Mental Health Practitioner - Children and Young People

Summary

Join Kooth, a leading digital mental health platform, as a Mental Health Practitioner specializing in children and young people. This fully remote, UK-based role offers flexible hours (12 pm-10 pm, Monday-Friday; 5 pm-10 pm, Saturday) and involves providing online emotional wellbeing and mental health support. Responsibilities include offering text-based support, conducting assessments, managing risks, completing referrals, and maintaining accurate records. The position requires a relevant degree or equivalent qualification and a strong understanding of safeguarding policies. Kooth provides a competitive salary, generous annual leave, professional development opportunities, pension contributions, health and well-being benefits, life assurance, and flexible remote work. The role also includes clinical supervision and in-house clinical support.

Requirements

• Degree in a relevant subject such as social care, mental health nursing, counselling, social work, psychology or equivalent professional qualification; or qualified by experience in previous work work roles with significant demonstrable professional training in Mental Health support and engaging people around emotional well-being or mental health difficulties
• Working knowledge and understanding of safeguarding adult and child protection policies and legislation

Responsibilities

• Offering digital emotional wellbeing and mental health support and interventions to CYP
• Providing text-based online support and advice to children and young people in line with iThrive clinical model
• Assessing and management of the risks and needs of each service user you interact with
• Appropriately signposting and completion of referrals as required
• Undertaking comprehensive assessment and formulation of wants and needs of CYP
• Providing short and mid-term support and interventions with physical, emotional and mental health issues and distress
• Providing caseload support and interventions to those with complex mental health difficulties and/or risk support
• Performing all duties in line with relevant compliance, legal requirements and internal policies with particular reference to children, young people and adult safeguarding and protection, and data protection legislation
• Assessment and formulation through an online digital platform
• Maintain accurate case notes and records using Kooth approved systems and processes
• Liaise with other professionals/services either internally or externally around safeguarding issues and concerns
• Performing all duties in line with relevant compliance, legal requirements and internal policies with particular reference to children, young people and adult safeguarding and protection, and data protection legislation
• Maintain accurate information about shift duties and activity via the scheduling and rota system
• Attending clinical supervision and training
• Attend and effectively contribute to clinical supervision and other clinical support
• Commit to our mandatory in-house training and continuing professional development opportunities
• Attending management supervision and meetings
• Attend and effectively contribute to team meetings and other key organisational meetings
• Attend and effectively contribute to management supervision to review clinical work and overall performance against agreed work schedules (KPIs)

Preferred Qualifications

• Ongoing specialist training in Mental Health
• Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Mitigation Training
• Safeguarding and risk management interventions training
• Training In Adult Safeguarding & Child Protection

Benefits

• Competitive Salary:Dependant on experience £26513
• Generous Annual LeaveEnjoy 36 days of annual leave, including public holidays, providing you ample time to recharge and spend quality moments with your loved ones
• Professional DevelopmentBenefit from our yearly professional training programmes, tailored to your career aspirations and designed to enhance your skills and knowledge
• Financial SecuritySecure your financial future with our pension contributions and annual company share option awards, giving you a stake in the success of the company
• Health and Well-beingPrioritize your health and well-being with our comprehensive AXA plan and access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). The EAP offers 24/7 telephone mental health support and access to GP consultations, ensuring your mental and physical health are taken care of
• Life AssuranceGain peace of mind knowing that you're covered with life assurance, providing up to four times your annual salary to your loved ones in the unfortunate event of your passing
• Flexible WorkingEmbrace the flexibility of remote working, allowing you to create a work-life balance that suits your needs and maximizes your productivity
• Lifestyle BenefitsTake advantage of our Incapacity Income Protection to safeguard your financial stability in case of unforeseen circumstances
• Clinical Supervision and in-house clinical supportAll all paid for and monthly