Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Support Time and Resilience (STAR) Worker to join the SET CAMHS Crisis service to work with an exciting new development of supporting young people who have a brief admission to an inpatient unit to assess their MH needs. This role is within the crisis service and will involve support calls, home/community/Tier 4 visits, and brief pieces of therapeutic work. There is an expectation to support the wider crisis team in supporting the needs of you people in situations of mental health crisis.

The post holder will support the clinical work of 7 local CAMHS teams by assisting in screening, conducting assessments and enabling young people and families to use strategies to support their care plan in their community, including liaising with referrers, families and other agencies as well as through outcomes collection and data management.

The post holder will work in close partnership with schools, CAMHS Ambassadors, A&Es, social care, and with our partner agencies to provide best support to young people. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within SET CAMHS Crisis service as a part of the multidisciplinary team, they will be responsible for delivering assessments and evidence-based brief interventions ( psychoeducation/ therapy groups and workshops or guided self-help) for clients experiencing moderate mental health difficulties under clinical supervision within the Crisis team. The post will support the therapeutic home treatment aspect of the crisis team.

The post holder will assist various pathways with administrative tasks, audit, evaluation, data collection/ analysis and produce performance reports related to specialist treatment pathways. 

The post holder will work with young people and families from different cultural backgrounds, using interpreters when necessary, and should be committed to equal opportunities. The post holders will also work closely with colleagues and partners in the inpatient unit, Local Authority, education settings and other partner agencies.

The post holder will have regular supervision from a senior clinician including 1:1 or group supervision and have ample CPD opportunities in the team such as weekly Multi-Disciplinary discussions. 

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ Level 3

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Awareness of national and local policy Some understanding of the treatment and management of mental health conditions Awareness of Trust Values

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with Children and Young People with Mental Health needs

Skills

Essential criteria

Calm and sensitive approach to young people, ability to remain calm in stressful situations, able to assess and work with risk, able to view the holistic needs of a young person and formulate their therapeutic needs

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.