Job summary
- Main area
- EIP CYP
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 371-CFS460
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- EIP CYP, Wokingham Hospital
- Town
- Wokingham
- Salary
- £31,469 - £38,308 per annum , pro rata ( Incl of HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Child and Family Mental Health Worker (CYP - EIP)
Band 5
Job overview
Do you want to work with young people and families and have transferable skills to work with complex mental health needs? We have an exciting opportunity to work for a Trust that is rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC.
We are seeking a part time band 5 Child and Family Mental Health Worker. This post is based at Wokingham and the post holder will support the Children and Young Peoples Early Intervention in Psychosis Team.
The team deliver high-quality mental health assessments, treatment interventions, and support to young people experiencing Psychotic symptoms or who present with an At Risk Mental State (ARMS).
We welcome applicants who have skills (or transferable skills) working with young people with complex mental health needs and have ideally also worked with their parents/carers.
We offer regular supportive supervision and mentoring, to help you develop and feel confident and supported in this role.
Main duties of the job
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You will provide interventions and support for young people who are experiencing Psychotic symptoms or an ARMS in line with the NICE guidance.
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You will Risk Assess complex cases alongside the MDT.
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You will work with parents/carer of the young people offering support, advice and psychoeducation.
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You will work with the young person to ensure they are heard, validated and their needs are understood.
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You will play an important key role in liaising with multi-agency partners to ensure the young person’s needs are communicated and all agencies work collaboratively together.
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You will work closely with the wider CAMH services in Berkshire as well as local authority and education colleagues and other services/agencies as required.
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You will be supported, guided and supervised by senior clinicians in the team.
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You will offer intensive outreach support to young people and their families across Berkshire.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
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Degree or HNC/HND or similar in relevant subject with extensive relevant work experience or short courses to degree equivalent level.
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Previous experience of working directly with young people, families and multi-agencies.
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Personal resilience, good listening skills and empathy.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Georgina Poppa on 07929185081 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Degree or MSc in a subject relevant to the post (e.g Social work, OT, Mental Health, Child Development, Youth work, Offending etc) or
- HNC/HND or similar in relevant subject with extensive relevant work experience or short courses to degree equivalent level
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
- Evidence of relevant training
3. Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous work directly with children, young people, families as well as working with multi-agencies
- Significant experience in a mental health or social care setting, working with children, young people and families.
- Experience undertaking assessments of needs
- Working with people in their own homes and the community
- Significant experience of risk management while working independently with vulnerable people in high distress in community settings
- Working with and co-ordinating mult-agencies to ensure young care is joined up and their holistic needs are identified and met
Desirable criteria
- Specialist skills acquired through engagement with different groups of vulnerable children and parents (offending, substance misuse, refugees.)
- Experience of managing groups of parents providing psychoeducation around childens mental health and/or parenting
- Experience of working with children and young people whose needs have been identified as needing CAMHS Tier 3 or 4 interventions, including profoung self-harming and suicidality
- Experience of providing consultation/guidance relating to systemtic issues, attachment and delivering training to teams of professions
- Work within an NHS CAMHS setting liasing with appoprirate qualified staff co-delivering joint pieces of therapeutic interventions to patients/families
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Listening and advocacy skills, empathy, and ability to lead others
- Personal resilience and ability to work under pressure within a crisis service
- Good IT skills and experience of recording about clients’ needs
- A keen attitude to learning and working in a team
Desirable criteria
- A good understanding of attachment theories and their clinical applications onto family work
- A good working understanding of and/or training on main therapeutic interventions, ie CBT/DBT/psychodynamic/person centred approaches
- Ability to work autonomously and prioritise own workload
- Excellent oral and written communication skills where there are barriers to understanding
- To have a working knowledge of financial benefits for families eg Carers Allowance, DLA, carer support options, respite/breaks, local groups/carer support, housing issues, employment and educational issues, mental health treatments and diagnoses
- To have knowledge and understanding of a wide range of working procedures and practices, ideally within Berkshire Foundation NHS Trust and Social Services, and knowledge of Health Authority Structure, charitable & voluntary organisations.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to travel to multiple sites across the Trust
- Clean driving license and access to personal vehicle
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Georgina Poppa
- Job title
- Team Lead CYP EIP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929185081