Primary Mental Health Worker

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

North Hampshire CAMHS Early Help Service are looking for an experienced children and adolescent Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join our team full time as a band 7 Senior Primary Mental Health Worker. You will need to be registered with your governing body, and have CAMHS or relevant Mental Health experience.

There has never been a better time to join Hampshire CAMHS. We are excited to be a service that has achieved new significant investment from our commissioners, in recognition of the increasing need there is for support with children's mental health. Hampshire CAMHS is known for its innovation and creativity as well as significant involvement from young people, parents and carers with its on-going development.

You will be joining and helping lead a friendly, supportive and creative multi-disciplinary team, dedicated to providing a high-quality service to our young people.

Your base will be in Basingstoke.

We are excited to be a developing service, introducing a new model of stepped care within the service. You will support the delivery of contributing to triaging new cases in the short term, initial assessments, psycho-education workshops ,therapeutic group work, some community based activities and other activities as they are developed within the team. Some opportunity may exist to hold a small case load.

Main duties of the job

*To provide clinical supervision, line management and leadership to other members of the Primary Mental Health workforce.

*To be part of the Primary Mental Health Work leadership team and participate in the development of the service

*To provide a community based primary mental health service for children and young people as part of the primary tier of CAMHS.

*To offer consultation and advice to primary care workers on all aspects of mental health and well being of children and their families.

*To direct children and their families to the most appropriate service in order to meet their emotional needs.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

As a Trust, our footprint spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities.

- We function as a unified team, placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

- Our 7,000+ workforce is skilled and diverse, with a deep commitment to ongoing staff development. We offer customised training, leadership pathways, and a plethora of career opportunities.

- We respect and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and concerns via well-established network of staff groups to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Building on all this, we are currently working closely with other local NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Our new organisation is set to launch in April 2024 and will incorporate Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight and Sussex Partnership Trusts.

While the new Trust will be substantially bigger, it will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, streamlining services and making healthcare across the county more accessible.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Date posted

11 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

348-SS-4423

Job locations

Bramblys Grange Health Centre

Bramblys Drive

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG21 8UN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification, with evidence of continuing professional development, in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health.
Evidence of clinical training in a field relevant to the post eg brief psychotherapy, solution focused approaches, cognitive behaviour therapy, motivational interviewing, or systemic work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification, with evidence of continuing professional development, in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health.
Evidence of clinical training in a field relevant to the post eg brief psychotherapy, solution focused approaches, cognitive behaviour therapy, motivational interviewing, or systemic work.

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.