Child and Family Mental Health Worker | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	13 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	13 July 2025
Location:	Reading, RG1 5LR
Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7278141/371-CFS504-A

Summary

Interview will be held on 1st July 2025

Do you want to work with young people and families and have transferable skills to work with complex mental health needs? We have an exciting opportunity to work for a Trust that is rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC.


We are seekingaChild and Family Mental Health Workerworking within the CAMHS Rapid ResponseIntensive TreatmentTeam.The CAMHS Rapid Response Team delivers high-quality mental health assessments and short-term interventionsto young people experiencing mental health crisis. Our service is essential in responding to and supporting young people and adolescents presentingin crisisin the community.It is an exciting time to join Rapid Response as we aredevelopingour service. This role will offer intensive short-term intervention to young people and their families, while receiving supervision and support from senior Clinicians.


We welcome applicants who have skills (or transferable skills) in working with young people with mental health needs and have ideally also worked with their parents/carers.


We offer regular supportive supervision and mentoring, to help you develop and feel confident/supported in this role.

We can consider both full time (37.5 hours per week) and part-time applications.

• You will provide brief interventions for young people who have presented in crisis where it isidentifiedthatadditionalintensive interventions arerequired, especially to avoid placement breakdown or admission to an adolescent mental health hospital, or residential care.

• You will be working with young people who may have self-harmed and/or expressed suicidal thoughts. You will therefore need to be aware of risk identification and management (with support of a case-holding Clinician).

• You will work with parents/carer of the young people in crisis (where clinicallyindicated) offering support,adviceand psychoeducation.

• You will work with the young person to ensure they are heard,validatedand their needs are understood.

• You will play an important key role in liaising with multi-agency partners to ensure the youngperson'sneeds are communicated and all agencies work collaboratively together.

• You will work closely with the wider Children and Adolescent’sMentalHealthservices in Berkshire as well as local authority,education colleagues and other services/agencies as required.

• You will be supported,guidedand supervised by seniorClinicians in the team.

• You will receive training to enable you to offer interventions such as DBT skills (Dialectical Behavioural Therapyskills), to enable you to support young people to develop emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.


Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role:

1. Degree or MSc in a subject relevant to the post (e.gSocialwork, OT, Mental Health, Child Development, Psychology, Counselling, Youth work, Offending etc.)or  

1. HNC/HND or similar in relevant subject with extensive relevant work experience or short courses to degree equivalent level

1. Previouswork directly with children, young people, families as well as working with multi-agencies 

1. Significant experiencein a mental health or social care setting, working with children, youngpeopleand families 


For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.


We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.


We’recommitted to equal opportunitiesand welcomeapplications fromall sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected inour accreditations:Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.


We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to call:Emily Perrinon 07815 485196or email:Emily.Perrin@Berkshire.nhs.ukwho’llbe delighted to help.


Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.



This advert closes on Sunday 22 Jun 2025

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