Children's Wellbeing Practitioner Trainee (CYP IAPT)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To identify and oversee relevant outcomes and evaluation measures for children, young people and families that demonstrate a positive impact.

Establish and maintain positive relationships with young people, their families, external stakeholders and the wider community.

To work directly with children, young people and families as and when required to aid project delivery.

To work to provide community-based and school-based one-to-one and group support for vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people aged 5-18 and their parents who have emotional well-being difficulties and mental ill health.

Conduct person-centred assessments, to determine the best course of treatment for individuals, with the support and guidance of experienced supervisors, identifying areas the person wishes to see change and make an accurate assessment of risk to self and others

To work with families involved with social care liaising closely with social workers and other professionals working across children, young people and family services.

To provide high-volume, low-intensity evidence-based psychological interventions, psychoeducation and guided self-help within professional guidelines.

To make decisions on the suitability of referrals in consultation with experienced practitioners, and support the wider team to do so, and refer unsuitable young people on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary and ensure children and young people receive a service that meets their needs.

To support themanagement of waiting lists, playing an active role in prioritisation, assessment and signposting.

To select a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions for children, young people and families experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and delivered in collaboration with the child, young person and family.

Educate and involve family members and others in work as necessary.

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to children and young people where appropriate.

Assess and integrate any issues surrounding school into the overall process.

Keep records of clinical activity, collect routine outcome measures and children, young people and families evaluations. Contribute to the collation and analysis of this data.

To explore and evaluate clinical treatment using evaluation tools, contributing to evidence-based practice.

Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the team and follow discharge protocols.

Individually and as part of a team work in a person-centred way to empower young people, to achieve sustainable positive change.

Work where required with guidance and while maintaining confidentiality with the whole family.

Establish and maintain positive relationships with young people, their families, external stakeholders and the wider community.

Raising awareness of the needs of vulnerable children, young people and their families with stakeholders and the wider community.

Demonstrate an active commitment to making a positive difference to the lives of children, young people and their families.

To ensure children, young people and families have a voice both in relation to their own support and wider service and organisational developments to ensure continuous improvement in experience.

Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating bodies, and keep up-to-date with new recommendations/guidelines set by relevant organisations.

To support the development of the service in line with The Junction strategic plans by taking an active part in team meetings and support, as well as working collaboratively with all colleagues and partner agencies.

Work as part of The Junctions team(s) to provide a flexible and effective service for vulnerable children, young people and their families to achieve positive outcomes in line with organisational and the project objectives.

Create and maintain effective working relationships with Headteachers, Deputy Heads, SENDCOs, Pastoral Teams, mental health champions and wider teaching staff by providing advice and consultative support on emotional and mental health issues, and in relation to appropriate referral pathways for children, young people and families experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

Work collaboratively with all colleagues and partner agencies, including attending and reporting to relevant external meetings as directed including safeguarding, child protection and others as required.

Take a collaborative team approach both in relation to managing workloads and supporting colleagues, including the support of volunteers and placements.

Ensuring that information about the role of The Junction and its projects is publicised and promoted.

Work as part of The Junctions team(s) to contribute to its strategic and organisational development including sharing experience, knowledge and where appropriate providing training and guidance.

To contribute to the day-to-day administration & running of The Junctions projects & services.

Undertake other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time commensurate with the post.

Attend the Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner Training programme and successfully complete the academic and clinical requirements of this course and report any difficulty in meeting course requirements to The Junction as your employer.

Attend arranged clinical/ managerial supervision on a regular basis with a designated appropriate person to meet required standards. To be proactive around discussing any issues with external supervision and to highlight any potential issues to Line Management within The Junction as the first port of call.

Prepare and present caseload information to supervisors and case managers within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and governance, supervisor and service are delivered.

Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the field of treatment for common mental health problems.

Participate in an annual appraisal and respond to agreed actions and where appropriate conduct them with team members.

Be committed to your own personal development partaking in personal development opportunities and undertaking training, supervision and appraisal as required

Support the development and training of colleagues by sharing experience, providing training and learning experiences.

Person Specification

Equal Opportunities and Diversity

Essential

• Commitment to pursue Equal Opportunity and Non Discriminatory practices

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of appropriate safeguarding training
• Able to attend the formal training as required
• Able to integrate training into practice
• Ability and willingness to undertake further training and development as required withinjob description
• Demonstrable commitment to personal development

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Empathy and understanding of the needs of the client group
• Personal resilience
• Friendly and welcoming
• Ability to work in a developing service and embrace change
• Energy and Commitment
• Understanding of and commitment to The Junctions core values

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Evidence of supporting children and young people with mental health difficulties
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence-based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
• Experience of working in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating outcomes.
• Demonstrates an understanding of children and young peoples mental health and how it may present
• Demonstrate high standards of written communication
• Experience of working in mental health or related services
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Knowledge of issues and challenges that vulnerable children and young people face
• Excellent people skills - ability to engage, build strong relationships with children and young people to build trust, motivate and empower them to meet agreed goals and outcomes
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workloads to meet the needs of children, young people and their families
• Able to act on identified risk while working with vulnerable children and young people
• Understanding and experience of the need to have and work to appropriate professional boundaries
• Excellent case recording, report writing and case presentation
• skills

Desirable

• Recent experience of working with a range of agencies to support vulnerable young people
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written and ability to understand and respond to requirements of different audiences
• Excellent IT skills including competency in using Microsoft word
• and experience in using data base systems to record sessions and
• notes

Work-related Circumstance

Essential

• Willingness to work flexible hours including some evening and weekend activities.
• Prepared to work in a non-smoking environment
• Demonstrate an understanding of professional boundaries and appropriate relationships with people and other professionals
• Vehicle licence and access to a vehicle or prepared to achieve within an agreed period, ability to travel as per the demands of the role

Qualifications

Essential

• Holds a good honours degree relevant to the programme
• OR an extraordinary level of clinical experience and a level 5 qualification

Desirable

• Holds a recognised membership of a relevant professional body i.e.BACP/BABCP/BAAT/UKCP/BPS

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 known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

The Junction

Address

Westfield Farm

The Green, Dormanstown

Redcar

Cleveland

TS10 5NA

Employer's website

https://thejunctionfoundation.com/ (Opens in a new tab)