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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS In-Reach
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent: 9-5 term time only
Hours
Term time hours - 37.5 hours per week (Term time only)
Job ref
110-ACS124-0424
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Child and Family Clinic (CAMHS)
Town
Tonteg
Salary
£28,834 - £35,099 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

Band 5

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

The successful candidate will join the CAMHS Team, and participate in a team structure that has responsibility for providing early, identification and brief intervention to promote positive emotional
wellbeing and resilience. The role will primarily support the Clinical Nurse Specialist for school liaison to engage primary school aged children in the provision of education, to promote the emotional wellbeing and
resilience through the delivery of agreed programmes of group and individual interventions that have been identified.

Main duties of the job

Support the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in the development and implementation of plans and strategies for schools, to support children and young people with low level mental health and emotional problems such as anxiety and low mood. Under the supervision and direction of the CNS will design, develop, manage and deliver developmentally appropriate and evidence based early intervention and low threshold group interventions and activities within a variety of settings for children predominantly but not
exclusively aged 4 to 11 years.

Provide 1:1 psychoeducation and interventions to support emotional wellbeing and support the delivery of approved training to relevant staff.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

 

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience of working with highly complex young people and families. Previous experience of working with young people and families, particularly those at a high risk of social and educational exclusion.
  • Ability to engage with children and young people.
  • Significant experience and a high level of knowledge in a directly relevant profession e.g. Youth Work, Alternative Education, Youth offending, Family Support, Social Care, and Health.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience within CAMHS or C&YP Departments.

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work autonomously, whilst ensuring effective escalation where appropriate.
  • Resilience and capacity to deal with demanding and challenging situations, young people and their families.
  • Ability to work positively with children and young people and their families to reinforce selfworth, aspiration and achievement.
  • Ability to work positively with children and young people and their families to reinforce selfworth, aspiration and achievement.
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to speak Welsh.

Qualifications/Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • In depth knowledge relating to the field of work with Children, young people and families, or equivalent skills, knowledge and training or experience.
  • Training and relevant qualifications/experience working with children in the delivery of packages of interventions and group work programmes relating to emotional mental health and health promotion.
  • Knowledge and experience of safeguarding issues and procedures
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant specialist training in, Health, Youth Work, Education, Social Work or direct relevant profession.
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation e.g. The Mind over Matter report, The Engagement and Progression Framework, Children Act, Social Services and Wellbeing Act, Child Protection, safeguarding, UNCRC.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCore principlesPrentisiaethau ApprenticeshipsHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage Employer

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gregor Brokof
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 443008
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