Young Person and Family / Carer engagement coordinator
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Abingdon |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75717491 |
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Oxfordshire CAMHS provides mental health support for children and young people (CYP) through the Getting Help (GH) and Getting More Help (GMH) teams. These services offer assessments, short-term interventions, and ongoing care, with families and carers actively involved throughout.
As Engagement Coordinator, you’ll lead the design and delivery of a new programme that supports CYP and their families from their first contact with the service. You’ll coordinate welcome sessions, develop and run workshops, support peer-led group interventions, and oversee an online platform offering peer support. You’ll also manage a team of parent peer support workers and work closely with clinicians, families, and partner agencies to make sure the engagement offer meets the needs of those accessing care. Your role will help embed recovery-focused practice, strengthen ongoing engagement, and ensure families and carers are supported in their role.
You’ll have experience working with CYP and families, along with a good understanding of mental health and recovery-focused approaches. You’ll be confident in leading engagement activities, managing peer support roles, and working collaboratively across teams. Experience of lived experience or peer support is welcome.
If you want to help improve how young people and families connect with CAMHS, we’d like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job- Provide a welcoming and supportive environment for children, young people, and their families, offering information, reviewing needs, and supporting initial engagement with the service.
- Deliver elements of care plans under the guidance of senior clinicians, including one-to-one support, co-facilitation of therapeutic groups and workshops, and assistance with daily living and recovery-focused activities.
- Contribute to assessment and care planning by supporting risk assessments, gathering information, and liaising with the wider clinical team as needed.
- Offer guidance to peer support workers, collaborate on educational and promotional materials, and maintain accurate clinical records in line with service policies.
- Work closely with the CAMHS Participation and Engagement Lead, contribute to safeguarding processes, and support service development through data monitoring and identification of emerging needs.
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties.
Working for our organisationOxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification Essential Essential criteria- Extensive experience of working with complex mental health issues and/or with children young people, both individually, and in groups
- Knowledge and experience of a range of interventions, including motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and psychologica
- Substantial risk assessment and management skills, particularly in relation to Safeguarding children and young people.
- Experience and evidence of analysing, interpreting and presenting information.
- Achieved grad and years experience
- Teaching qualification
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Recruiter Contact DetailsName: Rachel Matthews
Title: Team manager
Email: rachel.matthews@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07387 099322