Support Worker - Mental Health Support Team

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; In loco; GBP 24.000 - 30.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Full training and supervision

Opportunity for career progression

Project involvement opportunities

MH practitioner training pathway

Trainee MH in Schools training

Descrizione del lavoro

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Support Worker to deliver mental health and wellbeing groups in primary schools across Cornwall. You will run group activities, support staff, and progressively move to independent delivery while travelling across the county.

NVQ 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent experience with children in mental health is essential. The role offers a route towards Mental Health Practitioner training, with regular supervision and ongoing professional

Competenze

• NVQ 3 Health and Social Care, or equivalent experience working with children and young people in a mental health service.

Mansioni

• Deliver mental health and wellbeing groups to children and young people in primary schools.
• Deliver whole-school interventions alongside qualified staff, moving to independent delivery over time.
• Deliver workshops, classroom-based activities and psychoeducational activities.
• Support schools to develop positive emotional wellbeing environments.
• Build relationships with school staff, children and families.
• Help children build confidence, resilience and emotional wellbeing.
• Travel frequently across the county, including to areas without public transport.

Conoscenze

Engage young people

Formazione

NVQ 3 Health and Social Care

Descrizione del lavoro

Support Worker role in Cornwall's Mental Health Support Team, part of Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, on a 12-month fixed-term basis. The post centres on group work, classroom activities and whole-school wellbeing interventions in primary schools, delivered alongside qualified staff and then independently over time. It is community-based with frequent travel across the county and offers a route towards Mental Health Practitioner training. NHS experience is not required, but an NVQ 3 or equivalent experience with children in mental health is essential.

What the job involves

• Deliver mental health and wellbeing groups to children and young people in primary schools
• Deliver whole-school interventions alongside qualified staff, moving to independent delivery over time
• Deliver workshops, classroom-based activities and psychoeducational activities
• Support schools to develop positive emotional wellbeing environments
• Build relationships with school staff, children and families
• Help children build confidence, resilience and emotional wellbeing
• Travel frequently across the county, including to areas without public transport

Qualifications

• NVQ 3 Health and Social Care, or equivalent experience working with children and young people in a mental health service

Experience

• Experience initiating and facilitating social, leisure and enabling activities with service users

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to engage young people to take part in developing the service

Nice to have

• Experience in schools, youth work, family support, SEND or other child-focused settings
• Basic understanding of current national guidelines and Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act requirements
• Anxiety management
• Group facilitation skills
• Knowledge of how mental health or learning disability issues affect children and young people

What’s offered

• Full support and training to deliver psychoeducational and supportive interventions
• Regular supervision
• Opportunities to take part in project work
• Route towards Mental Health Practitioner or Education Mental Health Practitioner training
• Possible trainee Mental Health in Schools Worker training