Job summary
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join Lincolnshire CAMHS. The service is expanding and developing, and we are delighted to recruit 2 Parent/Carer Support Workers to join our creative and innovative CAMHS teams in Louth and Lincoln CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service).
Each post will be based in their locality Hub. The Meridian Centre for Louth and The Horizon Centre for Lincoln. Each post will at times be required to travel County wide.
Our core operating hours are 9.00am -5.00pm, each hub offers one late night a week and you may occasionally be required to contribute to the late night offer until 8pm. In return we can offer a very welcoming and supportive working environment with a team that celebrates its achievements and is able to continuously learn from what we might do even better. The service can offer a range of learning opportunities for those colleagues who are looking to develop their careers within CAMHS.
As an organisation we are able to consider flexible working where needed.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for additional information about this role and if you have any questions, please contact Amanda Curtis Louth Team Coordinator on 01507 606 843 or Amy Flanagan Lincoln Team Coordinator on 01522 535 189 for further information/informal discussion.
Main duties of the job
With support from registered practitioners, you will provide support to carers whose child or young person have been assessed by the CAMHS team and are waiting for their treatment to begin. You will liaise with families waiting for treatment and offer advice and support appropriate for preparation for therapy. This will include directing families to local resources and self help material that will support recovery, it is also likely to include developing and co-facilitating parent/carer groups.
You will be supported by a multi-disciplinary team which includes nurses, social workers, occupational therapists and community support workers. You will receive ongoing support from their supervisor and colleagues and work closely with the carer peer support workers.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To model principles of hope, recovery and self-belief in all aspects of their work with young people and families.
- Act as a role model, showing a professional and caring attitude towards families, and other professionals and colleagues.
- Share coping, self-help and self-management techniques with carers and families in an appropriate and supportive manner.
- Where appropriate, to provide guidance and practical support to carers to better enable them to support their child or adolescent.
- Recognising the emotional impact of caring for somebody experiencing significant distress, provide emotional support and listening ear for parent/carers.
- Developing and co-facilitating carer groups.
- Guiding carers through periods of transition .
- In line with the Triangle of Care initiative, support enhanced communication and collaboration between carers and mental health professionals, and ensure that carers have all the right information to support the recovery of veterans.
- Support carers to identify access support within their local community and, where appropriate, link into carer organisations.
- Develop and coordinate opportunities for carer participation and co-production of CAMHS services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To model principles of hope, recovery and self-belief in all aspects of their work with young people and families.
- Act as a role model, showing a professional and caring attitude towards families, and other professionals and colleagues.
- Share coping, self-help and self-management techniques with carers and families in an appropriate and supportive manner.
- Where appropriate, to provide guidance and practical support to carers to better enable them to support their child or adolescent.
- Recognising the emotional impact of caring for somebody experiencing significant distress, provide emotional support and listening ear for parent/carers.
- Developing and co-facilitating carer groups.
- Guiding carers through periods of transition .
- In line with the Triangle of Care initiative, support enhanced communication and collaboration between carers and mental health professionals, and ensure that carers have all the right information to support the recovery of veterans.
- Support carers to identify access support within their local community and, where appropriate, link into carer organisations.
- Develop and coordinate opportunities for carer participation and co-production of CAMHS services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Satisfactory level of Secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade or 9-4 grade or equivalent (may be working toward this).
- Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English.
- Willingness to undertake further training to support development of peer support role, and child and young person's involvement
- NVQ 3 in Care or equivalent
Desirable
- Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post.
- NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a nursing assistant grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting.
- Knowledge of risk assessment principles
- Experience in providing support for people in the community or inpatient with mental health needs
Desirable
- Experience in providing support for children and young people
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs.
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies
- A patient and empathic approach. Clear and accurate clinical note keeping
- Quick decision making skills- calm approach and have the ability to liaise and consult with others colleagues if required.
- Plan and organise their day and ensure that their whereabouts are known
- IT skills
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of personal recovery principles and values
- Able to develop positive relationships with carers and assist them in developing and meeting recovery goals
- Able to demonstrate a non-judgemental, respectful attitude toward others.
- Understanding of service user involvement and participation and why it is important
- An ability to recognise and manage own stress. Ability to demonstrate and model self-care skills
- Willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- Good organisational skills, including time management
- Willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- Be able to ask for help
- Ability to work creatively and use initiative
- Ability to work well within a team
Special requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently throughout the county without the use of public transport
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Satisfactory level of Secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade or 9-4 grade or equivalent (may be working toward this).
- Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English.
- Willingness to undertake further training to support development of peer support role, and child and young person's involvement
- NVQ 3 in Care or equivalent
Desirable
- Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post.
- NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a nursing assistant grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting.
- Knowledge of risk assessment principles
- Experience in providing support for people in the community or inpatient with mental health needs
Desirable
- Experience in providing support for children and young people
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs.
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies
- A patient and empathic approach. Clear and accurate clinical note keeping
- Quick decision making skills- calm approach and have the ability to liaise and consult with others colleagues if required.
- Plan and organise their day and ensure that their whereabouts are known
- IT skills
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of personal recovery principles and values
- Able to develop positive relationships with carers and assist them in developing and meeting recovery goals
- Able to demonstrate a non-judgemental, respectful attitude toward others.
- Understanding of service user involvement and participation and why it is important
- An ability to recognise and manage own stress. Ability to demonstrate and model self-care skills
- Willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- Good organisational skills, including time management
- Willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- Be able to ask for help
- Ability to work creatively and use initiative
- Ability to work well within a team
Special requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently throughout the county without the use of public transport
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).
