Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Senior Children's Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (CPWP) to join our teams in CAMHS Single Point of Access.
The Senior CPWP in the team will take leadership in assessing children and young people experiencing challenges with their emotional wellbeing.
Applicants should hold an IAPT qualification in Low Intensity interventions namely Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions (PWP) . You will need to have experience of working with people with mental health problems along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You are required to use your own initiative and work independently, as there may be some home working as well as your office base, whilst also being supported by a friendly team
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be expected to provide screening/triage, and where appropriate assessment, for individuals at the first point of contact into CAMHS. Our team receives all the new referrals sent into service, so you are likely to be the first person from CAMHS that the family will speak to. You will be expected to undertake an initial triage assessment, making an accurate assessment of risk to self and others, escalating high and immediate risk to senior clinicians as required. As the service receives a wide variety of calls, with varying degrees of risk and mental health presentations, the post holder will be expected to offer signposting information to appropriate services and to facilitate referral to specialist services where appropriate. The post holder may offer Low Intensity Psychological Interventions, where appropriate and safe to do so, and so must have significant experience working within psychological models providing a range of information and support via evidence based low-intensity psychological treatments
The successful applicants will have excellent communication skills, and be committed to providing the highest standards of service to young people and their families; in addition to being motivated to develop themselves and the services they work in, and work safely and effectively both independently and as a member of a team.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a newly developed role
The successful candidate will work with the Single Point of Access and in the Getting Help Team.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a newly developed role
The successful candidate will work with the Single Point of Access and in the Getting Help Team.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualification:
Essential
- Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education
- Where professionally appropriate, recognised signoff mentor Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Postgraduate education in a relevant field
- Leadership or management qualification
Skills:
Essential
- Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
- Write reports
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
Experience:
Essential
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Providing clinical supervision
- Mentoring students on practice placement .
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
Desirable
- Leadership or management experience
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment.
Person Specification
Qualification:
Essential
- Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education
- Where professionally appropriate, recognised signoff mentor Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Postgraduate education in a relevant field
- Leadership or management qualification
Skills:
Essential
- Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
- Write reports
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
Experience:
Essential
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Providing clinical supervision
- Mentoring students on practice placement .
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
Desirable
- Leadership or management experience
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment.
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
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).
