Support Worker Job Summary
Do you want to be part of a new service that offers intensive, personally tailored mental health support for children and young people?
We are looking for enthusiastic, caring Support Worker with a passion for working with young people with mental health difficulties to join our exciting new CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS). Following new investment, we are proud to be developing a needs led service based on the i-Thrive model.
This Support Worker role will be a service consistent with the nationally defined Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team clinical model. Accessibility, responsiveness and excellence in care, with the highest regard for service experience will be at the heart of the service.
Main duties of the Support Worker job
Based in Melksham, you would be part of a thriving multidisciplinary team who work closely together and support each other. We would welcome applications from clinicians with some experience of working with children or adults with mental health difficulties.
As the Support Worker, you will support and enhance the clinical care of patients and their parents/carers within the CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment Service. You will also support the mental health assessments and interventions led by qualified clinicians for children and young people in crisis, waiting to enter or leaving inpatient adolescent care and those who require intensive home treatment.
The Support Worker will be required to participate in a flexible working pattern within the multidisciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pmSaturday -Sunday and Bank Holidays.
About us
You will be offered a variety of training including Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, DBT coping skills, and Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders. There will also be the opportunity for further training based around individual learning needs.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.