Job summary
We are looking to recruit a youth support worker to join our vibrant, welcoming and busy #Thrive team. This is a full-time role working with children and families presenting with a range of mental health challenges, and the post offers a breadth of opportunities for you to develop your skills in working with young people. There will be lots of opportunities to work individually and within groups and both independently and alongside other key professionals within the team. We offer a robust supervision structure and development opportunities in terms of psychological therapies training within the trust and opportunities to access specialist training in line with your own and the team's needs.
Children's mental health and emotional well-being is a key priority locally andRochdalebenefits from strong multi-agency networks and creative approaches to service delivery. Nationally recognised service, #Thrive providing a broad spectrum of emotional well-being support to children and families. Other CAMHS-linked services in place include our Perinatal service, Your Trust and the Mental Health Support Team, with other projects also in development.
Main duties of the job
- Contribute to the community based assessment as well as provide Intervention to young people and their families
- Support families to offer intervention and care under supervision of mental health practitioners or other #Thrive colleagues
- Developing ongoing relationships with children and families to promote recovery and resilience.
- Work intensively with children, young people and those who care for them under supervision of senior staff
- To assist members of the multi-disciplinary team as required, in the delivery of interventions on an individual and group
About us
New team members are well-supported, with regular clinical and management supervision, access to peer supervision and CPD, and a pacing of caseloads and other duties in order to build confidence and experience, and to lay foundations relevant for your future aspirations. There are opportunities for career progression within the team and across the trust.
'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're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand 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.'
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to the assessments and interventions of young people requiring support for their mental health aged up to 19 years of age in the Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale and Pennines areas.
To promote and safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people of the borough
to promote the health and wellbeing of young people in the borough
To provide a thrive aligned support package and ensure safe transition in and out of service
To work with other professionals to ensure a holistic, needs led package of support which focusses on successes and goal-based outcomes
Please read the embedded job description and person specification for further details
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to the assessments and interventions of young people requiring support for their mental health aged up to 19 years of age in the Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale and Pennines areas.
To promote and safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people of the borough
to promote the health and wellbeing of young people in the borough
To provide a thrive aligned support package and ensure safe transition in and out of service
To work with other professionals to ensure a holistic, needs led package of support which focusses on successes and goal-based outcomes
Please read the embedded job description and person specification for further details
Person Specification
Education
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
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.
- Skills in communicating empathically and effectively even when people are highly dysregulated and potentially abusive.
- High level of emotional resilience to be able to keep thinking and performing skilfully under pressure.
- Well -developed organisational skills,
- 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
Person Specification
Education
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
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.
- Skills in communicating empathically and effectively even when people are highly dysregulated and potentially abusive.
- High level of emotional resilience to be able to keep thinking and performing skilfully under pressure.
- Well -developed organisational skills,
- 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
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).
