SET-CAMHS Crisis and HTT Mental Health Worker in Colchester

An exciting opportunity has arisen within The Southend, Essex and Thurrock Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (SET-CAMHS) Crisis and Home Treatment Team to recruit an enthusiastic, person-centred SET-CAMHS Crisis Mental Health Worker within the North Essex locality of Colchester. This post is open to Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMN's), Occupational Therapists (OT), Social Workers, Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Psychological Therapists and those with experience in working with children and young people who experience mental health difficulties.

The post holder will be responsible for providing intervention and support to young people experiencing a mental health crisis with the support of a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will work alongside highly motivated colleagues and have access to effective supervision, both individually and group formats, and be supported with CPD requirements through relevant training.

Main duties of the job include:

• Experienced in the delivery of therapy/therapeutic support to people experiencing acute mental health crisis in both community and hospital settings.
• Experienced in assessing and managing clinical risk, drawing on dynamic case formulation skills and working collaboratively with young people and their families to agree their treatment and safety plans.
• Have an awareness of evidence-based approaches to therapy (including DBT/CBT/Systemic and Creative therapies).
• Knowledge of the legal frameworks which relate to the care and treatment of children and young people, particularly the Children Act 1989, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended in 2007).
• The ability to work independently as well as being a collaborative and supportive member of the Multidisciplinary Team.
• Flexibility in practice and approach, able to carry out high quality assessments of risk and deliver therapeutic interventions in a variety of settings.

We are looking for candidates who have enthusiasm and passion for meeting the needs of young people in crisis and supporting the families who support them.

Working for Us: Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients.

Our Values 2025 - 2030: Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are: We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.

Starting with NELFT: NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.