Job summary
Livewell
Southwest alongside Plymouth City Council were successful in their joint bid to
obtain Youth Investment Funding to support to develop green & blue
services for children & young people to access to improve & promote their
mental health & well-being. This role will be hosted by Livewell Southwest under
CAMHS Early Help Pathway.
This
B7 post is a fixed term 24 month contract working 30 hours a week within the
I-THRIVE model.
We
are delighted to invite applications for the above post for a 24 month fixed
term contract. This role will predominantly be based at Poole Farm with a focus on developing the Green Youth
Services delivering various ecological therapeutic interventions to engage
children & young people with nature. This is proven early
intervention method to improve mental health & wellbeing by building
resilience through nature. Part of this role will also include developing blue
services through Plymouths Ocean Skills hub promoting childrens mental health
& well-being and will include Lido, Plymouth Sound & The Hoe.
This
post will work alongside support staff, volunteers and youth support workers
developing this part of Green & Blue Youth Services and delivering various
interventions incorporating outcome measures to evidence the efficacy and
impact of the interventions.
Main duties of the job
This
post will work alongside support staff, volunteers and youth support workers
developing this part of Green & Blue Youth Services and delivering various
interventions incorporating outcome measures to evidence the efficacy and
impact of the interventions.
This
post will support in shaping & developing services for youth services
across the city.
Experience
of delivery of one-to-one & group interventions to children & young
people is essential along with excellent communication skills.
This
post will involve leadership and governance of the developing this pilot
along with multi-agency working with providers across Plymouth.
This
post requires a professional registration in nursing, social work or OT with experience
of working with children & young people and mental health.
This post will be predominantly
working with 11-18 year olds and up to 25 years if they have SEND needs. Ecotherapy
interventions provided are going to be part of the development of youth investment
funding services and the existing programme of green & blue youth services.
This post will have a strong
commitment to participation to develop new service delivery within green &
blue spaces while promoting mental health & well-being in children &
young people.
Due to the variation of this
role along with the delivery of interventions, the post-holder will need to
have a degree of flexibility incorporating weekends, evenings and school
holidays.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The development of & ensuring compliance with quality & safety standards within their assigned clinical/professional pathways this will include MDT meetings, risk management & governance.
To be instrumental in the ongoing development of the ecotherapy pilot under the CAMHS Early Help Pathway.
To be a clinical/professional leader, undertaking clinical/professional practice (providing brief clinical risk & mental health assessment, formulation & short-term contingency planning for young people presenting in mental health crisis)
Workforce planning including oversight of workforce competencies and development.
Participating in & completing audit & audit action plans
Complying with CQC standards
NICE standards where applicable
Recognising training needs in the team & supporting/arranging provision
MHA requirements & MCA requirements
Keeping up to date with national drivers of change & engaging proactively
Leading on investigating & managing complaints
Ensuring that staff work within Livewell Southwest Policies and ensure that practice standards are high & the team adhere to professional registration requirements.
The post involves working with clients of Plymouth City Council to develop youth services in a range of settings. These include Poole Farm, city wide, other community settings as required.
Potential exposure to verbal & physical aggression. The working environment includes exposure to high levels of distress in others.
- The nature of the working environment requires regular & frequent travel from base to & between the above-mentioned settings.
- The role will require working collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers other practitioners within a multi-disciplinary team in delivering services.
- The CAMHS provides a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts. You may be required to work any of these hours to support pathway development.
- This post will be working at Poole Farm outsideThe scope of this role is to develop & implement the ecotherapy provision pilot hosted by Livewell under CAMHS Early Help Pathway in a fixed term role.
- Please see attached job description and person specification for full details and job requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The development of & ensuring compliance with quality & safety standards within their assigned clinical/professional pathways this will include MDT meetings, risk management & governance.
To be instrumental in the ongoing development of the ecotherapy pilot under the CAMHS Early Help Pathway.
To be a clinical/professional leader, undertaking clinical/professional practice (providing brief clinical risk & mental health assessment, formulation & short-term contingency planning for young people presenting in mental health crisis)
Workforce planning including oversight of workforce competencies and development.
Participating in & completing audit & audit action plans
Complying with CQC standards
NICE standards where applicable
Recognising training needs in the team & supporting/arranging provision
MHA requirements & MCA requirements
Keeping up to date with national drivers of change & engaging proactively
Leading on investigating & managing complaints
Ensuring that staff work within Livewell Southwest Policies and ensure that practice standards are high & the team adhere to professional registration requirements.
The post involves working with clients of Plymouth City Council to develop youth services in a range of settings. These include Poole Farm, city wide, other community settings as required.
Potential exposure to verbal & physical aggression. The working environment includes exposure to high levels of distress in others.
- The nature of the working environment requires regular & frequent travel from base to & between the above-mentioned settings.
- The role will require working collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers other practitioners within a multi-disciplinary team in delivering services.
- The CAMHS provides a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts. You may be required to work any of these hours to support pathway development.
- This post will be working at Poole Farm outsideThe scope of this role is to develop & implement the ecotherapy provision pilot hosted by Livewell under CAMHS Early Help Pathway in a fixed term role.
- Please see attached job description and person specification for full details and job requirements.
Person Specification
Knowledge & skills
Essential
- An understanding of the system of health, social care, education and third sector for children and families and how it can be accessed.
- Understanding of quality and patient safety, health and safety legislation, local and national policy around safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
- Knowledge about risk assessment and how to support all staff members in assessing and managing risk.
- Knowledge of the range of therapeutic skills relevant to working with children and young people aged 0-19 and their families.
- Well established intervention case management skills being able to deliver various interventions.
- Good organisational and time management skills with an ability to prioritise
- The ability to maintain working partnerships with other organisations in the delivery of integrated care.
- Well developed communication skills both oral and written.
- Able to analyse and find solutions to operational issues providing solutions and motivating people to solving problems.
- Effective leadership skills that motivate and involve a team.
- Self-motivating and able to work on own initiative
Desirable
- Knowledge of the key strategies and policies affecting childrens mental health services and how that is located into a wider strategic picture of child health and well-being.
- Knowledge of the green & blue youth services provided by PCC.
- Experience in auditing and report writing
- Experience of delivering interventions outside
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree and professional core qualification registration i.e. mental health or child nursing, social work or OT.
- Active registration with the relevant professional body i.e. NMC
- Post graduate qualification
- Evidence of management, leadership or project development.
Desirable
- Post graduate education relevant to children's mental health.
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years experience post graduate working within childrens mental health or similar.
- Knowledge of mental health difficulties.
- Knowledge of safeguarding process
- Experience of delivering 1-1 & group interventions
- Knowledge and experience of working with children with SEND needs
- Post-qualifying experience of clinical assessment, evaluation, care planning and risk management
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to professionals working with children and young people experiencing mental health problems.
- A range of skills and knowledge of delivering therapeutic interventions relating to promote children & young peoples mental health and emotional well-being incorporating outcome measures.
- Evidence of team building skills.
- Please see attached person specification
Desirable
- Experience of using audit and analytical skills and implementing corrective action.
- Project management or development experience.
Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly (hours of work and duties including weekends & holidays) both as an individual and with other colleagues in LWSW and with partner agencies.
- Ability to work outside delivering interventions
- Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments where required
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Car owner/driver or suitable alternative transport to enable you to undertake the job. It is unlikely that public transport will meet this requirement.
- Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
Person Specification
Knowledge & skills
Essential
- An understanding of the system of health, social care, education and third sector for children and families and how it can be accessed.
- Understanding of quality and patient safety, health and safety legislation, local and national policy around safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
- Knowledge about risk assessment and how to support all staff members in assessing and managing risk.
- Knowledge of the range of therapeutic skills relevant to working with children and young people aged 0-19 and their families.
- Well established intervention case management skills being able to deliver various interventions.
- Good organisational and time management skills with an ability to prioritise
- The ability to maintain working partnerships with other organisations in the delivery of integrated care.
- Well developed communication skills both oral and written.
- Able to analyse and find solutions to operational issues providing solutions and motivating people to solving problems.
- Effective leadership skills that motivate and involve a team.
- Self-motivating and able to work on own initiative
Desirable
- Knowledge of the key strategies and policies affecting childrens mental health services and how that is located into a wider strategic picture of child health and well-being.
- Knowledge of the green & blue youth services provided by PCC.
- Experience in auditing and report writing
- Experience of delivering interventions outside
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree and professional core qualification registration i.e. mental health or child nursing, social work or OT.
- Active registration with the relevant professional body i.e. NMC
- Post graduate qualification
- Evidence of management, leadership or project development.
Desirable
- Post graduate education relevant to children's mental health.
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years experience post graduate working within childrens mental health or similar.
- Knowledge of mental health difficulties.
- Knowledge of safeguarding process
- Experience of delivering 1-1 & group interventions
- Knowledge and experience of working with children with SEND needs
- Post-qualifying experience of clinical assessment, evaluation, care planning and risk management
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to professionals working with children and young people experiencing mental health problems.
- A range of skills and knowledge of delivering therapeutic interventions relating to promote children & young peoples mental health and emotional well-being incorporating outcome measures.
- Evidence of team building skills.
- Please see attached person specification
Desirable
- Experience of using audit and analytical skills and implementing corrective action.
- Project management or development experience.
Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly (hours of work and duties including weekends & holidays) both as an individual and with other colleagues in LWSW and with partner agencies.
- Ability to work outside delivering interventions
- Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments where required
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Car owner/driver or suitable alternative transport to enable you to undertake the job. It is unlikely that public transport will meet this requirement.
- Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
