Children's Wellbeing Practitioner - Keynsham

Are you looking for a new challenge as part of a dynamic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service?

We are recruiting a full time Children's Well-Being Practitioners (CWP). This is an exciting time for a to join a dynamic and innovative CAMHS workforce in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES).

The national Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) programme was developed following recommendations made in ‘Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health' plan, to provide evidence based interventions for children and young people.

A children’s wellbeing practitioner (CWP) is a highly specialist role in a CAMHS team. The role is pivotal to enhancing accessibility to CAMHS by delivering low-intensity psychological interventions for mild to moderate low mood and anxiety disorders.

In this role you will be supporting the Clinical Team Manager, working alongside 2 other deputy team managers. You will be part of a dynamic, innovative and supportive multi-disciplinary who meet frequently and work closely together. Clinical supervision and professional development are priorities for the service and preceptorship is supported.

Working within the Thrive Model, as part of getting help, this is the role for you if you are ready for an opportunity to work in a creative and innovative way using your low intensity CBT skills. This is a unique opportunity to join a creative and innovative Multi-Disciplinary CAMHS team and organisation.

There will also be an opportunity to continue clinical work focusing on more complex CWP cases and get involved in teaching and training across the area.

With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.

Oxford Health is one of the largest providers of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) nationally covering Wiltshire, Banes, Swindon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. We provide an extensive range of CAMHS services from community treatment and clinic based therapies to inpatient care.

You will have the opportunity to make an active and meaningful contribution to our exciting service modernisation and redesign that is based on the i-Thrive model, ensuring children and young people get the right support, at the right time, in the right place, from individuals with the right skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a very supportive team. Clinical supervision and professional development are priorities for the service.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Staff accommodation
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

This role within CAMHS aims to develop the Low Intensity CBT offer within the Getting Help part of our services. It represents an opportunity for clinicians who have knowledge and experience in using evidence-based low intensity interventions to develop their careers, and support the development of this new, exciting service for young people and their families.

The post-holder will provide guided self-help, low intensity, brief, evidence-based CBT and to deliver groups and training where appropriate. The post-holder will work closely with senior colleagues to screen and triage all referrals. The role will also involve highlighting areas of need within the teams and helping to develop the service and create quality improvement plans supported by, and in conjunction with, senior colleagues. The post holder will also hold a caseload in agreement with their supervisor and in line with their clinical skills.

Please note:

• New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
• Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.