As our CAMHS Link Worker, you’ll be embedded within the CAHMS (the local NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) team, working alongside a wide range clinicians to build trusted relationships with young people and provide:

·       1:1 support for wellbeing

·       Social prescribing (for more information about social prescribing see https://www.socialprescribingnetwork.com/resources)

·       Community and school-based support

·       Advice and guidance, including self-help

·       Group support (future aspiration for the role)

You’ll support children and young people who are: accessing CAMHS support for the first time, already receiving CAMHS support, and those who are moving towards being discharged from CAMHS.

You’ll have an average caseload size of 10 children and young people and work with them for an average of 8-12 weeks.

You’ll work to tackle inequalities that disadvantaged groups may face when accessing CAHMS, including Looked After Children and Care Leavers, those with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), young people out of school, and other groups who are hard to reach and/or hard to engage.

How to apply:

If you think you would be a good fit for this role, we would love to hear from you, click on the button below for the job description and person specification. Your enthusiasm and personality are as important to us as your experience. If you can’t tick off every point in the person specification but feel that you have the right transferable skills to succeed in the post, please do still apply.

If you would like an informal, confidential conversation about the role before applying, please email office@offtherecord-banes.co.uk to arrange a time for a chat with our Lead Link Worker.

For full Job Description and Personal Specification, please visit https://www.offtherecord-banes.co.uk/work-for-us