Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
• A minimum of a second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology)

Desirable

• Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a specific psychological therapy
• Psychology or other health /social care/youth related undergraduate degree
• Other relevant postgraduate degree

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties

Desirable

• Experience of working in mental health or related services
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrating outcomes

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to study as a self-motivated learner and implement training with appropriate support
• Demonstrates high standards in written and verbal communication
• Team Player
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload.

Desirable

• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Is proficient in a second language

Communication

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• An ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers, and colleagues.

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Flexible, creative and problem-solving approach.
• Ability to work collaboratively and as part of a team.

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

Essential

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).