Mental Health Support Worker - Watford, United Kingdom - Herts Mind Network

Herts Mind Network

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Watford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you want to be part of a new, exciting service that will support
children and young people with mental health issues or emotional wellbeing needs?

Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?

Can you demonstrate our values of
Hope, Empathy, Respect, Integrity and
Excellenceand want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing?

If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.

**Job title: CYP Support Worker - WithYOUth Service (Children and Young People)

Reference: 126

Salary grade:
£21,750 - £22,500 per annum incl. Outer London Weighting

Contracted hours: 37.5 hours (to be worked flexibly across a 7-day week, between the hours of 2pm - 10pm, excluding bank holidays).

Working base:
Watford Wellbeing Centre

Contract Length:
Fixed Term until September 2024**We are recruiting CYP Support Workers to join our exciting new service.

About the Project

This CAMHS Early Help Digital Intervention Service (WithYOUth) is a new and innovative partnership between BfB Labs and Hertfordshire Mind Network to provide a countywide digital service that is accessible to children and young people aged - 18, at the earliestpoint of an emerging emotional wellbeing and/ or mental health need.

Purpose of Post

As a CYP Support Worker you will be responsible for delivering this exciting service as part of a wider team, and whilst experience is advantageous, the most important thing to us and the children and young people we support is having the right values, skillsand commitment to being part of this dynamic, new provision.

Our trauma-informed model offers a range of support options for CYP, based around digital interventions and supported by one-to-one and group sessions, so children and young people can engage in the way that works best for them.

As a CYP Support Worker you will provide online interventions to 5-18 year olds, families and parents, and professionals, to deliver this new and exciting, high quality service in accordance with contractual requirements, and ensure that we are supportingthe needs and aspirations of Hertfordshire children and families.

The service will build resilience in CYP by working with them to develop coping strategies and solutions that will enable them to improve their own health and wellbeing.

We will also provide advice and guidance to parents/families/carers and professionalsto provide a holistic response to supporting CYP and creating a network around them to empower and enable positive change.

We are looking for passionate, creative and committed individuals who wants to support children and young people to thrive.

We offer:

Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 28 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
Ongoing training relevant to your role.
An Employee Assistance Programme.
Health cover (after 6 months employment) compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.

Interview date:
We will be holding rolling interviews

Interested?

Equal Opportunities
Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health.

We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspectivethat employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings.

We are delighted to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.

No agencies please.