Primary Mental Health Worker
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £46,041.00 to £49,083.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46041.00 - £49083.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Location: | London, E17 4JF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0099-24-1168 |
Summary
You will provide a range of therapeutic interventions to children, young people, and their families to support their emotional well-being and mental health. In addition to work with colleagues to deliver clinical consultation to social care staff to inform different ways of undertaking direct work and planning. Effecting positive change and outcomes for children, young people, and families, working alongside social care staff. Undertaking high quality assessments and evidence-based interventions to children, young people, their families. Building resilience in children and young people, their families and carers to be able to achieve their aspirations and potential. You will ensure a clinical lens is applied to case discussions. Enabling the use of systemic methodologies and clinical intervention that draws on family resources and supports behavioural change, and act as a key interface between the primary care professionals and specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Work collaboratively with the Advanced Practitioner and PSG members to enable a different approach to thinking and planning for children, young people and families. Work directly with children and young people. This work has significant implications for the well-being of individuals and might involve situations where service users personal liberty and or safety is at risk. Work with CAMHS, Primary Mental Health Trust, Clinical commissioning groups, GPs and other health professionals, professional colleagues, other providers and external agencies to gather and exchange information and co-ordinate actions. Represent the Council at multi-agency meetings. Works with a range of agencies and extended services, to support the children and young people group and promote good practice. Sensitivity, persuasiveness, negotiation and assertiveness skills are required to communicate with diverse audiences in emotive circumstances. Ability to build trust and confidence with children, young people and colleagues. May need to manage challenging behaviour and situations. Maintains good working relationships with other professionals whilst challenging the decisions of other statutory agencies regarding mental health and wellbeing. No direct line management responsibilities Act as a member of the clinical hub within the Corporate Parenting Service. Procedural Context