with parents to teach co-regulation strategies, enhancing their ability to support their children's emotional well-being.
* Collaboration: Work closely with the wider Getting Help team to ensure coordinated care and intervention strategies.
* Positive Environment: Engage the system around the child or young person to foster a positive and supportive atmosphere within CAMHS to promote the well-being of children, adolescents, and their families.
* Skills Development: Assist clients in developing self-regulation and conflict resolution skills, empowering them to manage their emotions effectively.
* Progress Monitoring: Regularly assess and evaluate client progress, adjusting treatment plans as necessary.
Job responsibilities
* Previous experience working with children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral challenges, ideally within a therapeutic or behavior management setting.
* Qualifications: Minimum of a level 4 qualification in a relevant field (e.g., psychology, counseling, social work).
* Co-Regulation Expertise: Knowledge of co-regulation techniques and strategies for working with parents to enhance family dynamics.
* Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with children, adolescents, parents, colleagues, and other stakeholders.
* Empathy and Passion: Patience, empathy, and a genuine passion for making a positive impact on the lives of children, adolescents, and their families.
* Team Player: Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care.
* This role requires flexibility in working hours to accommodate the availability of young clients and their families and will involve evening and weekend activities.
* The work primarily takes place in a clinical or office setting, and the support worker will often interact directly with CYP and their families.
Driving License: A valid driver's license and access to a vehicle for travel to different locations, including schools and partner organisations.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes.
We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit our website.
Additional Information
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities and personal specifications.
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.
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