Child & Family Support Worker
Job overview
We are currently looking to expand our Peterborough CAMHS Neurodevelopmental team. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Practitioner to join our Team. This is a part-time (4 days per week), permanent Support Worker Post.
The teams work with young people with a diagnosed moderate to severe Learning Disability and provide assessment and treatment for Autism and ADHD. The post holder will be part of the assessment process and provide interventions to parents and children and young people diagnosed with Autism, ADHD or Learning Disabilities.The team provides mental health assessments of young people with a neurodevelopmental disorder and also psychological therapies for co-morbid mental health disorders.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times. This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance a team.
In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role. We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust.
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with neurodevelopmental disorders and co-morbid mental health issues then we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To work as a member of the neurodevelopmental multi-disciplinary team supporting school aged children with Autism, ADHD and Learning Disabilities, including offering appropriate support to their families.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities- To work in partnership with parents/carers to implement interventions, strategies & activities & adapt these to individual children.
- To provide practical & emotional support in order to encourage parents/carers to take a pro-active approach to the development of their child’s skills.
- To work in partnership with parents to promote the importance of positive interactions with their child(ren)
- To use knowledge base to deliver advice and support to parents
- To assist in the running of parent workshops
- To work with young people offering psycho education on their diagnosis
- To identify behavioural needs and support parents with implementing behaviour management strategies.
- To attend Child in Need, Education and other professional meetings
- To support families with attending appointments with other members of the team (e.g. psychiatry)
- To contribute to the design of individual intervention plans
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria- Relevant NVQ or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
- Good general education up to GCSE equivalent.
- Willingness to undertake training to meet competency framework.
- Training in mental health or neurodevelopmental conditions or their management
- Care certificate training or willingness to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant experience of working with children and/or parents.
- Experience of working within a clinical setting.
- Working with children with additional needs.
- Experience of group work.
- Experience of parenting work.
- Lived experience of supporting a child with additional needs.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
- Good verbal & non-verbal communication skills.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative & feedback relevant information.
- Good administrative skills.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
- Computer literate.
- Working with children/young people on a 1:1 basis.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential criteria- Knowledge of typical child development.
- Knowledge of some different types of neurodevelopmental conditions such as Autism, ADHD and Learning Disability.
- Good understanding of behaviour management strategies.
- Working with families who are experiencing difficulties.
- Knowledge of current legislation relating to Safeguarding, SEND reforms.
Other
Essential criteria- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude.
- Ability to travel across sites in the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough area
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
- Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
- Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
- Children and young people’s mental health services;
- Children’s community services in Peterborough;
- Social care;
- Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.