CAMHS Support Worker Huntingdon, England
Job description
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and creative Support Worker in each of our localities in Peterborough, Huntingdon & Fenland and Cambridge, to work in the CAMHS CORE Pathway.
We are a multi-disciplinary team offering a diverse range of professional approaches, including Family Therapy, Nursing, Occupational therapy. Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Social work, and Mental health Practitioners. We work with young people with who are experiencing moderate to serve emotional, behavioural, or mental health difficulties. As a team we believe that service user participation and feedback is an integral part of the development and delivery of services and supports care which is person centred and inclusive.
These posts are advertised as full time, but part-time hours could also be considered.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about working with young people who are accessing our CAMHS (Core) Mental Health service. You will have a positive approach to the delivery of care which values working creatively and flexibly in partnership with young people, their families, and professional networks. Your role will be to deliver excellent quality care which empowers children and young people, supports them in their recovery journey and enables them to contribute towards the development of services and care planning.
As a support worker, you will be working within a clinical setting based in our out-patient clinic but also providing support to children and young people within a home, education, or community-based setting.
You will have access to regular individual and group clinical supervision, CPD opportunities within and outside of the service, and the support of a robust and supportive multidisciplinary team.
You will also be required to support the team to ensure the smooth running and organisation of the service, contributing towards research, evaluation, and service development, to ensure care is responsive, effective and equitable.
If this is you, we would love to hear from you and for you to be part of our friendly and supportive team.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share out vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disable people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To provide care and support to children and young people who are experiencing a range of emotional difficulties.
- To empower children and young people to support them in their recovery journey.
- To work in partnership with parents/carers to implement interventions, strategies & activities to promote children and young people’s health and emotional wellbeing.
- To use knowledge and evidence-based practice to deliver advice and support to children, young people, parents and carers
- To work flexibly across the localities, offering clinic-based work and work in the community.
- To work flexibly to support and advocate for children and young people to access the service and wider support.
- To adapt to the emotional needs of children and young people to provide interventions and approaches that are embedded in recovery models of mental health.
- To undertake school and home observations as required.
- To adhere to the Trust and Local Authority safeguarding requirements, to promote the safety and welfare of children and young people.
- To work closely with external partners and attend multi-agency and network meetings as required.
