Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioner - Croydon CAMHS

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS mental health organization is offering Trainee Children Wellbeing Practitioner positions in Croydon. The role involves delivering supervised, evidence-based interventions for children experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. Applicants must undergo a training program through Kings College London. This position provides opportunities for collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Ability to assess and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Experience in working with children and young people.
• Understanding of mental health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions under supervision.
• Support children and families in self-management.
• Keep coherent records in line with service protocols.

Skills

Therapeutic skills

Partnership working

Risk assessment

Data collection

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Young Person Mental Health

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The Children Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP's) are part of the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) which is a service transformation programme that aims to improve existing children and young people’s Mental Health Services (CYP MHS) working in the community. This advert is for Trainee CWP positions in Croydon CAMHS ONLY.

These are training role posts and the post-holders will work as Trainee CWP's within the CWP Team embedded in Croydon CAMHS as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high-quality, outcome‑informed, focused, evidence-based interventions for Children and young people experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, low mood, and behavioural difficulties.

Please note that you will need to submit an application form to Kings College London (KCL) for a place on the Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Young Person Mental Health (CYP-MH) Child Wellbeing Practice alongside the application to this service.

Location

Christopher Wren House is situated within easy walking distance of the town centre, and approximately 12 minutes walk from East Croydon station. It is generally well served by public transport with good bus and tram links. All the Croydon CAMHS services are co‑located within it, which supports good inter‑team working opportunities and sharing of expertise.

About the Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

Key Responsibilities

• Therapeutic skills
  
  
  
  • Assess and deliver, under supervision, outcome focused, evidence‑based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
  
  
  • Work in partnership, support children and young people and their families in the self‑management of presenting difficulties.
  
  
  • Work in partnership with children, young people and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed goals.
  
  
  • Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
  
  
  • Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
  
  
  • Accept referrals within agreed national and local protocols.
  
  
  • Undertake accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
  
  
  • Adhere to the service referral protocols. Under supervision signpost unsuitable referrals to the relevant service as necessary.
  
  
  • Through close case management and supervision, elevate cases where the level of need becomes beyond scope, or more severe, ensuring adherence to other relevant elements of service delivery.
  
  
  • Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments. This may include guided self‑help. This work may be face‑to‑face, by telephone or via other media.
  
  
  • Adhere to an agreed activity schedule relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered, and sessions carried out per week in order to improve timely access and minimise waiting times.
  
  
  • Attend multi‑disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or CYP in treatment, where appropriate.
  
  
  • Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making. Complete all requirements relating to data collection.
  
  
  • Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education and training/employment into the overall therapeutic process.
  
  
  • Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.
  
  
  • Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities to enhance and widen access.
  
  
  
  


• Training & Supervision
  
  
  
  • Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice based assessments.
  
  
  • Apply learning from the training programme to practice.
  
  
  • Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.
  
  
  • Prepare and present case load information to supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations