Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

2 months ago

Castleford, Wakefield, United Kingdom South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust Full time
Job Summary

The South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Children's Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Primary Intervention Team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing holistic assessments, risk assessments, and planning for children and young people with mental health concerns.

Key Responsibilities
  • Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
  • Assess and support Young People and Families with a common mental health problem in the self-management of their recovery.
  • Deliver a range of therapeutic techniques which can be incorporated into one-to-one or group interventions.
  • Undertake patient-centered interviews which identify areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and make an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
Person Specification

Personal Attributes

  • A current driving license and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Qualifications

  • Post Graduate Certificate for Low Intensity Therapies (IAPT) or equivalent qualification.
  • OR
  • Qualification from PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate or Level 3 undergraduate course) or EMHP or equivalent eg. Experienced and Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker with relevant Primary Care experiences and competences as required.
  • OR
  • Registered Mental Health Nurse/Social Worker/Occupational Therapist /or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience.

Desirable

  • Post Graduate Mental Health Certificate or Mental Health Professional qualification (nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, etc)

Physical Attributes

  • Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Special Knowledge/Skills

  • Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training.
  • Computer literate.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills.
  • Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.
  • Applicants should demonstrate evidence of interpersonal skills to engage and develop working alliances with colleagues and patients.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of mild to moderate mental health problems, including anxiety and depression, and how it may present in Primary Care.
  • High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
  • Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
  • Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
  • Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision.

Desirable

  • Received risk assessment training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice.
  • Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work/employment and the impact it can have on mental health.
  • Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
  • Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence-based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.

Experience

  • Substantial mental health working/working with Children/YP experience including voluntary work or expertise gained by experience of mental health problems.
  • Demonstrates high standards in written communication.
  • Able to write clear reports and letters.
  • Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
  • Ability to manage own caseload and time.

Working with the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

The South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust is a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health, and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative. Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families, and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities. Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

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