Job summary
Employer heading
Qualified Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
As a qualified Children's Wellbeing Practitioner you will help to provide low intensity CBT informed, brief intervention sessions as part of our Early Steps offer in East Sussex CAMHS.
The role will include facilitating the DNA-v groups that young people are invited to as part of the stepped care model, additionally you will have the opportunity to offer individual CBT informed session and support self help sessions using our online platform.
Main duties of the job
In East Sussex CAMHS we support children and young people experiencing moderate mental health conditions including anxiety and depression. We are keen to develop our CBT based interventions through face-to-face, telephone or virtual clinic technology. The result is a highly accessible and user-friendly service capable of meeting the needs of a geographically dispersed client group.
You will need a postgraduate certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies (CWP qualification) , excellent team skills and proven ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.
Our work is supported by our Clinical Academic Group and related communities of interest where we work across disciplines and collaboratively with our service users in supporting innovation, evidenced based practice and practice based evidence. Participation and partnership working with children, young people and families is extremely important in our CAMH Services - our participation work has won awards and national recognition.
Working for our organisation
Our offer is for a career not just a job, in a team and a Trust committed to delivering the best care possible to those in need. We are a trust with a 2020 vision of achieving outstanding care and treatment. We have a vision that includes becoming the employer of choice and our values and behaviours guide how we do this.
Whether it’s the service culture of valuing quality the supportive culture and investment in staff wellbeing and supervision or our in house training programme and our approach to engagement and development this service offers both the environment and the support to help you flourish in your career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a qualified Children's Wellbeing Practitioner you will help to provide low intensity CBT informed, brief intervention sessions as part of our Early Steps offer in East Sussex CAMHS.
The role will include facilitating the DNA-v groups that young people are invited to as part of the stepped care model, additionally you will have the opportunity to offer individual CBT informed session and support self help sessions using our online platform.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualification from PWP/CWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate or Level 3 undergraduate course) OR equivalent e.g. Experienced and qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker with relevant Primary Care experiences and competences
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Foley
- Job title
- Team Lead for Early Steps
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07951 160467
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