Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for practitioners to work as a Youth Support Workerwithin our Children and Young People crisis teams which include Home Treatment, Rapid Response and Childrens Ward Assessments within the Pennine Care footprint.
We are looking for individuals who are passionate about supporting a team working with children and young people and working innovatively across pathways and traditional boundaries to ensure that young people get the right care, from the right clinician/team, at the right time and in the right place in order to improve their outcomes and the families/carers experience of mental health support. This includes covering a variety of shifts over our 7 day service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have the opportunity to make profound improvements in how crisis care is experienced by children, young people and those who care for them. You will support the clinical members of the team to link with emergency services and primary care to offer first response assessment and intervention for children and young people in actual or emerging crisis. You will offer intensive follow up for up to 6 weeks and will support the development of longer term care plans to identify and address the holistic needs of young people and families. You will also maintain links with young people admitted to specialist in-patient services, to ensure young people retain links with their communities, within a recovery focused model.
Children and Young Peoples Crisis Service emphasises a culture of accessible, high quality, holistic, child centered, recovery focused care, enabling you to effectively address the need of children and families when they are at their most vulnerable. As such these posts will be enormously rewarding. You will also receive a structured induction & comprehensive training programme.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We are really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Your Development and Career with us
Within Pennine Care we are committed to the development of our staff including:
- AMBIT (Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment)
- Social Work and Nurse Apprenticeship
- DBT skills workshops
- STORM Skills Training (Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Mitigation)
- IAPT skills based training
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will contribute to community-based assessment, de-escalation and therapeutic interventions (including risk reduction interventions) when children and young people are presenting in crisis or require enhanced support in the community.
Our youth support workers link in with local communities to enhance the young persons experience and improve outcomes.
For full details of duties are within attached person specification and jo description
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will contribute to community-based assessment, de-escalation and therapeutic interventions (including risk reduction interventions) when children and young people are presenting in crisis or require enhanced support in the community.
Our youth support workers link in with local communities to enhance the young persons experience and improve outcomes.
For full details of duties are within attached person specification and jo description
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- National Youth Agency accredited Youth Work qualification/ Graduate Diploma in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice or equivalent experience
Desirable
- BA in Youth work or Youth and community work
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children, young people (CYP) and/or families in varied contexts
- Experience of offering advice and support to CYP and families.
- Experience of family work/ group work
- Experience of working with other agencies
- Experience of working autonomously and managing own workload
- Experience of supporting and working as part of a team
- Experience of working with IT systems
Desirable
- Experience of multidisciplinary working in mental health care with complex cases
- Presentation/ teaching and training skills in mental health
- Experience of working in a child and adolescent mental health setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of mental health and emotional problems including self-harm and suicide
- Ability to communicate with children, young people and families around sensitive issues
- Knowledge of child development
- Ability to support CYP and families with emotional and behavioural issues
- Ability to engage children and young people in recovery focused, resilience building activities
- Thorough knowledge of safeguarding legislation and responsibilities.
Desirable
- Knowledge of evidence based interventions for common mental health and emotional problems
- Working knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Skills in supporting CYP and families with emotional and behavioural issues
- Skills in engaging children and young people in recovery focused, resilience building activities
- Skill in understanding and managing complex presentations within complex systems.
- High level of emotional resilience to be able to keep thinking and performing skilfully under pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team and use initiative.
- Ability to work across agencies and within a multidisciplinary context
- Computer literate
- Belief in the child centred, needs led, recovery focused values base of the service.
- Able to prioritise work delegated by a mental health professional
- Ability to create innovative solutions alongside CYP to help them meet identified goals
- Able to collect, record and organise information and data systematically
- Ability to develop cooperative networks with external agencies
- Evidence of commitment to user and carer involvement
- A willingness to be flexible to the demands of the role
- An ability to uphold good practice in a non - judgemental way in difficult situations
- An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
- Display a positive attitude to role of supervision and to supporting colleagues
- Highly motivated and professional approach
- Skills in communicating empathetically and effectively even when people are highly dysregulated and potentially abusive
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service which will include travelling, supporting CYP in their own homes or within varied settings.
- Willingness to work nights and unsocial hours
- Willingness to work across boroughs
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- National Youth Agency accredited Youth Work qualification/ Graduate Diploma in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice or equivalent experience
Desirable
- BA in Youth work or Youth and community work
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children, young people (CYP) and/or families in varied contexts
- Experience of offering advice and support to CYP and families.
- Experience of family work/ group work
- Experience of working with other agencies
- Experience of working autonomously and managing own workload
- Experience of supporting and working as part of a team
- Experience of working with IT systems
Desirable
- Experience of multidisciplinary working in mental health care with complex cases
- Presentation/ teaching and training skills in mental health
- Experience of working in a child and adolescent mental health setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of mental health and emotional problems including self-harm and suicide
- Ability to communicate with children, young people and families around sensitive issues
- Knowledge of child development
- Ability to support CYP and families with emotional and behavioural issues
- Ability to engage children and young people in recovery focused, resilience building activities
- Thorough knowledge of safeguarding legislation and responsibilities.
Desirable
- Knowledge of evidence based interventions for common mental health and emotional problems
- Working knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Skills in supporting CYP and families with emotional and behavioural issues
- Skills in engaging children and young people in recovery focused, resilience building activities
- Skill in understanding and managing complex presentations within complex systems.
- High level of emotional resilience to be able to keep thinking and performing skilfully under pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team and use initiative.
- Ability to work across agencies and within a multidisciplinary context
- Computer literate
- Belief in the child centred, needs led, recovery focused values base of the service.
- Able to prioritise work delegated by a mental health professional
- Ability to create innovative solutions alongside CYP to help them meet identified goals
- Able to collect, record and organise information and data systematically
- Ability to develop cooperative networks with external agencies
- Evidence of commitment to user and carer involvement
- A willingness to be flexible to the demands of the role
- An ability to uphold good practice in a non - judgemental way in difficult situations
- An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
- Display a positive attitude to role of supervision and to supporting colleagues
- Highly motivated and professional approach
- Skills in communicating empathetically and effectively even when people are highly dysregulated and potentially abusive
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service which will include travelling, supporting CYP in their own homes or within varied settings.
- Willingness to work nights and unsocial hours
- Willingness to work across boroughs
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure
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).
