Band 3 CAMHS LD Support Worker

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with learning disabilities and their families? Do you want to work in a dynamic, motivated and committed team? This role with Bristol CAMHS-LD could be perfect for you. This post requires you to work with young people up to the age of 19 years who have a moderate to profound learning disability, behaviours which challenge and/or emotional and/or mental health difficulties.

The role will involve working in a variety of settings with children/young people and their families along with working collaboratively with the skilled clinicians within the multidisciplinary team and the wider multiagency Network. The post holder will assist in the delivery of specialist support for children and young people who have a learning disability., To work collaboratively as a member of the skill mixed Specialist Service for Children with Learning Disabilities.

This role will involve working in a variety of settings with children/young people and their families. To assist in the delivery of specialist support for children and young people who have a learning disability. The post holder will, under supervision of the qualified nurses, contribute to and be responsible for implementing packages of care. The post holder will be required to work across a variety of settings (eg, family homes, educational settings and respite units) to support children and young people ensuring that they receive structured support.

This role also involves carrying out other tasks involving direct care and administrative work such as data inputting, filing and accurate recordkeeping. To contribute to the learning environment and development of the service as an active member of the Team. The South Gloucestershire CAMHS-LD service prides itself on multi-disciplinary working. We are a multi-disciplinary service primary made up of Psychiatry, Learning Disability Nurses, Clinical Psychologists and Support workers.

We follow national and local guidance to promote person centred, holistic support to improve quality of life, along with improving mental well-being for young people and their families. We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy. Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support.

Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people. At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.