Job summary
Are you a hardworking and ambitious Qualified Child Wellbeing Practitioner?
Do you currently work in a CWP role and would like to join a service that will help you develop your therapy skills and progress in your career?
Westminster CAMHS are looking to recruit a creative, flexible, adaptable, professional, and motivated Child Wellbeing Practitioners.
The positions a 12 month fixed term contract and the post-holders will be working as part of the Early Intervention Team at Westminster CAMHS delivering high-quality, brief, outcome-focused, and evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing moderate mental health difficulties.
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Main duties of the job
In addition, Child Wellbeing Practitioner would support the development and delivery of a wide range of interventions including:
- To deliver, under supervision, outcome focused evidence-based Individual and group interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents.
- To facilitate and oversee, alongside colleagues, all elements of Participation in the borough. This includes engaging service users in various ways to gain feedback and participate in shaping local Children and Adolescent MH services.
- Support Early Intervention colleagues and Core CAMHS colleagues in planning, developing and delivering intervention and initiatives to support children, young people and families awaiting treatment.
- Build and maintain relationships with relevant community organisations to foster and facilitate effective interagency working at a strategic and individual level.
- Practice in such a manner to prompt equitable access to mental health services, with an awareness of cultural and social differences.
About us
Westminster CAMHS is a very warm & friendly team which welcomes new skills and new ideas, with an established Early Intervention Team. It is part of Central & North West London (CNWL) Foundation Mental Health Trust. We are committed to collaborative multi-disciplinary work and there are very good links with partnership agencies in the borough.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. You can become a member by visiting our website.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work in partnership with children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families delivering CBT based Guided Self-Help intervention
- Work in partnership with children, young people and families in the development of goals for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
- Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
- Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognizes and respects diversity.
- Undertake accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
- Adhere to the service referral protocols.
- Provide information and support to children, YP and their parents to access appropriate further help if required.
- Provide intervention and engage children, YP and their parents using face-to-face, telephone or other media.
- Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered, and sessions carried out per week in order to improve timely access and minimize waiting times.
- Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings
- Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decisions making . Complete all requirements relating to data collection
- To ensure the quality of all work is maintained to a high standard an ensure reports to evidence this are available on request.
- To record clinical activity and clinical outcomes in according with Trust policy and procedures
- To attend regular supervision
- To raise the quality standards of our Service and ensure that policies and procedures are adhered to and practise in line with the National CAMHS agenda, NICE guidelines and CNWL policies and procedures.
- The post-holder is expected to work in consultation with other members of the team and other participation colleagues from within the CNWL CAMHS service.
- Utilising participation groups/resource, to consult with young people and encourage their active participation in all aspects of planning, decision-making and delivery of services.
- To work within the local safeguarding requirements for clinicians as per CNWL Safeguarding policy
- To be involved in audit and quality improvement projects.
- To establish and maintain positive relationships with local organisations
- To be actively involved in obtaining feedback from young people and families about their treatment, and take initiative in service improvement processes based on this feedback
- To work with service users and their families to develop approaches to monitoring and evaluating client satisfaction. This will include inputting data and producing feedback reports on a regular basis.
- To develop, order and maintain appropriate resources and materials, using participatory approaches to help local communitys access local CAMHS services e.g. (video, leaflets and webpages).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work in partnership with children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families delivering CBT based Guided Self-Help intervention
- Work in partnership with children, young people and families in the development of goals for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
- Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
- Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognizes and respects diversity.
- Undertake accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
- Adhere to the service referral protocols.
- Provide information and support to children, YP and their parents to access appropriate further help if required.
- Provide intervention and engage children, YP and their parents using face-to-face, telephone or other media.
- Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered, and sessions carried out per week in order to improve timely access and minimize waiting times.
- Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings
- Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decisions making . Complete all requirements relating to data collection
- To ensure the quality of all work is maintained to a high standard an ensure reports to evidence this are available on request.
- To record clinical activity and clinical outcomes in according with Trust policy and procedures
- To attend regular supervision
- To raise the quality standards of our Service and ensure that policies and procedures are adhered to and practise in line with the National CAMHS agenda, NICE guidelines and CNWL policies and procedures.
- The post-holder is expected to work in consultation with other members of the team and other participation colleagues from within the CNWL CAMHS service.
- Utilising participation groups/resource, to consult with young people and encourage their active participation in all aspects of planning, decision-making and delivery of services.
- To work within the local safeguarding requirements for clinicians as per CNWL Safeguarding policy
- To be involved in audit and quality improvement projects.
- To establish and maintain positive relationships with local organisations
- To be actively involved in obtaining feedback from young people and families about their treatment, and take initiative in service improvement processes based on this feedback
- To work with service users and their families to develop approaches to monitoring and evaluating client satisfaction. This will include inputting data and producing feedback reports on a regular basis.
- To develop, order and maintain appropriate resources and materials, using participatory approaches to help local communitys access local CAMHS services e.g. (video, leaflets and webpages).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Child Wellbeing Practitioner Graduate Qualification
Desirable
- Psychology or other health/social care undergraduate degree
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties
- Experience working within a CAMHS setting
Desirable
- Experience supporting patient and/or parent participation in service development
- Experience facilitating groups/workshops
Skills
Essential
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with patients
- Able to manage a case load of children, under supervision
- Able to assess risk and escalate appropriately and safly
Desirable
- Able to utilise routine outcome measures within clinical practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in children and young people
- Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding best practice and process
Desirable
- Demonstrate an understanding of evidence based practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Child Wellbeing Practitioner Graduate Qualification
Desirable
- Psychology or other health/social care undergraduate degree
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties
- Experience working within a CAMHS setting
Desirable
- Experience supporting patient and/or parent participation in service development
- Experience facilitating groups/workshops
Skills
Essential
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with patients
- Able to manage a case load of children, under supervision
- Able to assess risk and escalate appropriately and safly
Desirable
- Able to utilise routine outcome measures within clinical practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in children and young people
- Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding best practice and process
Desirable
- Demonstrate an understanding of evidence based practice
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).
