Assistant Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), Band 4 in CWP Pathway.
Are you interested in mental health, early intervention and working with children and young people?
Here is a great opportunity to work as an assistant CWP to support with intervention and group work and parent led work at an Early Intervention level. Also to engage in co-production and participation work. Be part of offering online workshops and working with I-discover, our digital platform.
Are you currently a Family Support Worker? Working within a health team or an education setting? Working as a HCA or TA? This opportunity may be for you.
If interested, please apply now, there is often a lot of interest in these posts and the advert may be closed early due to high demand
As an Assistant Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner, you will be expected to work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged.
This approach requires flexibility and working in community and education settings. The team employ a range of evidence-based interventions for common mental health problems via direct individual and group support for children, young people and their parents.
The posts cover the full county.
As a CWP, you will be expected to work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged. This approach requires flexibility and adaptability, and above all a passion for working collaboratively with children and young people in educational settings. The post-holder will, under supervision, develop knowledge and practice Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach skills to employ a range of evidence based interventions for common mental health problems via direct individual and group support for children, young people and their parents, and provide parent led work and support the pathway by co-facilitating workshops, leading focus groups, leading on participation and co-production work.
There will be an expectation and opportunities to work collaboratively with children, young people and their families to support the co-production and development of the service, creating meaningful participation work.
There may be opportunities to apply for future trainee EMHP and trainee CWP posts within CWP pathway and Mental Health Support Teams.
As a health and wellbeing organisation here at team NHFT we are dedicated to continually innovate and strive to make a difference to our community and those working for our Trust, we aim to serve the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas with safe, quality care . We deliver this from an understanding of our local healthcare needs, economy and the changing demands of our community.
Our mission , making a difference for you, with you was chosen by our staff and stakeholders. It means in everything we do and through every service we provide, we want to make a positive difference in people’s lives – for those we care for , those we work with and those who work with us . Everyone is part of our team.
Our core strategy is to be an employer of choice , a great place to work and be known for a diverse and inclusive culture whose staff feel valued . We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.Here at NHFT we pride ourselves on our 54321 roadmap, which encompasses our PRIDE values , leadership behaviours , teams , enablers and our mission all of which are driven by our vision of ‘being a leading provider of outstanding, compassionate care’. We are extremely proud to say this has also been recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and our CQC rating of Outstanding for team NHFT
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document

Please refer the Job description for details