Job summary
- Main area
- AHP
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-OC6774893
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Melksham CAMHS
- Town
- Melksham
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 5
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
*Open to newly qualified/soon to be qualified and experienced practitioners *
With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Melksham, and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.
If you are a Child wellbeing Practitioner, and you are passionate about child and adolescent mental health, then we would love to hear from you.
In this role, you will work in Melksham CAMHS teams to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
We're a welcoming and supportive team, and we offer a number of training and development opportunities.
You can check us out on Youtube: BSW RECRUITMENT (youtube.com)
Please note that we are conducting interviews on a face to face basis and we will need you to be available to interview on site for this role.
Main duties of the job
As a Child wellbeing practitioner you will be responsible for initial assessment, delivery and evaluation of care and provide psycho-educational advice and using CBT informed evidence- based interventions and using a collaborative, recovery focused approach. Risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an important part of the role.
Child wellbeing practitioners are involved in running treatment groups alongside 1to1 pieces of work depending of the needs of the individual.
CWP's sit in our "getting help" offer within the i-thrive model of practice.
We offer short term, goal- based interventions for young people who need more support than that available from first line services, such as school nurses or school counsellors.
You will have the opportunity to make an active and meaningful contribution to our exciting service modernisation and redesign that is based on the i-Thrive model, ensuring children and young people get the right support, at the right time, in the right place, from individuals with the right skills. Liaison, advice and consultation with wider CAMHS, colleagues in Children Services and a range of external agencies such as Children’s Social Care, Education, Youth Offending Services and Police is central to the role.
Working for our organisation
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In BSW we have a strong commitment to staff development and progression. Over the last year we have developed a comprehensive CAMHS specific training programme for all staff at all levels. Our training programme includes multiple internal trainings relevant to CAMHS, it also links with external trainings funded through HEE.
Managers work closely with all staff to ensure they have the right training to enable them to confidently and competently deliver high standard interventions to children and young people.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualification from CWP Training course (Post Graduate Certificate in CYP IAPT Low Intensity Psychological Therapies
Desirable criteria
- Professionals registration with either BABCP or HCPC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children and young people or young adults who have mild/moderate mental health needs, and their families and carers in the community
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a CWP
- Placement/previous employment in CAMHS/schools would be desirable but not essential
Contractual Requirements or other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between sites & schools as well as remotely and independently.
- To be I.T competent
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Megan Sadler
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865903777
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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