Mental Health Lead (Early Intervention and Prevention)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To coordinate and deliver provision of community based one to one support for vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people aged 15to 21 who have emotional well- being and mental health difficulties.

Case management oversight including management of waiting list, assessment and allocation (as well as coordination of cases across internal and external services to ensure appropriate risk management and allocation based on need)

Effective induction and ongoing support (including line management) for members of the Turning Tides Coaching Team

Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with Funders terms and conditions, targets within the project specifications and The Junctions Values.

Periodic attendance at relevant organisational management and service development meetings.

Acting as first point of contact for Emotional Wellbeing Coaches

Forming part of the organisations Safeguarding Lead Practitioner team if appropriate.

Collating relevant information for service progress reports highlighting any issues in time to ensure issues can be addressed, which will inform projects reports prepared by Service Manager/ Chief Executive.

To ensure effective feedback and evaluation systems are in place to allow children and young people to have an influence in project delivery.

To ensure robust processes are followed in relation to assessment, outcomes monitoring, progression and signposting to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

To carry out detailed assessments and develop plans for support as appropriate including signposting to other services within and external to the service and support team members to do the same.

Implement programme of emotional wellbeing support with children and young people, setting appropriate goals for progression alongside the children, young people and their families and utilising appropriate routine outcome measures to demonstrate outcomes.

To liaise with colleagues, other services within The Junction and a range of community groups to effectively plan for children and young peoples progression into community and social activities at the end of therapeutic interventions and provide support to aide childrens and young peoples successful engagement.

Use systems and where appropriate contribute to further developing systems to record outputs, outcomes, individual needs and records.

Work collaboratively with all colleagues and partner agencies, including attending and reporting to relevant external meetings as required including safeguarding, child protection and others.

Ensuring that information about the role of The Junction and it is publicised and promoted.

Work as part of The Junctions Team(s) to contribute to its strategic and organisational development including sharing experience, knowledge and where appropriate providing training and guidance.

Be committed to your own personal development partaking in development opportunities and undertaking training, supervision and appraisal as required.

Support the development and training of colleagues by sharing experience, providing training and learning experiences.

Undertake other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time commensurate with the post.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of issues and challenges that vulnerable children and young people face
• Excellent people skills-Ability to engage, build strong relationships with children and young people to build trust, motivate and empower them to meet agreed goals and outcomes
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workloads to meet the needs of children, young people and their families
• Ability to work with partner organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors and especially community organisations.
• Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Understanding of the risk involved in working with vulnerable children and young people
• Understanding and experience of the need to have and work to appropriate professional boundaries
• Ability to share and promote best practices
• Ability to promote young peoples stories in a positive manner
• Ability to support others and monitor their work

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Understanding of and Commitment to The Junctions core values
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• The ability to lead and motivate others
• Be approachable, able to develop positive relationships with others and have high levels of resilience and empathy

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification relevant to working with client group to the equivalent of level 4 or above (ofqual) or above e.g. /Mental Health/Youth Work /relevant degree https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levelsmean/compare-different-qualification-levels
• Demonstrable experience of appropriate Safeguarding training
• Ability and willingness to undertake further training and development as required

Desirable

• Relevant management qualification or training

Experience

Essential

• Experience of supporting teams, leading projects or line managing staff teams
• Recent/significant experience of engaging with and working with a team to support vulnerable children and young people with mental ill health/emotional wellbeing issues on a one to one basis and within groups -Person centred
• Experience of assessing the needs, developing outcomes focused plans to meet the needs of vulnerable children and young people
• Recent/significant experience in relevant profession e.g.
• Childrens and young persons services, Mental Health, Youth Work, Housing, Homelessness, employability
• Recent experience of working with a range of agencies to support vulnerable children and young people
• Experience of working in community based settings, schools, colleges and training providers
• Experience of delivering a range of therapeutic interventions

Desirable

• Experience of working to an outcomes framework
• Experience of delivering presentations to professionals and young people, including training
• Experience of reporting to funders and preparing reports to stakeholders

Equal Opportunities and Diversity

Essential

• Commitment to pursue Equal Opportunity and Non-Discriminatory practices.

Work-related Circumstance

Essential

• Willingness to work flexible hours including evening and weekend work
• Demonstrate an understanding of professional boundaries and appropriate relationships with people and other professionals
• Hold a vehicle licence or be prepared to achieve this within a defined time period and travel to a range of venues to meet the delivery needs of the service

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.

Employer details

Employer name

The Junction

Address

Westfield Farm

The Green, Dormanstown

Redcar

Cleveland

TS10 5NA

Employer's website

https://thejunctionfoundation.com/ (Opens in a new tab)