Job Introduction
We are looking for Bank Support Workers to join our CAMHS teams across Essex!
The CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) Support Worker, plays a crucial role in ensuring that young people and their families have a clear understanding of their treatment plans and receive the necessary support to engage in the therapeutic process.
The postholders responsibilities will include conducting Session 0, which occurs after the initial assessment and treatment plan formulation by a practitioner.
They will meet with children and young people (CYP) and their families (if appropriate), help them understand their care plans, and address any barriers to engagement in treatment.
It's important to note that this role does not require qualification as a therapist.
Main Responsibility
Session 0 Engagement: Meet with the young person and their family (if applicable) to explain and discuss the treatment plan that has been formulated by the practitioner. Ensure that the CYP and their family fully comprehend the plan's goals and components.
- Barriers to Engagement: Identify and address any obstacles that may hinder the CYP's participation in treatment. Provide guidance and support to mitigate these barriers, which could include addressing concerns, fears, or logistical challenges.
- Introduction of Psychoeducation E-Platform: Familiarize the CYP and their family with the psychoeducation e-platform. Explain how it can be used to access additional resources, information, and support that complements their treatment.
- Booking Treatment Slots: Assist in scheduling the CYP's course of treatment. Ensure that the first available and accessible slots are booked, considering the individual's needs and preferences.
Co-facilitation
- Practitioner-Led Treatment Programs: Collaborate with other team members to co-facilitate treatment programs designed to address the mental health needs of young people. Work closely with practitioners to implement treatment plans effectively
Evidence-Based Parenting Programs: Assist in delivering evidence-based parenting programs that provide guidance and support to parents and caregivers. These programs aim to enhance parenting skills and improve family dynamics.
Admin Support: Offer clinical Admin support to ensure the locality team's efficient functioning. This may involve assisting with scheduling, maintaining records, and coordinating team activities.
DNAs: Actively follow up on cases where young people do not attend scheduled appointments, ensuring they receive the necessary rescheduling and support.
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
The Ideal Candidate
- A relevant educational background or experience in a mental health or support role.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Empathy, patience, and the ability to build rapport with young people and their families.
- Organisational skills for coordinating treatment schedules and addressing logistical concerns.
- Understanding of the CAMHS system and the components of treatment plans.
- The ability to explain complex information in an accessible manner.
- Team Player: Strong team player with the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and volunteers.
This role requires flexibility in working hours to accommodate the availability of young clients and their families and will involve evening and weekend activities
The work primarily takes place in a clinical or office setting, and the support worker will often interact directly with CYP and their families
Driving License: A valid driver's license and access to a vehicle for travel to different locations, including schools and partner organisations.
For more information please contact Angela Mooney at angela.mooney@hcrgcaregroup.com
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
Package Description
As a Bank CAMHS Support Worker, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Bank Rate of £13.17 per hour.
- Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
- Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
- HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
- Opportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
- Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
- Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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