Band 6 Primary Mental Health Worker

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nacton; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 43,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

Starting annual leave 27 days rising 3

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a part-time Primary Mental Health Worker within the under-18 Wellbeing team for Suffolk Early Intervention CAMHS, covering East and Central localities for 12 months. The role focuses on advice, support and brief interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, plus training for schools and professionals.

You will join a multi-disciplinary team and act as the named link for a group of schools, bringing

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification in nursing, social work or occupational therapy.
• Registered nurse on Parts 1, 3, 5 or 13 of the NMC Register (if nursing).
• Experience within a specialist CAMHS setting.
• Clinical supervision experience or willingness to provide supervision.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments and direct work with children, young people and families, managing a caseload.
• Offer consultation and training for schools and professionals.
• Facilitate groups for parents and support therapeutic groups for children and young people.
• Present webinars on children's mental health.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team including wellbeing practitioners, therapists and counsellors.
• Act as named Primary Mental Health Worker for a group of schools.
• Travel across Suffolk for meetings and training.

Skills

CAMHS experience

Clinical supervision

Team-based care

Education

NMC registration for nurses

Qualified in nursing/SW/OT

Job description

A part-time Primary Mental Health Worker post in the under-18 Wellbeing team of Suffolk Early Intervention CAMHS, covering the East and Central localities for 12 months. The work centres on advice, support and brief interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, alongside consultation and training for schools and professionals. Postholders work within a multi-disciplinary team with children's wellbeing practitioners, psychological therapists and counsellors, and each is the named link for a group of schools. Fit depends on a nursing, social work or occupational therapy qualification and specialist CAMHS experience.

What the job involves

• Undertake assessments and direct work with children, young people and families, managing a caseload
• Offer consultation and training for schools and professionals
• Facilitate groups for parents and support therapeutic groups for children and young people
• Present webinars on children's mental health
• Work holistically within a multi-disciplinary team alongside wellbeing practitioners, psychological therapists and counsellors
• Act as named Primary Mental Health Worker for a group of schools in the locality
• Work collaboratively with health, education, social care, youth offending and voluntary sector colleagues, including joint assessments
• Travel across Suffolk for meetings and training

What's required

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification, e.g. nursing, social work or occupational therapy, or other relevant professional qualification
• Registered nurse on Parts 1, 3, 5 or 13 of the NMC Register, if nursing

Registration & licences

• Registration with the regulator for the core profession: NMC for nurses and health visitors, Social Work England for social workers, HCPC for occupational therapists

Experience

• Experience within a specialist CAMHS setting
• Clinical supervisory experience and willingness to provide clinical supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Good understanding of mental health difficulties, assessment and a range of therapeutic interventions
• Knowledge of child and adolescent development and child and adolescent mental health disorders
• Knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions within the CAMHS speciality
• Understanding of safeguarding procedures and practice guidelines, and personal and professional responsibilities

Nice to have

• Experience of working in a person-centred therapeutic organisation
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

What's offered

• NHS pension
• Comprehensive in-house and external training programmes
• Career progression
• Starting annual leave of 27 days rising to 33 days based on length of service, plus paid bank holidays
• Staff physiotherapy service
• NHS discounts
• Regular clinical and management supervision
• In-house training on CBT and systemic approaches