Job summary
Sunderland Community Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service (SCCAYPMHS) have a dedicated and dynamic team that provides a range of evidence based psychological therapies to support children and young people from 5-18. This may be by offering one-to one or group supportfor them or their parents/carers.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the service to appoint a new cohort of Trainee Childrens Well-being Practitioners (CWP's). In this training role the post-holders will provide Low Intensity CBT interventions whilst undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Studies in Community and Primary Care Environments at Northumbria University. These are permanent positions. The post-holders will attend all taught and self-study days required by the University and work in the service for the remainder of the week, being supported to apply their newly developed clinical skills and knowledge.
The post holders will be working in a SCCAYPMHS locality base within Sunderland. The post holder will be engaged in the delivery and development of the service and will work with children and young people whose lives are, or have been, affected by events to such a level that it impacts upon their emotional and mental well-being.
Progression from a Band 4 to a Band 5 will be dependent on the post holder successfully completing the university course
Main duties of the job
You will undergo training to gain the skills needed to undertake, plan and co-ordinate the delivery of low intensity interventions to support the mental health needs of children from 5 to 18 years and their families under the supervision of senior staff. This may include guided self-help or computerised CBT as well as one-to-one work and small groups. This work may be face to face, telephone or via other media. There needs to be a coherent record of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
You will complete a mental health assessment to ensure the suitability of the child or young person for a low intensity intervention and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or step-up the young persons treatment to another form of psychological therapy. A part of this assessment is the need to conduct risk assessments and act accordingly, with support, to agreed protocols for managing risk.
You will also need to meet performance targets and data collection in relation to all aspects of service delivery. This will involve taking cases to supervision on a regular basis. You will work with other CWP's as well as the wider multidisciplinary team
To undertake any other duties as requested by line manager.
Upon qualification, you will be part of a preceptorship year which is further supported development. Once qualified all CWPs are required to apply for BABCP PWP registration which has a yearly cost.
About us
You will be line managed through Sunderland Counselling Service an independent local charity that has been established for over 30 years. It has a strong person centred ethic, and has grown into one of the leading IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) providers for mental health across the North East of England.
Although you will be line managed through Sunderland Counselling Service you will be working as part of an integrated Sunderland Community Children and Young people's Mental Health Service (SCCAYPMHS) team, following all of their policies and procedures. This very supportive team of people from different professional backgrounds works together to ensure that children and young people from 0-18 receive the support they need.
SCCAYPMHS aim to deal with such difficulties at the earliest possible stage of intervention in the hope that children and young people will develop skills and resilience to promote positive well-being, thus minimising the risk of further distress.
Sunderland Counselling Service have employed trainee Child Well-being Practitioner (CWP's) within the service for over 6 years and you will be part of a team of experienced CWP's who will offer guidance and support in your journey. In addition, we have a senior CWP whose role is to further the CWP role and encourage and assist both qualified and trainee CWP's. We also offer a comprehensive range of supervision, both one-to-one and in a small group.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be employed by Sunderland Counselling Service and will work as part of Sunderland Community Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service (SCCAYPMHS). They will work with children and young people who have a range of common mental health problems in primary care providing high volume / low intensity CBT based interventions in a training capacity. They will use traditional, effective and innovative, treatment methods.
The post holder will work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
The postholder will need to meet targets that are set within the service and toundertake and successfully complete training on the child and young persons WP Training Course (Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Studies in Community and Primary Care Environments). They will undertake regular scheduled clinical skills supervision and case management supervision to meet both the requirements of the service and the training course.This will help develop their work to support the mental health needs of children, young people and families.
This work will entail complete mental health assessments and plan, implementation and evaluation, of the specialist packages of care. A part of this will be to engage vulnerable and hard to reach groups.
The post holder will work at the complex interface between universal and specialist children's service provision as part of a multi agency team, ensuring that all safeguarding policies and procedures are followed where required.
In addition the post holder will complete full, accurate and contemporaneous records within set timescales, provide timely and accurate data to monitor service performance and maintain information about own caseload and contribute to the maintenance of information for the team workload to support planning and management.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be employed by Sunderland Counselling Service and will work as part of Sunderland Community Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service (SCCAYPMHS). They will work with children and young people who have a range of common mental health problems in primary care providing high volume / low intensity CBT based interventions in a training capacity. They will use traditional, effective and innovative, treatment methods.
The post holder will work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
The postholder will need to meet targets that are set within the service and toundertake and successfully complete training on the child and young persons WP Training Course (Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Studies in Community and Primary Care Environments). They will undertake regular scheduled clinical skills supervision and case management supervision to meet both the requirements of the service and the training course.This will help develop their work to support the mental health needs of children, young people and families.
This work will entail complete mental health assessments and plan, implementation and evaluation, of the specialist packages of care. A part of this will be to engage vulnerable and hard to reach groups.
The post holder will work at the complex interface between universal and specialist children's service provision as part of a multi agency team, ensuring that all safeguarding policies and procedures are followed where required.
In addition the post holder will complete full, accurate and contemporaneous records within set timescales, provide timely and accurate data to monitor service performance and maintain information about own caseload and contribute to the maintenance of information for the team workload to support planning and management.
Person Specification
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training.
- Able to make good use of the supervisory process.
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
- Able to develop and disengage from productive therapeutic relationships with clients
Desirable
- Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
Other Requirements
Essential
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Advanced communication skills.
- 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.
- Ability to manage own time and diary and to manage demands of both training course and work in service.
- Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
Desirable
- Fluent in languages other than English
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of significant relevant experience of working with children and young people who have experienced a mental health problem.
- Demonstrates high standards in written and oral communication.
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Evidence of working in the local community and with schools.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Desirable
- Demonstrates a knowledge of child development and links with childhood mental health
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours level first degree, ideally in a relevant subject area.
- Willingness to undertake training on the child and young persons PWP Training Course (Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Studies in Community and Primary Care Environments)
Desirable
- Professional qualification / training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
- Psychology or other health related honours degree.
Person Specification
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training.
- Able to make good use of the supervisory process.
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
- Able to develop and disengage from productive therapeutic relationships with clients
Desirable
- Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
Other Requirements
Essential
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Advanced communication skills.
- 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.
- Ability to manage own time and diary and to manage demands of both training course and work in service.
- Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
Desirable
- Fluent in languages other than English
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of significant relevant experience of working with children and young people who have experienced a mental health problem.
- Demonstrates high standards in written and oral communication.
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Evidence of working in the local community and with schools.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Desirable
- Demonstrates a knowledge of child development and links with childhood mental health
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours level first degree, ideally in a relevant subject area.
- Willingness to undertake training on the child and young persons PWP Training Course (Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Studies in Community and Primary Care Environments)
Desirable
- Professional qualification / training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
- Psychology or other health related honours degree.
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.
