Job responsibilities
1.
ROLE
FOCUS:
To
contribute to the development of early intervention and prevention service in
Bromley for Children and Young People. The post represents an opportunity for a
qualified practitioner, who is committed to the principles of CYP IAPT and THRIVE, to further their career. In addition
to managing their own caseload, the post holder will provide advice and support
to children, young people and their families through workshops and small groups
to provide them with information on how to maintain their emotional wellbeing.
The post-holder will work closely with schools in Bromley borough to support delivery
of the three core functions of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs):
Evidence-based interventions for
mild-moderate mental health issues
Supporting introduction or development of
whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing
Providing timely advice to school and
college staff and liaising with external specialist services to help children
and young people to get the right support.
Work will be carried out predominantly in schools and some
community settings, as well as digitally on occasions from home, to ensure in-reach
to young people who would not normally access services.
The post-holder will work with young people from diverse
backgrounds and should be committed to diversity, equity and inclusion,
ensuring access to services for all. The post holder must be prepared to be
flexible in their working arrangements to ensure that all children and young
people can access support at a time which suits their needs. The other aspect
of this work will be delivering workshops and online sessions to young people,
parents and carers.
Post-holders
who hold a professional qualification will be allocated half a day per month to undertake work to maintain
their qualification requirements.
As
our service is open Monday to Saturday, occasional Saturday working may be
required.
The
ideal candidate(s) must have:
Professional
qualification, with evidence of continuing professional development, in a field
relevant to child and adolescent mental health
Enhanced DBS
Professional Registration
or eligibility (one of the following): BACP, NCPS, UKCP, HCPC, GMC, NMC
Over two years experience of working with children and families, including work with children
and young people with emotional and mental health needs which includes working
with children and young people with a wide range of clinical and behavioural
presentations.
Experience of undertaking
assessment of emotional and mental health needs children and young people
Experience of working
with multi-agency partners and planning best outcomes for children and young
people
Demonstrate knowledge and
skills to deliver training packages on child and young peoples emotional
wellbeing and mental health, including delivering psycho education materials to
children, young people and their families
2. MAIN DUTIES
To provide an evidenced based
service for children and young people as part of early identification and
intervention for children and young people with emotional and mental health
needs.
To provide
advice, support and knowledge of appropriate resources for the emotional
wellbeing of children and their families.
To take responsibility
for leading on and liaising with a number of primary and secondary schools,
providing consultation and planning interventions through regular Support and
Advice Meetings with School Mental Health Leads and other relevant pastoral
staff.
To keep up to date with
local service offer provision in the locality and connections with suitable
services for a range of diverse needs, including SEND.
To
support development and delivery of psychoeducational workshops, webinars and
groups for young people, parents/carers and school staff.
To work across agencies
to develop a co-ordinated response to children and young people's mental health
needs.
To work alongside
others to demonstrate knowledge and skills to plan and critically evaluate the
implementation of the early intervention role to meet the mental health needs
of children and young people.
3. PRACTICE RESPONSIBILITIES
To deliver evidence based
therapeutic interventions for low to moderate difficulties with a caseload of
children and families, to maintain their professional qualification, keeping
abreast of current training and practice in such areas.
Ensure information
sharing protocols are conducted according to GDPR compliance and organisational
policy.
To provide support and
guidance to others, particularly schools with the aim of improving skills,
knowledge, awareness and facilitating reflective practice.
Undertake
assessments with young people and parents which identify areas where the young
person/ parent wishes to see change and/or recovery.
To identify, monitor and
manage risk to self or others in every contact with a client and follow
organisational and local procedures for safeguarding.
Manage own workload
through both clinical practice supervision and managerial supervision.
To work
collaboratively with other teams within Bromley Y to ensure children, young
people and families needs remain at the core of our work, in line with the
THRIVE model.
To contribute to the
evaluation of all areas of service delivery, client and professional
satisfaction and the impact of interventions.
To adopt a balanced age-appropriate
approach in empowering young people in promoting their individual voice and
needs which supports the rights of the child and that supports parent and
carers in their role.
4.
EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
To ensure knowledge and
skills are continuously developed and maintained at a high level of competence.
To identify training needs
through supervision and personal development plans.
To take responsibility in
fulfilling CPD requirements for professional registration requirements and
maintenance
To support the design and
deliver training services/workshops and to take part in their evaluation.
5.
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
To work with others to
develop practice protocols and audit tools, to collect the relevant statistical
information to underpin service evaluation and record keeping.
To ensure all interventions
are evidence based.
To implement national
audit tools and review with colleagues nationally and locally.
To be key in obtaining
service user views and feedback on support provided to ensure the delivery of
accessible provision.
To comply with relevant
professional codes of conduct.
To contribute to
establishing essential networks, knowledge base of resources and maintain links
with relevant community organisations.
To contributing to identifying
service needs and gaps across with regard to childrens mental health and
wellbeing.
Develop skills in service
evaluation and audit to ensure the overall development of the service.
To maintain awareness of up-to-date
research and development pertaining to advances in child and young peoples
emotional wellbeing and mental health issues.
6.
GENERAL
Keep timely, consistent
and accurate records, providing information for monitoring and evaluation as
required.
Participate in, and
actively contribute to, individual supervision, training and team meetings as
required.
Work in accordance with Bromley
Ys objectives and values.
Comply with all
organisational policies and procedures, including the Code of Conduct and in
particular to ensure safe, fair and responsible working practices and
relationships.
Undertake duties to
ensure the health and safety of post-holder, colleagues, service users,
volunteers and visitors.
Work flexibly, being
prepared to perform other duties commensurate with the role.
Actively support and
promote any fundraising activities as part of the day-to-day duties.
Promote the work of Bromley
Y People and encourage
positive understanding, awareness and attitudes towards emotional wellbeing and
mental health.
Work at all times to
promote equality, diversity and individual rights.
Work alongside and ensure
active service user participation in all aspects of work, including monitoring
of activities.
To participate in the development of local
safeguarding child protection, joint agency procedures and other relevant local
procedures.
