Main area: Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 334-CLI-6881536
Site: Croydon CAMHS
Town: Croydon
Salary: £34,521 - £41,956 per annum incl. of outer HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/01/2025 23:59
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and creative Qualified Children and Young Person’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) to join our friendly and welcoming team based in Croydon CAMHS. This CWP role supports the government's priority of increasing access to and availability of mental health and well-being support for children and young people. The post holder will demonstrate an active interest in early intervention, prevention and promotion, clinical work in community settings, collaborative practice and be skilled in delivering low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy interventions. Main duties of the job
As a Trust we are committed to ensuring equality in access for our young people and their families. CWP teams provide Early Intervention, Prevention and Promotion alongside Primary Care and Community Providers to support mild to moderate difficulties using evidence based guided self-help interventions to both parents and young people. In addition to the low intensity face-to-face manualised interventions, the post holder will provide psycho-education, specific groups, signposting of more complex cases, adopting a community approach to mental health and wellbeing. The Croydon CWP service consists of a Service Lead, a CAMHS clinical specialist, qualified CWPs and trainees. The team benefits from co-location with a friendly and nurturing local CAMHS team, where there are good training opportunities with a supportive leadership team. Additionally, there are strong local links to social care, education, and voluntary services as well as National and Specialist CAMHS and our teaching and research colleagues within KCL. Croydon is an ethnically diverse community and applicants will have an interest in and understanding of diversity issues and how they link to mental health in children and young people. Working for our organisation
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
Generous pay, pensions and leave:
We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service. Work-life balance:
Flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing. Career development:
There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes. NHS discounts:
Discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will work within SLaM's CWP programme, providing high volume low intensity interventions, consisting of a range of Guided Self Help (GSH) self-management courses to Children and Young People (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, depression and/or challenging behaviour. The post-holder will carry out online and face-to-face assessments and guided self-help interventions that take place in the community. There will be opportunities to pursue special interests including workshops and groups. Person specification
Qualification
Qualification from CWP training course (e.g. Post Graduate Certificate) or Trainee CWP approaching the end of their training. Psychology or other health-related undergraduate degree. Experience
Experience of working in a CWP site. Evidence of working with children and young people who have experienced a mental health problem. Experience working in a service which has agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes. Evidence of working in the local community. Skills
Skills in enabling Guided Self-Help interventions. Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice. Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships. Ability to manage own caseload and time, and to work under pressure. Knowledge
Demonstrates an understanding of the need to use evidence-based psychological models and how it relates to this post. Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety, depression and challenging behaviour and how it may present in universal services. Demonstrates knowledge of guided self-help interventions for anxiety, depression and challenging behaviour. Demonstrates knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health. The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by: Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice. Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment. We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity. Please note: All applications for this post will need to be made online. Read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria. The closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible. Once you have submitted your application, you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. Should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful. Priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees. Should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. We are a smoke-free Trust. SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe. Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and creative Qualified Children and Young Person’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) to join our friendly and welcoming team based in Croydon CAMHS. This CWP role supports the government's priority of increasing access to and availability of mental health and well-being support for children and young people. The post holder will demonstrate an active interest in early intervention, prevention and promotion, clinical work in community settings, collaborative practice and be skilled in delivering low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy interventions. Main duties of the job
As a Trust we are committed to ensuring equality in access for our young people and their families. CWP teams provide Early Intervention, Prevention and Promotion alongside Primary Care and Community Providers to support mild to moderate difficulties using evidence based guided self-help interventions to both parents and young people. In addition to the low intensity face-to-face manualised interventions, the post holder will provide psycho-education, specific groups, signposting of more complex cases, adopting a community approach to mental health and wellbeing. The Croydon CWP service consists of a Service Lead, a CAMHS clinical specialist, qualified CWPs and trainees. The team benefits from co-location with a friendly and nurturing local CAMHS team, where there are good training opportunities with a supportive leadership team. Additionally, there are strong local links to social care, education, and voluntary services as well as National and Specialist CAMHS and our teaching and research colleagues within KCL. Croydon is an ethnically diverse community and applicants will have an interest in and understanding of diversity issues and how they link to mental health in children and young people. Working for our organisation
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
Generous pay, pensions and leave:
We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service. Work-life balance:
Flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing. Career development:
There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes. NHS discounts:
Discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will work within SLaM's CWP programme, providing high volume low intensity interventions, consisting of a range of Guided Self Help (GSH) self-management courses to Children and Young People (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, depression and/or challenging behaviour. The post-holder will carry out online and face-to-face assessments and guided self-help interventions that take place in the community. There will be opportunities to pursue special interests including workshops and groups. Person specification
Qualification
Qualification from CWP training course (e.g. Post Graduate Certificate) or Trainee CWP approaching the end of their training. Psychology or other health-related undergraduate degree. Experience
Experience of working in a CWP site. Evidence of working with children and young people who have experienced a mental health problem. Experience working in a service which has agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes. Evidence of working in the local community. Skills
Skills in enabling Guided Self-Help interventions. Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice. Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships. Ability to manage own caseload and time, and to work under pressure. Knowledge
Demonstrates an understanding of the need to use evidence-based psychological models and how it relates to this post. Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety, depression and challenging behaviour and how it may present in universal services. Demonstrates knowledge of guided self-help interventions for anxiety, depression and challenging behaviour. Demonstrates knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health. The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by: Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice. Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment. We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity. Please note: All applications for this post will need to be made online. Read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria. The closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible. Once you have submitted your application, you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. Should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful. Priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees. Should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. We are a smoke-free Trust. SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe. Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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