Primary Mental Health Worker North CAMHS

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Looking for a new challenge? Want to be part of exciting new service developments? Do you thrive on being busy and being challenged? Read on!!We are looking for qualified professionals with approximately 2 years post qualified experience in children and young people’s mental health to join us as Band 6 Primary Mental Health Workers, in the CAMHS North Hampshire Early Help Service, covering Basingstoke, Rushmoor and Hart.You will be required to provide, at every opportunity, information, advice and support in promoting the mental well-being of children and young people.Your role will be fast paced but rewarding and you will have lots of opportunities for learning and developing your skills and knowledge from the work you undertake.You will work as part of a team in the North Hampshire CAMHS Early Help Service, providing early intervention to children, young people and their families from point of referral into the service.An important part of your role will be to work in the Single Point of Access responding to all referrals into the service, queries, offering advice and consultation. This is a fast paced , dynamic part of the team work, currently responding to a high level of demand. This role gives you great opportunities for learning about wider mental health issues and wider service pathways.You will work as part of a team that, alongside the Single Point Access delivers initial assessments , workshops , group work, mental health forums, training and consultation.These roles require you to have a good understanding of mental health disorders, assessment, theoretical knowledge and a range of therapeutic interventions.This post offers a Golden Hello, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000. (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions. Please see attached Protocol document).To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit. As a Trust we are committed to developing skills and therapeutic interventions and use a wide variety of evidence-based therapy approaches with children and young people. Our service has an excellent track record, and a commitment to robust evidence-based supervision and ongoing training. This is a service that is also focussed on staff support and wellbeing, with team champions leading this work, reporting directly into the leadership team. Training and development opportunities are available, including a New to CAMHS induction programme, in-house training and a commitment to ongoing CPD.We can be flexible with where your office base is (Aldershot or Basingstoke), and travel between sites will be paid.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicky Duncombe Job title: Early Help Team Manager Email address: nicola.duncombe@spft.nhs.uk