Children & Young Peoples Wellbeing Practitioner

37.5 hours per week. This role is only open to those that have completed the Children's Wellbeing Practitioner training. The postholder is responsible for supporting the emotional, psychological and social wellbeing of children and young people with a drive for early intervention, enabling cultural change in the way first contact services can support children and young people with mental health problems. Providing low intensity CBT to young people. In line with 2015 Future in Mind strategic vision for CAMHS, the post holder will actively promote resilience, prevention and early intervention to children and young people in the community.

The post holder will work with the CAMHS Liaison Practitioners to support children and young people where there is concern about emerging mental health issues or behaviours. The post holder will support the consultation process to the network or directly to the child, young person and their family. The post holder will have an identified role as directed by the liaison practitioner, in further assessment, targeted intervention or group work that would meet the needs of the child or young person. The post holder will deliver training to community services and schools.

Main duties of the job:

• To work as part of the Early Help Team with children and young people who may present with emerging mental health difficulties.
• To deliver evidence based targeted interventions in a timely manner.
• To contribute to the community assessment clinics to ensure that children and young people receive the appropriate interventions.
• Delivery of group based interventions.
• To support the delivery of evidence based parenting programmes for children and young people with mental health issues.
• Represent CAMHS in multi-agency meetings or child protection meetings.
• Ensure planned interventions are implemented effectively and evaluated using Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROMS).
• Participate in the delivery of training programmes for schools and community services from a portfolio of available CAMHS training.
• Maintain standards of care to the highest level within available resources.
• To actively participate in line management with senior and junior members of staff.
• To maintain confidentiality in respect of the young people at all times.
• Communicate clearly with children and young people, their families and all other health professionals.
• Actively participate in clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives, e.g. clinical audit, essence of care or clinical policy development.
• Ensure that children and young people are encouraged to play a part in decision making and promote person-centred planning.

About Us:

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs. As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we are guided by our values: kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability while empowering staff and those we serve. We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation. Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Person Specification:

• Experience:

• Essential: Experience of working with children and/or young people.
• Desirable: Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties. Experience of working in mental health or related services. Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrate outcomes.

• Essential: Evidence of undergraduate level study or the equivalent. Evidence of numeracy.
• Desirable: Psychology or other health or social care or youth related undergraduate degree. Other relevant postgraduate degree.

• Essential: Knowledge of child and adolescent development and the role of the family in supporting children and young people's emotional well-being. Understanding of systems and contexts in which children and young people are likely to live.
• Desirable: Demonstrates an understanding of common mental health problems experienced by children and young people. Able to identify common mental health problems in children and young people. Understands why it is essential to use evidence-based interventions when possible. Understands why collecting feedback from children, young people and parents is important.

• High level of enthusiasm and motivation. Excellent organisational and self-management skills. Ability to use supervision and personal development positively and effectively. Able to work under pressure. Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality. Ability to be self-reflective in own personal and professional development and in supervision. Able to travel between sites where children and young people may present (e.g. schools, NHS premises, home etc).

• Essential: Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training. Computer literate. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills and use of internet mediated communication. Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients. Able to develop good professional relationships with colleagues inside and beyond child and adolescent mental health services. Responsive to and willing to ask for feedback and supervision.
• Desirable: Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice.

• Essential: An applicant will need to have completed the Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) IAPT training to be eligible to apply for this role. Able to integrate training skills learnt into practice.
• Desirable: Registration as part of having attended and completed CWP training.

• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

• Applicants must have current UK professional registration.