Children's and Young People Care Assistant

Deliver care, therapeutic support and engagement to children attending the paediatric children's and young people emergency department or admitted to the children's ward with challenging behaviour and mental health concerns as directed by the ward nursing team, Trust mental health team or the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Urgent Care Team. Using excellent communication skills engage and gather information from patients and carers to support a multidisciplinary assessment of the patients' emotional needs Contribute to risk assessments and risk planning by identifying the triggers for risky behaviours, the nature of the risky behaviours, any protective measures and report these findings and any other issues of concern to the child's allocated nurse or mental health team. Build therapeutic relationships and ongoing continuous assessment and adjustment of interventions based on the patient's needs, develop and implement new activities in response to individuals needs and recording and escalating concerns relating to care accurately and promptly. On occasions to be redeployed across the hospital to provide support to older adolescents admitted to adult wards and adult patients with mental health issues, delirium or dementia under supervision Staff to undertake care certificate completion. Main duties of the job Be key in instigating a ward environment that is pleasant, cheerful and welcoming. Provide high quality care, therapeutic support and engagement to children attending the paediatric emergency department or admitted to the children's ward with challenging behaviour or mental health concerns. Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) colleagues and the Trust mental health team to ensure high quality care is provided to children and young people attending the hospital with challenging behaviour and mental health concerns. Work with the paediatric multi-disciplinary team to implement and promote the ward philosophy. To provide support across the wider hospital at the discretion of the Trust mental health team/Senior sister on site., Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a range of subjects relevant to the post.
• Functional Skills in Maths and English Literacy and Numeracy.
• Willingness to undertake training to meet competency.
Desirable
• Care certificate
• Previous qualification in mental health, psychology, youth work, learning disability or neurodiversity or equivalent experience
Experience Essential
• Experience of working in teams.
• Experience of forming positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Provide examples of how you have worked collaboratively with other teams including Mental Health Colleagues, Play Specialist CAMHS, Education, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to support the emotional and psychological wellbeing of the child.
Desirable
• Experience of working with children and young adults with challenging behaviour, mental health crisis or neurodiversity
• Experience of dealing with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload
Skills, Knowledge and abilities Essential
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Digital literacy
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, written, verbal and non verbal.
• Able to create meaningful activities that respect the age, culture, and individual needs / risks of the patient., Ability to demonstrate the following: ? Motivation / enthusiasm ? Reliability ? Caring ? Respectful ? Flexibility
• Able to maintain positive working relationships.
• Demonstrates the ability to value others' opinions
• Positive attitude to change.
• Flexible in relation to work patterns and cross departmental working.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a range of subjects relevant to the post.
• Functional Skills in Maths and English Literacy and Numeracy.
• Willingness to undertake training to meet competency.
Desirable
• Care certificate
• Previous qualification in mental health, psychology, youth work, learning disability or neurodiversity or equivalent experience
Experience Essential
• Experience of working in teams.
• Experience of forming positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Provide examples of how you have worked collaboratively with other teams including Mental Health Colleagues, Play Specialist CAMHS, Education, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to support the emotional and psychological wellbeing of the child.
Desirable
• Experience of working with children and young adults with challenging behaviour, mental health crisis or neurodiversity
• Experience of dealing with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload
Skills, Knowledge and abilities Essential
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Digital literacy
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, written, verbal and non verbal.
• Able to create meaningful activities that respect the age, culture, and individual needs / risks of the patient., Ability to demonstrate the following: ? Motivation / enthusiasm ? Reliability ? Caring ? Respectful ? Flexibility
• Able to maintain positive working relationships.
• Demonstrates the ability to value others' opinions
• Positive attitude to change.
• Flexible in relation to work patterns and cross departmental working.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role.
  
  The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital. We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed. Please note : Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date.