Redthread Senior Mental Health Youth Worker

Where you fit in

This is an exciting new service working in partnership with Kings College Hospital Accident and Emergency Department. The project is a pilot that aims to provide specialist Youth Work support for young people presenting to a hospital because of their mental health and specifically where they attend because of self-harm.

The Senior Youth Worker will lead on the Mental Health Youth Work service embedded within the A&E department. This will involve line management responsibilities for the Mental Health Youth Worker partnership working to build relationships both internally within the hospital and externally in the local community and with both statutory and non-statutory partners.

The Senior Youth worker will be expected to support and build trusting relationships with young people who present with acute needs and are often in a crisis. They will manage a caseload of their own with contact taking place both in the hospital and post-discharge in the community.

The Senior Youth Worker will ensure the integration of the service at their respective hospital A&E department and work alongside the Team Leader in reporting monitoring and evaluation requirements

Main Duties & Accountabilities

Lead the delivery of the Mental Health Youth Work service for young people aged 11-18 who attend the A&E department. Ensure that all young people are assessed holistically and care plans are tailored trauma-informed and empowering with the aim of reducing further harm.

Line manage the Mental Health Youth Worker providing guidance and direction through regular contact and meetings case allocation caseload oversight and one-to-one supervision both formally and informally.

In collaboration with the other Senior Youth Worker provide overall support to the team to develop and improve skills including assessment and recording to ensure that Redthreads model of intervention is delivered consistently.

Promote high levels of wellbeing for staff members who are working with young people who have experienced acute and chronic mental health challenges

Hold a caseload and work with young people with often complex needs in a range of settings including in A&E in the community face-to-face and virtually where required and promote their personal educational health and social development through all interactions

Assist with the on-going development of the service model to ensure that young people and other stakeholders gain the maximum benefit from Redthreads interventions

Along with the team tailor and design youth work resources that are specific to the young people we are working with

Contribute to the training programme that Redthread provides for hospital staff including informal microteaching and more formal presentations.

With support from the Team Leader maintain strong working relationships within the Hospital and NHS staff ensuring that Redthread youth workers are fully embedded in the health setting and are working with clinical staff to deliver a service that meets the needs of young people including promoting the service within the hospital and attending appropriate internal meetings

Assist in building and maintaining strong working relationships with Redthread stakeholders project partners and with other agencies working with young people and to represent Redthread at external meetings as required.

Ensure that as a team you are proactive in researching and networking with other organisations working with young people in the area served by the hospital to ensure that the Youth Workers have a good knowledge of other services and projects that may be of interest to the young people we work with or appropriate for us to refer to.

Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings in hospital working with ED staff and CAMHS teams to support and safeguard young people

Maintain a good level of professional knowledge of the issues affecting young people particularly related to their mental health needs and self harm.

In all areas of the work apply an in-depth understanding of safeguarding responsibilities when working with children and young people and provide guidance to your team members that adheres to Redthreads Safeguarding policy and procedures and safeguarding policies of respective NHS Trusts.

Ensure information resources such as client forms databases and contact files are kept fully up-to-date and secure in line with GDPR the Data Protection Act and our Confidentiality Policy and Consent Policy. Maintain high-quality recording of interventions with young people on our database Salesforce in line with Redthreads best-practice requirements. (Training will be provided.)

Collect and record evidence of project outcomes and young peoples achievements to ensure the completion of monitoring forms and project progress reports as required.

Work as part of a team to continue to develop the programmes monitoring and evaluation in order to facilitate internal reflection and learning and to demonstrate its effectiveness and impact to external stakeholders.

  To ensure that the Youth Worker accurately captures and records data on the CRM system. To ensure that it can be used to identify trends and provide insights. To use these insights and trends to shape service delivery and share information with partners.

With support from the Team Leader and oversight from the Service Manager produce monthly and quarterly reports as required by funders and to inform leaders of the operational performance of the organisation.

Qualifications :

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:

• Relevant level 3 or 4 qualification in health & wellbeing youth provision or similar or demonstrable equivalent experience

Desirable:

• A degree-level qualification in social work youth work social science education or another relevant field
• Qualifications in counselling and/or mental health first aid for young people

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

A thorough knowledge and understanding of the physical social and emotional developmental needs of young people Understanding of the issues faced by young people living in inner city areas An awareness of child protection and safeguarding issues and knowledge of current best practice within the youth work sector Knowledge of Mental Health systems and processes and the function of statutory services such as CAMHS Knowledge of the specific needs of young people who self harm A knowledge of best practice in case recording

Desirable

Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence Knowledge of solution-focused brief therapy tools or a similar counselling methodology. Knowledge of psycho-education tools appropriate to share with children and young people who also may be neurodivergent Knowledge of health inequalities and how these can affect different groups/individuals

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Significant professional experience of working with vulnerable young people in a range of activities and settings Experience working with young people in a health and well-being context especially with young people experiencing mental health challenges Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team Experience of leading and managing a project to enable growth and continuity Experience in developing and maintaining excellent relationships with partner organisations Experience in planning and delivering training

Desirable

Experience of working in a London borough Experience in leading managing supporting and motivating a team in their work Experiencing of developing a projects processes procedures and policies Experience of monitoring and evaluation systems to measure programme impact

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential

Resilient and reflective Well-developed verbal and written communication skills and an ability to interact young people on a one-to-one basis within a range of contexts Ability to plan and manage own workload Accurate data entry and record keeping and monitoring processes Ability to use up-to1date IT systems Able to analyse and evaluate information and provide effective management oversight of high-risk complex cases. Able to oversee cases using an electronic database

Desirable

Leadership and management skills to enable the team to have a clear sense of direction feel motivated and have a clear understanding of how their own roles contribute to and enhance the work of the organisation Able to provide supervision guidance and support to youth work teams particularly around task allocation setting priorities and personal development
 

OTHER

• Share Catch22 values
• Awareness of and commitment to Equality & Diversity
• Willing to travel and work flexibly
• Desire to develop and undertake training as required
• Enthusiasm for Redthreads work
• Approachable self-motivated and committed to continuous personal development
• A commitment to and understanding of equal opportunities as they apply to all aspects of Redthreads work

Additional Information :

Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review the Job Description & Person Specification to find out more.

When applying please be cautious over the answers you provide. If you select NO to the screening question regarding Right to Work in the UK your application will automatically be closed. 

Contract: Permanent

Hours & work pattern: 37 hours per week with regular evening and weekend shifts required. Evening shifts cover the hours of 1pm to 9:00 pm 

Salary: 32917.50 per annum

Location: Kings College Hospital Denmark Hill London. With regular travel to other Redthread sites and offices when required.

Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check police vetting check and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK. Catch22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas but please see this register to see those that do.

To Apply: Please provide your CV and cover letter along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Please note in the interest of safer recruitment and ensuring that applicants are a right fit for the role submitted applications must contain a CV satisfactory responses to the screening questions and information detailing interest in the role to be considered for this position.

Closing date: Thursday 19th February at 5pm

Interviews will be held in week commencing 2nd March

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time