Band 5 Children's Wellbeing Practitioner
Main area: Children's Wellbeing Practitioner
Grade: Band 5
Contract: 1 year (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 220-WHT-3030
Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern Health Centre
Town: London
Salary: £35,964 - £43,780 pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/04/:59
Job overview
ISLINGTON CAMHS - CHILDREN'S WELLBEING PRACTITIONER (CWP) ROLE Band 5
We are recruiting to a full time 1-year fixed term post for a Qualified Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) to join the CWP service within Islington Community CAMHS. This post involves working as a Children's Wellbeing Practitioner within our small and long established CWP Team, offering fantastic career development.
CWPs deliver guided self-help for children and young people (5-18 years) experiencing low intensity anxiety, low mood and behaviors that challenge in a variety of forms and settings, e.g. 1:1 work, group work, psycho-educational workshops. They are also involved in the support of the trainee CWPs in the service and contribute towards our evolving service development.
Main duties of the job
- Assess and deliver, under supervision, outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to neurotypical and neurodivergent children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
- Support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
- Undertake accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
- Provide a range of information and support for evidence-based psychological treatments, which may include guided self-help.
- Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making.
- Work collaboratively with a range of relevant others when indicated.
- Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities to enhance and widen access.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications- A Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma in Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice from an accredited training provider OR due to obtain one/complete their training in time for the role to commence.
- Psychology or other health/social care/youth related undergraduate degree.
- Demonstrates an understanding of children and young people's mental health and how it may present.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the need to use evidence-based psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent development and the role of the family in supporting emotional well-being.
- Understanding of systems and contexts in which children and young people are likely to live.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the issues relating to children and young people and the impact on mental health.
- Experience of working with children and young people as a Child Wellbeing Practitioner.
- Experience in providing CBT interventions for Neurotypical and Neurodivergent children, young people and families.
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication.
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.
- Experience contributing to or leading on service development.
- Ability to manage own caseload and time.
- Experience working as part of a team and fostering good working relationships.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
Your application form
- Provide only business email address for your referees.
- Make sure to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the job description.
Other important information
- Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome.
- Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns.