We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and creative Qualified Children and Young Person’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) to join our friendly and welcoming team based in Croydon CAMHS.
This CWP role supports the government's priority of increasing access to and availability of mental health and well-being support for children and young people. The post holder will demonstrate an active interest in early intervention, prevention and promotion, clinical work in community settings, collaborative practice and be skilled in delivering low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy interventions.
As a Trust we are committed to ensuring equality in access for our young people and their families. CWP teams provide Early Intervention, Prevention and Promotion alongside Primary Care and Community Providers to provide support for mild to moderate difficulties using evidence based guided self-help interventions to both parents and young people. In addition to the low intensity face to face manualised interventions, the post holder will provide psycho-education, specific groups, signposting of more complex cases, adopting a community approach to mental health and wellbeing. Croydon CWP service is embedded within the Tier 3 CAMHS service and accessed via the same referral pathway.
The Croydon CWP service consists of a Service Lead, a CAMHS clinical specialist, qualified CWPs and trainees. The team benefits from co-location with a friendly and nurturing local CAMHS team, where there are good training opportunities with a supportive leadership team. Additionally there are strong local links to local social care, education, and voluntary services as well as National and Specialist CAMHS and our teaching and research colleagues within KCL. Croydon is an ethnically diverse community and applicants will have an interest in and understanding of diversity issues and how they link to mental health in children and young people.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some Of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other Benefits Include
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charlotte Feakins Job title: Croydon CWP service lead Email address: charlotte.feakins@slam.nhs.uk