Youth Mental Health Worker - Crewe, United Kingdom - Youth Fed

Youth Fed

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Crewe, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Youth Mental Health Worker Job Description
Contract type: 12 months fixed term

Location:
Cheshire East area

Job Purpose:

This is an important role in Youth Fed, sitting in our delivery team the Youth Mental Health Worker will offer mental health support and guidance to young people from across Cheshire aged 10 to 29 who have been referred to Youth Fed for additional support.

This will include creating or supporting personal plans that combine direct delivery, on-line tools and using integrated support services to support a young person journey and promote emotional wellbeing.

Duties and Responsibilities:

NB: The list of responsibilities is a guide and may include but are not limited to the following. You may be required to undertake such other duties commensurate with the post as and when required_
Deliver Bespoke Emotional Health & Wellbeing sessions to young people, youth leaders, practitioners and volunteers who engage and support children & young people with a focus on the age range.
Deliver low to medium intensity therapeutic intervention and case work on an individual basis to those young people who are already working with Youth Federation focusing on the 1029 age range
Welcoming and introducing children and young people who have been referred to Youth Fed for additional support.
Having conversations with children and young people, identifying and assessing the issues affecting them and giving support, information and guidance about services and opportunities to help with their emotional needs
Working with young people to develop or implement a personal plan combining for example counselling with local providers, online support and positive activities. Following up and ensuring the personal plan is progressed.
Identifying and referring when further targeted or clinical support might be needed.
Including and advising family members or carers how best to support their children in management of their personal plan.
Efficiently managing the workload and ensuring that all contact work and outcomes are documented, evaluated and that data is inputted into a case management system.
Giving support to young people who are already accessing Youth Fed who could benefit from emotional and wellbeing services as an early intervention.
Ensure compliance with Youth Fed standards, procedures and 'best practice' processes, and all directives are constantly being met.
Support other ad hoc projects and programmes with, administrative, operations and support required

You have a legal duty that gives you responsibility, so far as is reasonably practicable, to ensure that you do not endanger yourself or anyone else by your acts or omissions and that you safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of the children and young people you work with.

Person Specification:

Essential Criteria:

Qualifications

Have a relevant professional/clinical qualification in young people's mental health, counselling or psychology.

Experience

Working with and providing interventions to children and young people in relation to mental health (E)

- delivering programmes to individuals and groups both face to face and virtually (E)

Working to targets and reporting against them
Measuring the impact of your work

Skills

Ability to confidently advise on key concerns including: anxiety, depression, suicidal feelings/risk, selfharm, anger/violence, school issues, and problems accessing or navigating services
Self starter, able to manage own time and caseload efficiently.
Leading group work

- ability to handle conflict

Diplomacy

- presentation and training skills
- preparing and presenting reports

IT Skills
Excellent communication skills

Knowledge

Demonstrable knowledge and understanding relating to children and young people's mental health
Knowledge of interventions and strategies that can help to support young people's mental health
Knowledge of the Mental Health issues that affect young people
Knowledge of service that young people can be referred into

Attitudes

Can work flexibly, some evening work maybe required along with an occasional weekend
Commitment to equality of opportunity,
Patience
Humour
Nonjudgemental approach
Supportive attitude
Committed to continual development

Additional

Driver with access to car

All the person specifications will be assessed through Application Form and Interview Process

Youth Federation is an equal opportunities employer.

Applications will be sent on expression of interest

or submitted via post to:
Youth Federation, 20 Rossmore Business Village, Inward Way, Ellesmere Port, Chester, CH65 3EY.

Interviews will be held the week commencing 18th March 2024.

Salary:
£24,794.00-£29,141.00 per year

Benefits: