Mental Health Liaison Senior Support Worker - Swindon • Swindon Oxford Health NHS Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nMental Health Liaison Senior Support Worker - Swindon with Oxford Health NHS Trust in Swindon\n\n Do you want to be part of a service that offers support and understanding to children and young people at one of the most crucial moments in their life? We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring individual with a passion for improving care for young people with mental health difficulties to join our Swindon CAMHS team and support our Swindon CAMHS Liaison team. You will work closely with the CAMHS Mental Health Liaison Lead and CAMHS Practitioners covering the Mental Health Liaison at the local acute hospital, Great Western Hospital, and MDT colleagues in Swindon CAMHS. You will work with children and young people who come to hospitals and need mental health assessment and support. In this role every day is different and you will be working with multidisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals and mental health clinicians. This role will be based at the Great Western Hospital Swindon and Swindon CAMHS. You will offer emotional support to children, adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or those with mental health difficulties who are being supported on the paediatric ward and Emergency Department. You will also work with the wider Swindon CAMHS Community team, including Eating disorder team and Learning Disability CAMHS to support assessments and interventions for children and young people referred to CAMHS. You can start getting to know us by having a look at our recruitment video: BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube About us You can expect a comprehensive induction programme, including a range of shadowing opportunities to fully support the post holder in the role, ongoing in-house training and opportunities to attend external training. The team fully supports and delivers regular managerial, professional, peer, clinical and safeguarding supervision to build upon confidence, competence, and commitment to developing self and the role. Typical duties include: To assist the liaison clinicians in their clinical work with children, young people and parents or carers. To assist qualified clinicians in their training of paediatric and A& E staff. To work with the The Eating Disorders team and provide meal supports for children and young people with an eating disorder, under the direction of the eating disorder service care coordinator. To prepare psychoeducational material for children, young people and their families, and for use of other agencies staff, under the supervision of a qualified clinician in the team. To prepare and organise materials for brief therapeutic input, under the supervision of a qualified clinician in the team. Within the team, we work on a flexible working pattern to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday Sunday and Bank Holidays. The flexible working patterns allows team members to work hours flexibly and for days off during the week "}