Senior Practitioner - YOUnited

Job responsibilities

One-year fixed term position

The salary for this post is £31,743 per annum, based on 35 hours per week.

Home based but with regular travel required acrossCambridgeshire and Peterborough.

You will be a qualified CWP, PWP, EMHP; RMN, RN (child) or social worker with relevant experience of working with children aged 5-13 and their families, with emerging mental health difficulties.

The senior practitioner role includes managing your own caseload, offering advice and guidance and risk management support for families on our waiting list and being competent in providing management supervision and clinical support to meet the needs of our growing service.

As this is a 12-month fixed term position. We are looking for someone who will make a real impact and who can demonstrate the necessary skills and passion to help us improve the mental health and wellbeing for children, young people and their families from the moment you join us. The ideal candidate will be an experienced childrens mental health practitioner with comprehensive supervisory experience and training.

As the Senior Practitioner you will work as part of the Ormiston Families interventions team, within the YOUnited partnership (Ormiston Families, Centre 33, Cambridgeshire Community Services and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust). YOUnited provides a single point of access for any professional across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to refer a young person to get support with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Ormiston Families work with CYP aged 5-13 with mild to moderate mental health and emotional health and wellbeing needs.

You will work alongside a senior leadership team which consists of an Operations Manager, Team managers and two Senior Practitioners, as well as colleagues with a wide range of knowledge and experience, such as Counsellors, CWPs and EWPs.

We feel this is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children, young people and families and to work within a supportive, dedicated team to help us ensure that we provide the right help and support to children and young people when they need us most.

For more information or to apply for this post, please visithttps://www.ormiston.org/work-with-us/

Closing date for all applications: Midnight, Sunday 28th January 2024

Interviews are scheduled for Monday 5th February 2024

Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:

Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.

We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of development in children / young people and of transitions
• Knowledge and understanding of mental health presentations in children, young people and adults
• Knowledge of, and ability to operate within, professional and ethical guidelines
• Knowledge, awareness and experience of delivering low intensity and guided self-help intervention for those with mental health difficulties
• Knowledge of, and ability to work with, issues of confidentiality, consent and capacity
• Ability to assess the childs functioning within multiple systems
• Ability to recognise and respond to concerns about child protection
• Ability to work with difference (cultural competence)
• Ability to work with groups of children/young people and/or parents/carers
• Ability to engage and work with families, parents and carers
• Ability to engage and communicate with children/young people of differing ages, developmental level and background
• Ability to work within and across agencies
• An ability to manage the emotional content of sessions
• Ability to make use of routine outcome measures.
• Knowledge of the risk assessment and management processes
• A sound knowledge of safeguarding processes and an ability to recognise and act upon risk.
• Ability to co-ordinate casework across different agencies and/or individuals
• Ability to engage in and utilise supervision in accordance with Ormiston Families requirements.
• Ability to manage own, and others, workload and work on own initiative, within stated guidelines and procedures
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with children/young people of all ages experiencing a wide range of mental health presentations
• Demonstrable willingness to develop leadership skills
• A good level of IT competency.

Desirable

• Knowledge of statutory services (including CAMHS, social care and early interventions) their function and appropriate referral procedures.
• An understanding of a broad range of therapeutic interventions

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification as a Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner, Education Mental Health Practitioner or Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner .
• OR hold a registered qua;oification in a core profession e.g RMN, RN (child),or social work.
• Supervisory training / qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of line management supervision and experience of people management.
• Experience of leading a team or service development
• Minimum two years experience of delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children and young people.
• Experience of working in childrens mental health or related services
• Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
• Experience of partnership working
• Experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders
• Experience of providing clear advice and signposting to CYP and their families/carers

Desirable

• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrating outcomes

Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of development in children / young people and of transitions
• Knowledge and understanding of mental health presentations in children, young people and adults
• Knowledge of, and ability to operate within, professional and ethical guidelines
• Knowledge, awareness and experience of delivering low intensity and guided self-help intervention for those with mental health difficulties
• Knowledge of, and ability to work with, issues of confidentiality, consent and capacity
• Ability to assess the childs functioning within multiple systems
• Ability to recognise and respond to concerns about child protection
• Ability to work with difference (cultural competence)
• Ability to work with groups of children/young people and/or parents/carers
• Ability to engage and work with families, parents and carers
• Ability to engage and communicate with children/young people of differing ages, developmental level and background
• Ability to work within and across agencies
• An ability to manage the emotional content of sessions
• Ability to make use of routine outcome measures.
• Knowledge of the risk assessment and management processes
• A sound knowledge of safeguarding processes and an ability to recognise and act upon risk.
• Ability to co-ordinate casework across different agencies and/or individuals
• Ability to engage in and utilise supervision in accordance with Ormiston Families requirements.
• Ability to manage own, and others, workload and work on own initiative, within stated guidelines and procedures
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with children/young people of all ages experiencing a wide range of mental health presentations
• Demonstrable willingness to develop leadership skills
• A good level of IT competency.

Desirable

• Knowledge of statutory services (including CAMHS, social care and early interventions) their function and appropriate referral procedures.
• An understanding of a broad range of therapeutic interventions

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).