Senior Support Worker - Keynsham

NHS; Keynsham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Keynsham is seeking a Support Worker to join their CAMHS team. The role involves working with children and young people requiring mental health support in a hospital setting. Candidates should have a solid understanding of mental health needs, experience with children, and relevant qualifications. The position offers competitive pay and various benefits including career progression and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience of working with service users with mental health difficulties.
• Experience of working as a support worker or an assistant psychologist.
• Knowledge of developmental emotional challenges for children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Assist clinicians with children and young people in clinical work.
• Prepare materials for therapeutic input under supervision.
• Support children with eating disorders under guidance.

Skills

Understanding of mental health needs

Experience with children and adolescents

Communication skills

Education

Five GCSEs at grade C/level 5

CPD in children and young people's mental health

Job description

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 individuals with a passion for improving care for young people with mental health difficulties to join our CAMHS liaison team.

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

This role will also involve working with the wider team, Eating disorder team and crisis and home treatment to complement the work of liaison and TEDS through supporting children in a flexible way within CAMHS.

The role will involve offering emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or those with mental health difficulties who are being supported on the paediatric ward.

This role will be based in the Royal United Hospital, Bath and will be linked to BaNES CAMHS team.

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Main duties of the job

• 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 TEDS team and to 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.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides 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"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

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

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Five GCSEs at grade C/level 5
• CPD in the area of children and young people's mental health.

Knowledge

• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems.
• Knowledge of the developmental emotional challenges for children and young people

Experience

• Experience of working with service users with mental health difficulties.
• Experience of working as a support worker or an assistant psychologist.
• Experience of working with children and adolescents.

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 named CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearper annum/pro-rata