Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)
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Are you already / about to be a qualified Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) looking for a new and exciting role that can offer you growth and development opportunities?
Do you see yourself as someone who is innovative and forward thinking? If so come and join our team of likeminded professionals.
This is an exciting time of growth and change as our CAMHS service is currently working collaboratively with children and young people, and partners to deliver the Governments aspirations to increase access to prevention and early mental health support for children and young people.
To support the development of our Getting Help Team in Berkshire West, we are looking to recruit two qualified CWP’s, one each in West Berkshire and Wokingham. We are open to both full and part time applicants for these roles but you must have a CWP qualification to apply.
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified processional to complete assessments and deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people as well as parent interventions. You will be working across education and community settings and healthcare sectors in England and to support a whole community approach to emotional health and wellbeing.
You will have supervision by a Psychologist and will be given training and development opportunities in line with your role.
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Key Responsibilities:
- To be trained and confident in the use of CYPMH principles, evidence-based interventions and routine outcome measures.
- To care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload of children and young people presenting with emotional health and wellbeing difficulties.
- To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
- To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposting using an outcome-based triage model.
- To provide training to school staff, other professionals parents and carers in conjunction with colleagues.
- Supporting the promotion of whole school based approach to developing and maintaining emotional health and well-being.
- To train and mentor students and less experienced members of the team.
- To act as an autonomous practitioner with an understanding of own limitations and recognition of when to seek support.
About Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust:
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
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Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Jamie Poole
Job title: Talent Acquisition Partner
Email address: jamie.poole@berkshire.nhs.uk
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