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Job summary

Main area
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Grade
Band 4
Contract
12 months (fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working hours across a 7 day week on a rota basis)
Job ref
267-OC7419133
Employer
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Swindon CAMHS
Town
Swindon
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 Per annum | pro-rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/10/2025 23:59

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Mental Health Liaison Senior Support Worker - Swindon

Band 4

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

Do you want to be part of a service that offers support and understanding to children and young people at one of the most crucial moments in their life?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring individual with a passion for improving care for young people with mental health difficulties to join our Swindon CAMHS team and support our Swindon CAMHS Liaison team.  You will work closely with the CAMHS Mental Health Liaison Lead and CAMHS Practitioners covering the Mental Health Liaison service at the local acute hospital, Great Western Hospital, and MDT colleagues in Swindon CAMHS. 

You will work with children and young people who come to hospital and need mental health assessment and support. In this role every day is different and you will be working with multidisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals and mental health clinicians.

We are recruiting for both permanent and fixed term positions within the team. 

Main duties of the job

This role will be based at the Great Western Hospital, Swindon and Swindon CAMHS. 

You will offer emotional support to children, adolescents and/or their parents/carers who are in mental health crisis or those with mental health difficulties who are being supported on the paediatric ward and Emergency Department. 

You will also work with the wider Swindon CAMHS Community team, including the Eating Disorder team and Learning Disability CAMHS to support assessments and interventions for children and young people referred to CAMHS. 

You can start getting to know us by having a look at our recruitment video:

BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube

 

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.

Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. 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”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

· Excellent opportunities for career progression

· Individual and Trust wide learning and development

· 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service

· NHS Discount

· Pension scheme

· Lease car scheme

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Mental Health First Aiders

· Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)

· Staff networking and support groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You can expect a comprehensive induction programme, including a range of shadowing opportunities to fully support the post holder in the role, ongoing in-house training and opportunities to attend external training.  The team fully supports and delivers regular managerial, professional, peer, clinical and safeguarding supervision to build upon confidence, competence, and commitment to developing self and the role.

Typical duties include:

  • To assist the liaison clinicians in their clinical work with children, young people and parents or carers.
  • To assist qualified clinicians in their training of paediatric and A& E staff.
  • To work with the The Eating Disorders  team and provide meal supports for children and young people with an eating disorder, under the direction of the eating disorder service care coordinator.
  • To prepare psychoeducational material for children, young people and their families, and for use of other agencies’ staff, under the supervision of a qualified clinician in the team.
  • To prepare and organise materials for brief therapeutic input, under the supervision of a qualified clinician in the team.

Within the team, we work on a working pattern to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday –Sunday and Bank Holidays.  The working patterns allows team members to work different hours and for days off during the week

Person specification

Question 1: Safety

Essential criteria
  • Can you explain what the key things to consider when completing a safety plan with a young person and their family?

Question 2:

Essential criteria
  • Can you describe a successful piece of work you have undertake with a young person or adult, explain how you planned these sessions, what did you do and what skills did you use. On reflection, how would you amend your practice in the future.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthNHS 75th BirthdayDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tori Mitchell
Job title
Clinical Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865 903422
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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