Mental Health and Justice Worker the POWER project

Job Description

This opportunity is to be offered on a 12-month fixed, term contract basis.The Childrens and Familys team at Essex County Council require a Mental Health and Justice Worker. You will carry out both 1-1 direct work with young people and upskill other professionals to enable capacity building, increased understanding and implement better strategies. The POWER project is a multi-discipline and multi-skilled team developing early interventions to prevent the escalation of childrens mental health needs and reduce the risk of offending, or the need for more specialist services such as Tier 4 inpatient provision. Identifying and introducing supportive measures for young people showing early stage markers of distress, enabling them to remain in mainstream education and supporting families seeking assistance. With an accredited professional qualification and evidence of excellent practice, participation in casework, recording and assessment. Strong partnership working is essential for this role as it will operate in a multi-agency environment and across 3 local authorities, so the need to be flexible and develop innovative ways of working is key. Accountabilities* Responsible for providing early interventions for children and young people displaying early indicators of potential mental ill health, to prevent escalation to more specialist services. This includes assessment plans, reviews, reports writing and signposting for onward referrals. * Responsible for developing a family approach, signposting to relevant agencies and the voluntary sector, enabling parents to seek support for themselves. * Contribute to identifying unmet need around young peoples mental health, leading to whole system change. Analyse and assess the effectiveness of key interventions, recording these to monitor success of outcomes. * Establish plans which provide sufficient change in young persons behaviour to enable them to remain in a mainstream educational setting. * Develop and deliver bespoke upskill programmes across the system, including consultancy, to enable capacity building within educational settings, residential childrens homes, YOS, childrens social care and pupil referral units. * Cultivate innovative ways of working, testing new initiatives, which assist in the development and implementation of protocols. * Work collaboratively with childrens mental health services, Youth Offending Service (YOS), childrens social care, adopting a multi-agency approach with Police, Health and others. * Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.Knowledge, Skills and Experience* Possesses an accredited degree or diploma level, professional qualification in the following areas, youth and community, social work, mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, special educational needs and teaching, or probation. * Evidence of significant continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area, delivering assurance around practice and participation in casework, recording & supervision. * Evidence of direct engagement with young people, with successful delivery of 1-1 and indirect interventions. * Proven ability to work within an evidence informed framework, with knowledge and understanding of criminogenic factors, causing young people to offend. * Significant experience of building strong partnerships, which are collaborative and influential in their nature and engender delivery. * Deep knowledge and understanding of vulnerability and safeguarding protocols. * Experience of developing and delivering bespoke training and consultancy. * Evidence of being an effective catalyst for change, early in young peoples lives. RewardsWe offer an excellent benefits package to all our employees. It is important to us that you have a healthy work/life balance, which is why we offer flexible working solutions. The package also includes a great central location, which is easily accessible to all road and rail links, a clear career path which will encourage gifted, committed individuals to grow with the opportunity for progression and promotion, a local government pension scheme, annual leave of up to 29 days per year, discounted shopping and much more. For more information please the Working for Essex website.Apply and next stepsIn order to be considered please apply via the Working for Essex website, ensuring you upload an up to date CV when prompted. Please note, interviews are to be held on Thursday 2nd April 2020 in Chelmsford for those candidates who are successful shortlisted. Required skills

Children

education

support

nursing

mental health

probation

casework

teaching

recording

assessment

Young people

safeguarding

special educational needs

occupational therapy

partnership

intervention

Family's

Keyskills :
Children education suppt nursing mental health probation casewk teaching recding assessment Young people safeguarding special educational needs occupational therapy partnership intervention Family39;s