Health Care Support Worker Specialist CAMHS

NHS; Neyland; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a committed team at the NHS as a Health Care Support Worker Specialist CAMHS in Pembrokeshire. In this role, you will support the emotional health of children and young people, enhancing your skills in a crucial area of mental health care. Management and clinical supervision will be provided, along with comprehensive training opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for training and professional development

Managerial and clinical supervision provided

Qualifications

• Qualified with NVQ 3 or equivalent training.
• Willing to undertake required Specialist CAMHS training.
• Experience in Child and Adult mental health.

Responsibilities

• Work with children and young people to provide direct support.
• Link clients to additional sources of support.
• Collaborate with Emotional Health Practitioner colleagues.

Skills

Experience in Child or Adult mental health

Previous experience working with children and young people

Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent training for HCSW

Job description

Health Care Support Worker Specialist CAMHS

This is a Fixed Term/Secondment vacancy until 31/3/2026 due to funding.

If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Support worker with the Emotional Health & Wellbeing Team Pembrokeshire.

This is an exciting time to join a, innovative service, which provides early intervention for the Emotional health needs of children, young people and their families in Pembrokeshire

This is an exciting opportunity for motivated workers with relevant experience to develop their experience and clinical skills in child and adolescent mental health. Experience in Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services is not a requirement, and we would encourage interest from a range of candidates with relevant experience.

Excellent opportunities will be available for training and professional development and the post holder will receive managerial and clinical supervision.

Interviews to be held on 8/7/25

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside and be supervised and supported by their Emotional Health Practitioner colleagues to deliver interventions to children and young people. This will involve both providing direct support as well as linking children and young people into other sources of support and beneficial activities in the community in order to benefit their emotional and mental health.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly as part of a team to ensure excellent delivery of service provision, including working weekends where required to ensure accessibility and continuity of service delivery.

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

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• NVQ 3 or eqivalant training for HCSW
• Have undertaken or be willing to undertake the Specialist CAMHS training in the Stages of Development, Mental Health Awareness, Child Protection training and Safeholding for Children and Young people

Experience

• Experience in Child or Adult mental health
• Previous experience working with children and young people

Language Skills

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£24,433 to £26,060 a yearper annum (pro rata if part time)