Children's Wellbeing Practitioner
1 month ago
Job overview
*Open to newly qualified/soon to be qualified and experienced practitioners *
With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Melksham, and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.
If you are a Child wellbeing Practitioner, and you are passionate about child and adolescent mental health, then we would love to hear from you.
In this role, you will work in Melksham CAMHS teams to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
We're a welcoming and supportive team, and we offer a number of training and development opportunities.
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Please note that we are conducting interviews on a face to face basis and we will need you to be available to interview on site for this role.
Main duties of the job
As a Child wellbeing practitioner you will be responsible for initial assessment, delivery and evaluation of care and provide psycho-educational advice and using CBT informed evidence- based interventions and using a collaborative, recovery focused approach. Risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an important part of the role.
Child wellbeing practitioners are involved in running treatment groups alongside 1to1 pieces of work depending of the needs of the individual.
CWP's sit in our "getting help" offer within the i-thrive model of practice.
We offer short term, goal- based interventions for young people who need more support than that available from first line services, such as school nurses or school counsellors.
You will have the opportunity to make an active and meaningful contribution to our exciting service modernisation and redesign that is based on the i-Thrive model, ensuring children and young people get the right support, at the right time, in the right place, from individuals with the right skills. Liaison, advice and consultation with wider CAMHS, colleagues in Children Services and a range of external agencies such as Children’s Social Care, Education, Youth Offending Services and Police is central to the role.
Working for our organisation
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers Competitive pension scheme Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme Employee Assistance Programme Mental Health First Aiders Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply) Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In BSW we have a strong commitment to staff development and progression. Over the last year we have developed a comprehensive CAMHS specific training programme for all staff at all levels. Our training programme includes multiple internal trainings relevant to CAMHS, it also links with external trainings funded through HEE.
Managers work closely with all staff to ensure they have the right training to enable them to confidently and competently deliver high standard interventions to children and young people.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Qualification from CWP Training course (Post Graduate Certificate in CYP IAPT Low Intensity Psychological Therapies
Desirable criteria
Professionals registration with either BABCP or HCPC
Experience
Essential criteria
Experience of working with children and young people or young adults who have mild/moderate mental health needs, and their families and carers in the community
Desirable criteria
Experience of working as a CWP Placement/previous employment in CAMHS/schools would be desirable but not essential
Contractual Requirements or other requirements
Essential criteria
Ability to travel between sites & schools as well as remotely and independently. To be I.T competent All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing-
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