Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge as part of a dynamic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service?
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 MSHT CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people's lives.
We are recruiting into a full time Children's Well-Being Practitioners (CWP) to join the Oxfordshire CAMHS North MHST Team .
A children's wellbeing practitioner (CWP) is a highly specialist role in a CAMHS team. The role is pivotal to enhancing accessibility to MHST CAMHS by delivering low-intensity psychological interventions for mild to moderate low mood and anxiety disorders.
Main duties of the job
You will work within the MHST Team, within the child and adolescent mental health service providing high volume low intensity interventions.
The role is hybrid, meaning clinical work can take place in schools, the clinic base and on occasions, remotely. The role will involve offering a range of low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based treatments, along with offering assisted self-management interventions to young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
You will also offer parent-led pieces of work, focusing on addressing challenging behaviour and child anxiety. The role will be focused on working with children, families, and the education setting. You will have opportunities to develop skills in working with schools and delivering on the whole school approach.
About us
In this role you will be supported by the Supervisors and the clinical team manager. You will be part of a dynamic, innovative and supportive multi-disciplinary team who meet frequently and work closely together. Clinical supervision and professional development are priorities for the service.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Postholder will work as part of an MHST delivering, under supervision, high-quality, brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties in and around schools. The post holder will be responsible for delivering clinical interventions within the MHST and will receive clinical supervision from a senior psychological practitioner. Other key duties include:
- To routinely measure clinical outcomes.
- Promoting the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through evidenced based clinical interventions.
- To undertake initial school based and community based assessments and to deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties.
- Providing a direct service to children and young people and their families, in an accessible and less stigmatizing environment, based on the best available research evidence, within clinical governance.
- Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary.
- Working in partnership, support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
- Work in partnership with children, young people and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes and activity.
- Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
- Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
- Undertakes accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
- Through close case management and supervision, escalate cases where the level of need becomes beyond scope, or more severe ensuring adherence to other relevant elements of service delivery.
- Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments, primarily guided self-help. This work may be face-to-face or by telephone.
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to CYP in treatment, where appropriate. 10.To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. 11.To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Postholder will work as part of an MHST delivering, under supervision, high-quality, brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties in and around schools. The post holder will be responsible for delivering clinical interventions within the MHST and will receive clinical supervision from a senior psychological practitioner. Other key duties include:
- To routinely measure clinical outcomes.
- Promoting the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through evidenced based clinical interventions.
- To undertake initial school based and community based assessments and to deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties.
- Providing a direct service to children and young people and their families, in an accessible and less stigmatizing environment, based on the best available research evidence, within clinical governance.
- Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary.
- Working in partnership, support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
- Work in partnership with children, young people and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes and activity.
- Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
- Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
- Undertakes accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
- Through close case management and supervision, escalate cases where the level of need becomes beyond scope, or more severe ensuring adherence to other relevant elements of service delivery.
- Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments, primarily guided self-help. This work may be face-to-face or by telephone.
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to CYP in treatment, where appropriate. 10.To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. 11.To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification from CWP Training course (Post Graduate Certificate in CYP IAPT Low Intensity Psychological Therapies
Experience
Essential
- 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
- Experience of working as a CWP
- Placement/previous employment in CAMHS/schools would be desirable but not essential
Contractual Requirements or other requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites & schools as well as remotely and independently.
- To be I.T competent
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification from CWP Training course (Post Graduate Certificate in CYP IAPT Low Intensity Psychological Therapies
Experience
Essential
- 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
- Experience of working as a CWP
- Placement/previous employment in CAMHS/schools would be desirable but not essential
Contractual Requirements or other requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites & schools as well as remotely and independently.
- To be I.T competent
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
