Job summary
Are you passionate about improving children and young people's mental health in Hampshire?
Would you like to be part of a friendly, multi-professional, supportive team bringing about change and recovery for children and young people, their families and carers.
Following recent investment, we are seeking to recruit Support Time and Recovery (STaR) workers across the county to work in our community CAMHS Teams in: Aldershot, Basingstoke, Winchester Test Valley, Eastleigh, New Forest, Fareham & Gosport and Havant.
Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team you will work directly on the recovery needs of the child/young person, providing the necessary goal-based intervention for them to learn new ways to live the life they want to live in order to improve mental health and wellbeing in day to day life.
As a STaR worker you work with the lead professional who is responsible for the management of care and the therapeutic intervention being delivered. This is an innovative delivery of support that seeks to enable children and young people and their network to get the right support at the right time during the period of time they are supported by community.
Main duties of the job
Providing targeted, time limited, recovery focused interventions as identified and care planned by the lead clinician the STaR worker will focus on:
- Enabling and relationship building to support a child and young person focused journey through the service while they are accessing a therapeutic intervention.
- Working in the local community to support with developing daily activities promoting social inclusion and supporting organisational commitment.
- Provide support in delivering personally defined recovery care planned interventions by promoting citizenship, connectivity and empowerment.
- Support transitions between clinical pathways and agencies
About us
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Hampshire is a beautiful county with an excellent transport network linking with the neighbouring counties of Surrey, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Sussex. It is the third largest shire county in the UK and the largest county in South East England. It has many tourist attractions such as the historical Cathedral City of Winchester, National Parks in the New Forest and the South Downs and two of the largest ports (Southampton and Portsmouth) in England, to name a few.
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
In order to be successful, you will need a NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and skills acquired through experience or an equivalent level of work place training and experience
It would also be advantageous if you are:
- Experienced working in CAMHS (Children and Young Peoples mental health services) or children's social care
- Have lived experience of receiving mental health services or caring for a child/young person who has.
These are full-time posts, working 37.5hrs Monday-Friday. Requests for part-time working hours will be considered.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:
Jacqui Tyson General Manager for Hampshire CAMHS Jacqui.tyson@spft.nhs.uk / 023 80 743000
Diana Ramsay - Professional Lead for Allied Health Care Professionals diana.ramsay@spft.nhs.uk T:07391 408204
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
In order to be successful, you will need a NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and skills acquired through experience or an equivalent level of work place training and experience
It would also be advantageous if you are:
- Experienced working in CAMHS (Children and Young Peoples mental health services) or children's social care
- Have lived experience of receiving mental health services or caring for a child/young person who has.
These are full-time posts, working 37.5hrs Monday-Friday. Requests for part-time working hours will be considered.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:
Jacqui Tyson General Manager for Hampshire CAMHS Jacqui.tyson@spft.nhs.uk / 023 80 743000
Diana Ramsay - Professional Lead for Allied Health Care Professionals diana.ramsay@spft.nhs.uk T:07391 408204
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and skills acquired through experience OR equivalent levels of experience or training working in a health or social care setting
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
- Experience of working in community settings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and skills acquired through experience OR equivalent levels of experience or training working in a health or social care setting
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
- Experience of working in community settings
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).
