Job summary
You would be joining a new Community Intensive Support Service for children and young people (CYP) with Autism residing in Merton, Wandsworth, Sutton, Kingston, and Richmond. The CAMHS Dynamic Support Team is a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team that offers specialist intensive interventions for Children and Young People already under community tier 3 CAMHS and on the Dynamic Support register.
We are pleased to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced, and committedSenior Recovery Support Worker to join the Dynamic Support Team and to be at the forefront of developing the service alongside the rest of the team.
You will work with highly skilled mental health professionals who are committed to supporting home and community-based care, facilitating safe discharge, and reducing young people's length of stay, should admission become necessary. It is essential to be committed to safe and effective team working. The role includes individual, family and group work and the provision of telephone support to young people.
The service will help shape an effective and consistent model of care in South-West London, which aims to bridge the gap between community services and inpatient care, whilst also strengthening longer term local services for autistic young people.
The service operates 5 days a week 9-5pm
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the role:
- To be a member of the Dynamic Support Team, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide treatment and support to a small group of young people, families, cares agencies or services around the young person.
- To provide highly specialist clinical services to a small number of children, young people identified through the Dynamic Support Register with a diagnosis of ASD and their families / carers across all sectors of care.
- Providing support in a crisis, supporting young people and families at home to manage periods of distress and upset, and to develop positive ways of managing and coping.
- Co-facilitating therapeutic groups or activities.
- The post holder will also work very closely with families/carers to help support and provide support with responding to a young person's needs
- This role involves independent daily travel across South West London and involves some lone working, within a close supervision structure.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our location:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
The Adolescent Outreach Team base is at Springfield University Hospital and our inpatient adolescent unit, Aquarius, is also on the site. This role involves independent daily travel across South West London. We often also visit other sites within the Trust, mainly - Tolworth Hospital, Surbiton; Richmond Royal, Richmond or Livingstone House, Teddington; Jubilee Health Centre, Wallington; Cricket Green Polyclinic, Mitcham
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To carry our individual programmes of care.
- To be able to work in a supportive and education way with families/carers.
- To perform delegated duties without direct supervision from qualified staff within the home/community.
- To be proactive in gathering information on and creating positive working relationships with local services, and activities for young people.
- To support and assist young people with enquiries or access to other services.
- To maintain professional working relationships with all staff, parents/carers, young people, and other agencies
- To attend and contribute to clinical team meetings.
- To maintain professional standards in accordance with the Trusts code of conduct for health care assistants.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To carry our individual programmes of care.
- To be able to work in a supportive and education way with families/carers.
- To perform delegated duties without direct supervision from qualified staff within the home/community.
- To be proactive in gathering information on and creating positive working relationships with local services, and activities for young people.
- To support and assist young people with enquiries or access to other services.
- To maintain professional working relationships with all staff, parents/carers, young people, and other agencies
- To attend and contribute to clinical team meetings.
- To maintain professional standards in accordance with the Trusts code of conduct for health care assistants.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of mental health services or demonstrable interest in mental health either paid or voluntary.
- oExperience of Autism services, or demonstratable interest in Autism either paid or voluntary.
- oTo be knowledgeable /understanding about the factors that cause/impact on mental health problems and associated interventions.
- oExperience of developing relationships with a wide variety of people and organisations.
- oProven ability to recognise and manage risk.
- oAbility to work on own initiative without direct supervision, understanding where clinical input is needed.
Desirable
- oPersonal experience of mental health problems and use of Mental Health Services
- oPersonal experience of use of Autism services.
- oExperience of working as a Recovery Support (STR) Worker
- oPrevious experience of working in Health or Social Care settings in paid or voluntary position.
- oDemonstrate knowledge/understanding of: a) Awareness of the Mental Health Act and its use in practice or b) equivalent Health or Social Care legislation appropriate to service area
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducation to GCSE level or equivalent (with minimum of 5 A-E qualifications which must include Maths and English)
- oAchieved NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent plus post qualifications or further study/training to diploma level or NVQ level 4 in Mental Health and/or WLMHT Assistant Practitioner Course
- oOR Equivalent level of experience
- oEvidence of consistent pattern of learning from Education, training and experience.
- oCare Certificate (to be completed within 6 months of starting the role).
Desirable
- oAbility to demonstrate competency in specific clinical skills relating to role
- oComputer qualifications or experience/skills
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of mental health services or demonstrable interest in mental health either paid or voluntary.
- oExperience of Autism services, or demonstratable interest in Autism either paid or voluntary.
- oTo be knowledgeable /understanding about the factors that cause/impact on mental health problems and associated interventions.
- oExperience of developing relationships with a wide variety of people and organisations.
- oProven ability to recognise and manage risk.
- oAbility to work on own initiative without direct supervision, understanding where clinical input is needed.
Desirable
- oPersonal experience of mental health problems and use of Mental Health Services
- oPersonal experience of use of Autism services.
- oExperience of working as a Recovery Support (STR) Worker
- oPrevious experience of working in Health or Social Care settings in paid or voluntary position.
- oDemonstrate knowledge/understanding of: a) Awareness of the Mental Health Act and its use in practice or b) equivalent Health or Social Care legislation appropriate to service area
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducation to GCSE level or equivalent (with minimum of 5 A-E qualifications which must include Maths and English)
- oAchieved NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent plus post qualifications or further study/training to diploma level or NVQ level 4 in Mental Health and/or WLMHT Assistant Practitioner Course
- oOR Equivalent level of experience
- oEvidence of consistent pattern of learning from Education, training and experience.
- oCare Certificate (to be completed within 6 months of starting the role).
Desirable
- oAbility to demonstrate competency in specific clinical skills relating to role
- oComputer qualifications or experience/skills
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).
