Children and Young People's Counsellor
| Posting date: | 30 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | South Shields, NE34 8PS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9155-CMAHP-0525-65 |
Summary
To work as a member of the Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service in South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust based within the Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health Service. The service is a getting help service, described in the iTHRIVE multiagency model of childrens mental health services. To offer counselling support to children and young people with moderate mental health needs. This includes the direct provision of evidence-based interventions and outcome focused standards of care to children and families. The delivery of high-quality training, consultation, and support to universal services. To offer clinical supervision and support the facilitation and development of clinical expertise within the team. To assist leadership, motivation and support to the team. To support with service development and innovative models. To support with clinical governance and quality monitoring, ongoing research and audit of practice. To work autonomously, assessing child/young person needs, identify and implement a plan of care and initiate appropriate holistic research-based health information and care. To take a lead / champion role in an area of specialist area of interest relevant to a childrens mental health service. The service will be delivered from community bases as an integral part of an agreed iTHRIVE multi-agency model of Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service provision. Work collaboratively with multi professional teams to ensure practice is efficient, effective, evidence based and safe This will be achieved by: Listening to and understanding the community Bringing people together to develop a shared local vision with service users as equal partners Assessing community assets, resources, needs and issues Empowering community members to identify local issues and articulate solutions Linking in with Community Mental Health Services (i.e. CYPS, IAPT, CTT) The post holder will ensure they uphold our Trust vision, values and behaviours. To always promote a positive image of children and young people with mental health conditions. To always promote a positive image of the specialist service area and the wider Trust. PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE