Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you innovative and enthusiastic? Dorset CAMHS are looking for a Mental Health Support Worker to join their Community CAMHS team in Dorchester and Weymouth.

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will provide practical help and support and guidance to children,young people and their families receiving treatment for their mental health difficulties within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. As a result, promoting their recovery in their community environment. You will work alongside and closely within the multi-disciplinary team providing a high quality of care ensuring high standards of clinical practice when working with all young people and their families/carers.

Dorset CAMHS has embraced this attention and has seized the opportunity to appraise how we offer core mental health services to the children, young people, and families of Dorset and how we work together with our partner agencies in achieving this to a high standard.

In return we can offer you a fantastic pension scheme, structured induction programme, training and professional development.

This is a full time split post of 37.5 hours across West & Weymouth and Portland CAMHS, as this is a community based role you will need to have a valid driving licence and use of a car.

Weekend and public holidays at enhanced pay!

For more information contact Julie Galton, Clinical Service Manager at julie.galton@nhs.net or on 01305 762810.

Main duties of the job

We are proud to be part of the wider CAMH service in Dorset and all it has achieved in recent years, with its progress and developments being demonstrable. Currently our CAMHS community services are rated Good and our CAMHS inpatient unit is rated as Outstanding. We have been fast tracked by NHSE to deliver New Care Models providing a closer to home crisis home treatment service. We are also part of the national trailblazer to deliver Mental Health Support Teams in schools across 3 pilot sites in Dorset. In addition, NHSE have commissioned Dorset Healthcare to build a new state of the art 8 bed PICU.

We continue to work hard on refining and developing the service to better meet the needs of our young people and their families. We are also working closely with our local commissioners to develop new and innovative services including a CAMHS retreat to support the emotional health and wellbeing of young people across Dorset.

We currently provide the following CAMHS services across Dorset:

6 Community teams
10 Bed adolescent inpatient unit
Dedicated CAMHS psychiatric liaison services within 3 acute hospitals -Out of Hours crisis service
Discovery college
Peer specialists working within our community and inpatient teams

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We’re all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is working in partnership with The Princes Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we are offering an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support please do contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and training

Essential

Knowledge, skills and training Experience and training in supporting therapeutic approaches appropriate to the management of mental health problems in young people.

Desirable

Experience of using Ri O

Job specific experience

Essential

Experience of coordinating, facilitating and running group work sessions.
Experience of initiating and facilitating social, leisure and enabling activities with service users.
Experience of forming positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries.
Experience of working with children, young people and families/carers in the community with mental health problems.
Basic computer skills

Desirable

Supervisory Experience

Personal qualities / attributes

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team
Good organisation and observation skills
Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings

Knowledge of safeguarding

Essential

Experience

Desirable

Experience of making safeguarding referrals

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.