Job summary
ARE YOU A YOUTH WORKER? BIRMINGHAM NEEDS YOU!
Our Mental Health Youth Workers are essential to our service. Often our children and young people can struggle to engage with our mental health service and need specialists to support them to access help.
This role requires an experienced youth worker who is comfortable working both autonomously as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will work in a variety of primary and secondary schools both delivering lessons and assemblies with your STICK colleagues as well as offering 1:1 evidenced based interventions to young people. The role also requires a breadth of experience in running groups as well as the ability to provide training to schools. You will be fully supported by our Senior Youth Mental Health Practitioner as well as having access to further in house training.
Main duties of the job
The STICK team is our innovative Mental Health Early Help service provided by Forward Thinking Birmingham:
SCREENINGProviding assessment and screening of CYP within schools, GP surgeries and family support services to increase early intervention and identify emerging symptoms
TRAININGProviding specialist training to professionals working alongside CYP to up skill and equip them to provide low level interventions
INTERVENTIONTherapeutic menu of interventions for CYP who traditionally would not have met thresholds for a CAMHS Service
CONSULTATIONSpecialist consultation for those working in education, childrens services and GP practice encouraging wrap around care when it is most needed
KNOWLEDGEPractitioners include nurses, social workers, teachers and youth workers. The combined skill of this team brings a specialist knowledge and a comprehensive service
This is an exciting role and requires a lot of travel across the city so having access to a car on a daily basis is a mandatory requirement.
Interviews will be held in person.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 qualification in a relatable field
Desirable
- Degree in Youth Work
- Degree in Mental Health related topic
- Sports Coaching Badge
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experienced Youth Worker
- Experience in running youth events including youth clubs/sports clubs
- Significant experience with safeguarding and risk management of adolescents.
- Experience of working with children and adolescent who are struggling with their emotional wellbeing and mental health
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
- Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
- Experience of carrying out 1:1 therapeutic with children
- Experience of delivering 1:1 therapeutic interventions with families
- Experience of delivering group parenting programmes
- Experience of working within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
Skills
Essential
- A sound understanding and working practice of working with children and young people from diverse culture and backgrounds
- The ability to communicate effectively with families who may be difficult to engage
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
- Proven track record in managing time effectively ? Proven record of ability to prioritise tasks
- Full driving license and access to a car on a daily basis
Desirable
- Experience in developing engaging tools/activities to communicate effectively in a diverse settings
- An understanding of youth culture/social media to assist in communication and engagement
- Experience of assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately. Experience of appropriate action to mitigate or m
- Experience of managing several pieces of work in tandem and the ability to communicate updates effectively with managers
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 qualification in a relatable field
Desirable
- Degree in Youth Work
- Degree in Mental Health related topic
- Sports Coaching Badge
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experienced Youth Worker
- Experience in running youth events including youth clubs/sports clubs
- Significant experience with safeguarding and risk management of adolescents.
- Experience of working with children and adolescent who are struggling with their emotional wellbeing and mental health
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
- Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
- Experience of carrying out 1:1 therapeutic with children
- Experience of delivering 1:1 therapeutic interventions with families
- Experience of delivering group parenting programmes
- Experience of working within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
Skills
Essential
- A sound understanding and working practice of working with children and young people from diverse culture and backgrounds
- The ability to communicate effectively with families who may be difficult to engage
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
- Proven track record in managing time effectively ? Proven record of ability to prioritise tasks
- Full driving license and access to a car on a daily basis
Desirable
- Experience in developing engaging tools/activities to communicate effectively in a diverse settings
- An understanding of youth culture/social media to assist in communication and engagement
- Experience of assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately. Experience of appropriate action to mitigate or m
- Experience of managing several pieces of work in tandem and the ability to communicate updates effectively with managers
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).
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