[ref. v7012624] Youth Support Worker | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for practitioners to work as a Youth Support Worker within our Children and Young People crisis teams which includeHome Treatment, Rapid Response and Childrens Ward Assessments within the Pennine Care footprint.
We are looking for individuals who are passionate about supporting a team working with children and young people and working innovatively across pathways and traditional boundaries to ensure that young people get the right care, from the right clinician/team, at the right time and in the right place in order to improve their outcomes and the families/carers experience of mental health support.This includes covering a variety of shifts over our 7 day service.
The post holder will have the opportunity to make profound improvements in how crisis care is experienced by children, young people and those who care for them. You will support the clinical members of the team to link with emergency services and primary care to offer first response assessment and intervention for children and young people in actual or emerging crisis.You will offer intensive follow up for up to 6 weeks and will support the development of longer term care plans to identify and address the holistic needs of young people and families. You will also maintain links with young people admitted to specialist in-patient services, to ensure young people retain links with their communities, within a recovery focused model.
Children and Young Peoples Crisis Service emphasises a culture of accessible, high quality, holistic, child centered, recovery focused care, enabling you to effectively address the need of children and families when they are at their most vulnerable.As such these posts will be enormously rewarding. You will also receive a structured induction & comprehensive training programme.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We are really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Your Development and Career with us
Within Pennine Care we are committed to the development of our staff including:
- AMBIT (Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment)
- Social Work and Nurse Apprenticeship
- DBT skills workshops
- STORM Skills Training (Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Mitigation)
- IAPT skills based training
You will contribute to community-based assessment, de-escalation and therapeutic interventions (including risk reduction interventions) when children and young people are presenting in crisis or require enhanced support in the community.
Our youth support workers link in with local communities to enhance the young persons experience and improve outcomes.
For full details of duties are within attached person specification and jo description
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Oct 2024