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Job summary

Main area
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
246-CFYPS6233791
Employer
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich
Town
Ipswich
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 gross per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust logo

Primary Mental Health Worker

Band 6

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams.  We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

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Job overview

Primary Mental Health Worker (PMHW)

Passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? Want to work as part of our dynamic community Early Intervention CAMHS service within a friendly, supportive, and creative multi-disciplinary team? Dedicated to providing high-quality advice, support and brief interventions to children and young people under 18 experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. Do you have a professional qualification in nursing, social worker, therapy or equivalent?

Suffolk Early Intervention CAMHS is looking to recruit Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, or Therapists to join us as Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Worker (PMHW) in our Under 18 Wellbeing team on a part time basis (22.5 hours over 3 days). 

It is an exciting time to join our service as we make the transition to a place-based approach (3 locality teams – East, Central and West Suffolk) working closely with partners across education, health, and social care.

The roles will be based in our East and Central localities.

Main duties of the job

The PMHW is a diverse and interesting role, working holistically within an MDT, alongside Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP), Psychological Therapists and Counsellors. PMHWs:

  • Offer consultation and training for schools and professionals
  • Facilitate groups for parents and support delivery of therapeutic groups for children and young people
  • Present webinars on children’s mental health
  • Undertake assessments and direct work with children, young people, and families, managing a caseload

This role provides you with many opportunities for learning about wider mental health issues for children, young and families and service pathways.  You will need to have a good understanding of mental health difficulties, assessment, theoretical knowledge, and a range of therapeutic interventions.

Working for our organisation

Suffolk Early Intervention CAMHS proactively seeks to provide opportunities to develop and enhance the clinical skills and practice of our team, enhancing direct work with children, young people and families . During induction, you will shadow colleagues undertaking assessments, facilitating groups, and providing consultation to schools and other agencies and professionals. Training and support will be provided to gain expertise in delivering an early intervention approach. You will also benefit from regular clinical and management supervision and in-house training on CBT and Systemic approaches.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will work in collaboration with colleagues from health, education, social care teams, youth offending and the voluntary sector and this could include joint assessments with other professionals.

This post requires a core profession of: Nurse, Social Worker, Health Visitor or Occupational Therapist. 

These roles will be based in Suffolk in our East and Central Localities – you will be the named Primary Mental Health Worker for a group of schools within your locality.  There is a need to travel across Suffolk for meetings and training.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional qualification in nursing, social worker, therapy or equivalent
  • Experience within Specialist CAMHS setting
  • Clinical supervisory experience and willingness to provide clinical supervision
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Working in a person-centred therapeutic organisation

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of child and adolescent development, child and adolescent mental health disorders and knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions within the CAMHS speciality
  • Assessment/risk assessment skills with knowledge of child and adolescent development
  • Awareness of personal and professional responsibilities in regards to child protection and can demonstrate an understanding of child protection procedures and practice guidelines

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthWomens Staff Network

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Luke Croager & Hayley Sykes
Job title
Community Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Luke Croager/ Hayley Sykes (Community Team Manager) via email [email protected]/ [email protected]

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