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Vacancies at Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind:
Circle Team Manager
The purpose of the Circle is to help alleviate mental health issues during heightened arousal or crisis through supportive therapeutic provision within the local community. As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will be a core member of the Circle team working with CYP’s between the ages of 5 – 18.
This CAMHS Team Manger role would suit either a Health Care Professional (HCP) who is an established leader/manager in a similar service or an experienced Operational Manager with a proven track record working within a Children’s and/young person’s service with stakeholders in a 3rd sector voluntary agency, the NHS, statutory agency or other similar organisation.
The ideal candidate would have worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team or operational managed a consortium or group of services simultaneously. Experience in promoting Mental Health (MH) wellbeing services, involvement with crisis/acute MH presentations or working creatively on effective evidence-based de-escalation for Children & Young People in the community will be an added bonus.
Job Summary
The Circles CAMHS Team Manager role is a core part of the HFEH Mind Complex Needs Hub providing flexible and evidence-based episodes of crisis care and treatment to young people aged 5 – 18 presenting to Circle.
This role will include having an overview and taking the lead in all mental health support and psychoeducation facilitated by the Circle for CYP’s who are experiencing acute crisis. The Circle Team Manager will work in partnership with and other agency leads to formulate strategies to alleviate MH Wellbeing in acute crisis using short term evidence based therapeutic treatment modalities grounded in psychosocial models of care.
The aim of the service is to provide psychosocial, holistic support in crisis to help de-escalate crisis presentations, problem solve difficult circumstances, guide MH self-management and subsequently alleviate MH wellbeing for all CYP’s aged 5-18 accessing the service.
Salary: £43,712 – £49,325 per year
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
The purpose of the out of hour mental health is to help alleviate mental health and wellbeing during heightened arousal or crisis through supportive therapeutic provision within the local community facilitated by the Circle team.
As the out of hours Mental Health Practitioner, you will be a key link between the Youth services core day services and Crisis Prevention services working with CYP’s between the ages of 5 – 18 (up to 25 for non – crisis services) years old who present or referred to this crisis service.
This Circle SMHP role would suit a Health Care Professional (HCP) who can be a qualified Nurse (RMN, RLDN)/School Nurse, Social Worker (SW), Occupational Therapist (OT) Children or a Young Persons Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) with a min 2 years post qualification and some formal training in CBT interventions, experience of working within a multi-disciplinary CYP MH team with experience in managing CYP’s presenting in a MH crisis/acute MH presentations with an interest in developing their crisis response therapeutic practice and working creatively to provide effective evidence based de-escalation in non-clinical settings.
The post holder will mainly deliver short-term support for CYP’s in crisis and will carry out screenings, risk assessments, safety plans and interventions using evidence based therapeutic treatment modalities on- site. You will also work to ensure a seamless onward transition to self-management, relevant specialist Community Mental Health services, Social Care or other relevant partner agencies where required.
Salary: £36,264 – £42,712 per year
Mental Health Practitioner
The purpose of the out of hour mental health is to help alleviate mental health and wellbeing during heightened arousal or crisis through supportive therapeutic provision within the local community facilitated by the Circle team.
As the out of hours Mental Health Practitioner, you will be a key link between the Youth services core day services and Crisis Prevention services working with CYP’s between the ages of 5 – 18 (up to 25 for non – crisis services) years old who present or referred to this crisis service.
The Circle CYPMHP role is ideal for a Mental Health practitioner who is HCP registered or possesses relevant training, education, and post-qualification experience, along with formal training in CBT interventions (or equivalent).
The candidate should have a minimum of 2 years of experience working within a multi-disciplinary CYP MH team and be adept at managing CYP’s presenting with MH crisis/acute MH presentations. Additionally, they should demonstrate an interest in enhancing their crisis response therapeutic practice and the ability to creatively provide evidence-based de-escalation in non-clinical settings.
The post holder will mainly deliver on site same day short-term intervention for CYP’s in crisis and will carry out screenings, risk assessments, safety plans and interventions using evidence based therapeutic treatment modalities on- site. You will also work to ensure a seamless onward transition to self-management, relevant specialist Community Mental Health services, Social Care or other relevant partner agencies where required.
Salary: £29,888 – £36,738 per year
Mental Health Advisor
The purpose of the out of hour mental health is to help alleviate mental health and wellbeing during heightened arousal or crisis through supportive therapeutic provision within the local community facilitated by the Circle team.
As the out of hours Mental Health Practitioner, you will be a key link between the Youth services core day services and Crisis Prevention services working with CYP’s between the ages of 5 – 18 (up to 25 for non – crisis services) years old who present or referred to this crisis service.
This Mental Health Advisor role would suit an experienced Mental Health Youth Worker, CAMHS support worker, Youth Counsellor, Child Wellbeing Practitioner, Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner, an Assistant Psychologist with some training in MH interventions like CBT and some experience of working with CYP’s presenting with difficulties related to their MH that can work within a small multi-disciplinary crisis containment team.
Salary: £26,365 – £28,988 per year
Safe Space Support Worker
This role is within our crisis alternative service, Safe Space, which is an out of hours service providing a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing crisis. The service operates 365 days a year from 12:00pm (midday) – 11:30pm across all of our boroughs. The role will be for the evening shift from 4:30pm to 11:30pm.
Staff within the service will provide person-centred, practical and emotional support, face to face or via telephone on a one-to-one or group basis to individuals experiencing mental health crisis. This will consist of 1:1 support; de-escalating and providing interventions, signposting for specialised or longer-term support, and delivering collaborative self-management plans with clients to improve mental wellbeing. The aim of this service is to de-escalate and prevent further crises.
The objectives of the service include:
- To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health crisis in HFEH.
- To provide support to clients accessing the service- for instance: signposting, de-escalation, planned wellbeing activities etc.
- To contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
- To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
- To treat service users with respect, dignity and personalised support
- To raise awareness of mental health services available with the goal to improve long term mental health and reduce social isolation
- To increase self-management skills of those accessing the service
- To reduce the use of police, ambulance and statutory mental health services whilst experiencing crisis.
Salary: £26,000
MHST (Mental Health Support Team) Team Lead
As the MHST Team Lead your overall responsibility will be to provide clinical oversight and operational management of the MHST, to ensure that children and young people are provided with timely and effective services.
The MHST consists of a team of clinical supervisors, schools’ practitioners, and Assistant Psychologists who deliver early interventions in a range of educational settings (primary, secondary, special, alternative provision and sixth form college).
You will be responsible for managing and providing line management supervision to senior team members who are responsible for delivering CBT and Systemic evidence-based models, employing the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies).
Salary: £47,000 – £52,643 per year
Mental Health Support Team Supervisor
Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea MIND were successful in attracting funding to create two Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) as part of the government’s green paper ambitions to transform mental health support in England.
This will build on the extensive prevention and early intervention work in schools by MIND Youth Services. These teams are form a significant part of the Integrated Youth Services. They are key and a permanent part of developing early help support across the boroughs.
The teams mainly deliver early intervention, low intensity, and short-term support in learning environments /educational settings as well as support rapid onward access to relevant specialist CAMHS services.
The MHST work flexibly in several educational settings, working alongside education colleagues to develop and provide preventive early help to meet the needs of their pupils and students experiencing low mood and anxiety. The MHST support educational staff with training and consultation as well as assessment and direct support.
This is a trailblazing service with an opportunity to develop the service ensuring the voice of children, young people and their families and education colleagues are heard to find new and innovative ways of working to best meet their needs. The client groups include primary aged children, those in secondary and local colleges and parents/carers.
You will be responsible for providing case management and clinical supervision to the trainee and/or qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and CWPs. Trainees will be undertaking their placements within the team, as they are being trained to deliver group and individual low intensity CBT interventions to children and young people provided by the Anna Freud Centre.
You will support these trainees who require weekly 1:1 supervision to develop their competencies as MH practitioners for children and young people (CYP). Under this programme, you can apply to receive training in supervision, provided by University College of London (UCL), to support this area of your work.
Whilst a significant portion of your time will comprise of supervision support, over time, you will hold an active caseload of children and adolescents with mild – moderate emotional and mental health difficulties. You will also be expected to deliver evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions, employing the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies).
Low intensity, early intervention will be delivered in a range of education settings (primary, secondary, special, alternative provision, sixth form and further education colleges). This will include delivering interventions for CYP and parents/carers in education settings, providing training for education professionals and developing the team’s ability to serve the needs of education settings. This builds upon the CCG’s and Mind’s whole school approach to mental health provision.
Salary: £44,000 – £51,000 per year
Schools Mental Health Practitioner
This is an exciting opportunity for a fully qualified CYP MH Practitioner to work within a multi-disciplinary, early intervention Mental Health Support Team (MHST) to increase and improve emotional wellbeing and mental health provision within education settings for 5-25 year olds. You will be working within a successful Trailblazer site, which has emerged out of the government’s December 2017 plans: Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper.
You will have an active caseload of children and adolescents with mild – moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and will deliver evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions, employing the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies).
Low intensity interventions (e.g. CBT guided self-help) will be delivered in a range of education settings (primary, secondary, special, alternative provision and sixth form and further education colleges). This will range from delivering evidence-based interventions for CYP and parents/carers in education settings, with mild – moderate presentations, to providing psychoeducation and training for a range of stakeholders, including children and young people, parents/carers and education staff, promoting a whole school approach to mental health.
You will work with people from different cultural backgrounds, using interpreters when necessary, and should be committed to equal opportunities. You will also work closely with colleagues and partners in the Local Authority, CAMHS, education settings where interventions are being delivered and other relevant mental health providers. This will build upon the CCG’s and Mind’s whole school approach to mental health provision.
Salary: £29,888
Safe Space and Helpline Team Manager
This role is within our crisis alternative service, Safe Space, which is an out of hours service providing a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing crisis. The service currently operates 365 days a year from midday-11:30pm across all of our boroughs.
Staff within the service will provide person-centred, practical and emotional support, face to face or via telephone on a one-to-one or group basis to individuals experiencing mental health crisis.
The objectives of the service include:
- To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health crisis in HFEH.
- To provide support to clients accessing the service- for instance: signposting, de-escalation, planned wellbeing activities etc.
- To contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
- To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
- To treat service users with respect, dignity and personalised support
- To raise awareness of mental health services available with the goal to improve long term mental health and reduce social isolation
- To increase self-management skills of those accessing the service
- To reduce the use of police, ambulance and statutory mental health services whilst experiencing crisis.
- To reduce the use of statutory crisis services by people experiencing mental ill health without positive outcomes for the individual.
The role of the team managers will be to support the rest of the team in delivering interventions on a one-to-one and group basis. The role will also involve triaging and assessing all clients accessing the service, signposting and delivering collaborative self-management plans with clients to improve mental wellbeing.
The role will also include line management and supervision of support workers within the service. Team managers are responsible for management of their site; including report writing, audits and being the named manager for the site. This role directly supports the service manager in keeping to a high standard service.
This role will also oversee the Crisis Helpline team, who sit within our telephone line service running from 11am-11pm, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, for residents of Hounslow over 18. The aim of the service is to de-escalate and support those in or nearing a mental health or social crisis. The telephone line is staffed with 3 part-time helpline support workers, who will carry out a triage assessment with the caller and provide de-escalation and practical support. They will provide de-escalation and signposting support surrounding various crises including suicide prevention. The support workers will work closely with our existing crisis alternative service – Safe Space – to support callers where escalation is required; they will work closely with the onsite team to arrange face to face appointments where needed. They will also work closely with our Mind HFEH day services to signpost into social and psychoeducation services to provide holistic support.
Salary: £32,000
Safe Space Support Worker
This role is within our crisis alternative service, Safe Space, which is an out of hours service providing a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing crisis. The service operates 365 days a year from 12:00pm (midday) – 11:30pm across all of our boroughs.
The role will consist of two shift patterns to ensure the service is covered: 11:30am-6:30pm and 4:30-11:30pm. This will be on a rota basis across support workers.
Staff within the service will provide person-centred, practical and emotional support, face to face or via telephone on a one-to-one or group basis to individuals experiencing mental health crisis. This will consist of 1:1 support; de-escalating and providing interventions, signposting for specialised or longer-term support, and delivering collaborative self-management plans with clients to improve mental wellbeing. The aim of this service is to de-escalate and prevent further crises.
The objectives of the service include:
- To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health crisis in HFEH.
- To provide support to clients accessing the service- for instance: signposting, de-escalation, planned wellbeing activities etc.
- To contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
- To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
- To treat service users with respect, dignity and personalised support
- To raise awareness of mental health services available with the goal to improve long term mental health and reduce social isolation
- To increase self-management skills of those accessing the service
- To reduce the use of police, ambulance and statutory mental health services whilst experiencing crisis.
The Role
The role of the support workers will be to support the rest of the team in delivering interventions on a one-to-one and group basis. The role will also involve triaging and assessing all clients accessing the service, signposting and delivering collaborative self-management plans with clients to improve mental wellbeing.
Salary: £26,000
Perinatal Partners Outreach Support Worker
We have an opportunity to fill a brand-new role within our charity for our new perinatal project supporting the partners of birthing parents.
We are looking for an outreach worker, to work alongside colleagues in the Perinatal Mental Health Service team at West London NHS Trust to:
- Identify and provide support for adult non-birthing parents, where the birthing parent is open to WLNT PMHS.
- Provide individual assessments, peer support groups and signposting to partners.
- Promote the mental health and well-being of partners/significant others.
- Provide information to partners/significant others on how they can support the mental health and well-being of the birthing parent and other members of their family e.g. other children.
Salary: £19,690
Working at Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind
We are committed to making Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind a great place to work so that we can provide the best possible service to our clients. We offer great benefits, such as flexible working, a generous holiday allowance, employee wellbeing services, as well as a friendly and supportive working culture. We pay the London Living Wage.
We value diversity in our team, and encourage people with lived experience of mental health problems to apply for our jobs; regardless of regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
If we have any job vacancies, they will be advertised on the Charity Job website.
Volunteering with us
We have a variety of opportunities for enthusiastic and self-motivated volunteers to join our fantastic team. We will provide all the training and development that you need to be able to fulfil your volunteer role and you will gain insight into working within a charity and the mental health sector. See our volunteering page.
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