Trainee Child and Young Person Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Clinical Skills

• Assess and deliver, under supervision outcome-focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Working in partnership, support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties 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 outcomes. 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.
• Provide adapted intervention to different service users.
• Undertake suitable referrals within agreed national and local protocols.
• Undertake throughout the clinical assessment, risk assessment to self and others. Present the responsibility of duty of care at all times.
• Adhere to the service referral protocols, under supervision, signpost unsuitable referrals to the relevant service as necessary.
• Through close case management and supervision, escalate cases where the level of need becomes beyond the 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 contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered and sessions carried out per week to improve timely access and minimise waiting times.
• Attend supervisions and 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
• Work collaboratively in partnership with external local services

1. Training and 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 coursework to meet the required standards.
• Prepare and present caseload information to supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis in order to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations of the trainee, supervisor and service are delivered.
• Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in practice.
• Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competencies and practice.

1. Professional

• Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating bodies, and keep up-to-date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the relevant departments.
• Ensure that confidentiality is protected at all times.
• Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisor and senior colleagues on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
• Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
• Keep all records up to date in relation to Continuous Professional Development and ensure personal development plans maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
• Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

1. General

• Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
• Ensure a comprehensive understanding of the relevant safeguarding legislation, guidance and best practice.
• Maintain up-to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to children and young peoples mental health
• All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
• It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.
• This Job Description does not provide an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Evidence of CPD in psychological intervention
• Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate level or the equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Good theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by and needs of a CAMHS population and of methods of assessment and treatment
• Experience of working in community settings
• Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties

Desirable

• Evidence of implementing psychological intervention in children and young people
• Evidence of being reflective of their strength and weakness

Skills & Competencies

Essential

• Evidence of being able to work under stress
• Ability to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to people who may have impediments to understanding.
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally, Ability to manage verbal abuse and hostility directed at self.
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, participating in effective team functioning and holding team roles.
• Evidence of strong awareness of cultural difference and diversity

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lewisham CAMHS

78 Lewisham Park, Ladywell

London

SE13 6QJ

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)