Primary Mental Health Worker

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria West Lancs CAMHS are looking to recruit a full time permanent Band 6 Primary Mental Health Worker to assist with the early intervention part of our Children's Mental Health pathway provision. This is an exciting opportunity for a registered and experienced candidate from a range of professional backgrounds including Nursing, Social Work, Psychology or Occupational Therapy, to utilise their experience and skills in working with children, young people and their families whilst becoming part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary CAMHS team.

Main duties of the job

The role focuses on promoting resilience and positive mental health in children and young people in schools through the provision of training packages, consultation and also offering early intervention through assessment and short-term intervention. The suitable candidate will assist in coordinating input to schools in the local area to better promote resilience.

The ideal candidates will have post-qualification experience and have an understanding of mental health difficulties as children develop. This opportunity allows the successful candidate to gain further experience in leadership and supervision whilst working within a friendly and supportive team. There may also be training opportunities to assist in CPD.

About us

We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.

Staff at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trustwork to improve lives with a culture based on four corevalues:

We are kind

We are a team

We are respectful

We are always learning

To keep informed of latest trust news and events follow us on twitter@Lscft_jobsand@WeAreLSCFT

Date posted

16 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£32,306 to £39,027 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-SPS436-JH

Job locations

Westgate CAMHS

Westgate House Tanhouse Road

Skelmersdale

WN86DS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RMN/CQSW/DipSW/BSc OT or other relevant professional qualification

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration experience of working in a Child and Adolescent Mental health team or equivalent

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RMN/CQSW/DipSW/BSc OT or other relevant professional qualification

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration experience of working in a Child and Adolescent Mental health team or equivalent

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).