CYP Support Worker

We have a vacancy for a CYP Support Worker to join our With YOUth team.

Do you want to support children and young people with mental health issues or emotional wellbeing needs?

Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Empathy, Respect, Integrity and Excellence and want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing?

If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.

Job title: CYP Support Worker - WithYOUth Service (Early Help Digital Intervention)

Reference: 186
Salary grade: £22,750 – £24,000 per annum incl. Outer London Weighting.
Contracted hours: 37.5 hours (to be worked flexibly across a 7-day week, between the hours of 9am - 10pm, excluding bank holidays).
Working base: Watford Wellbeing Centre (expectation of working in our centres across Hertfordshire and home)
Contract Length: Fixed Term until September 2024

About the Project

This CAMHS Early Help Digital Intervention Service (WithYOUth) is a new and innovative partnership between BfB Labs and Hertfordshire Mind Network to provide a countywide digital service that is accessible to children and young people aged 5 - 18, at the earliest point of an emerging emotional wellbeing and/ or mental health need.

Purpose of Post

As a CYP Support Worker, you will provide online interventions to 5-18 year olds, families and parents, and professionals, to deliver this new and exciting, high quality service in accordance with contractual requirements, and ensure that we are supporting the needs and aspirations of Hertfordshire children and families.

Our trauma-informed model offers a range of support options for CYP, based around digital interventions and supported by one-to-one and group sessions, so children and young people can engage in the way that works best for them. The service will build resilience in CYP by working with them to develop coping strategies and solutions that will enable them to improve their own health and wellbeing. We will also provide advice and guidance to parents/families/carers and professionals to provide a holistic response to supporting CYP and creating a network around them to empower and enable positive change.

We offer:

• Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 28 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays).
• An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
• Ongoing training relevant to your role.
• An Employee Assistance Programme.
• Health cover (after 6 months employment) - compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.

Closing date: Monday 27th November 2023.

Interview date: Interviews will take place on a rolling basis.

To Apply and for more information

Click the job board apply button to be taken to the next stage where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions (you may need to scroll down).