Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Children in Care

Updated: April 09, 2024 12:25 AM GMT

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Reading

Interview will be held on 12th April 2024 Staff will be working with in Bracknell, Slough and Windsor & Maidenhead alongside Local Authority teams who are working with CiC. The CiC is being established to ensure that children who are in care receive quicker access to mental health support, by working in partnership and sharing knowledge, we hope to effectively meet the needs of children and young people in care and their carers by providing evidenced based interventions that meet their need. The service aims to improve life chances of Children in Care, by working towards increasing these resiliency factors:

Supporting trauma informed care Creating stability of the Child or Young person's home placement CYP able to maintain a relationship with family members and work to be re-united where that is possible Fostering as strong an attachment as possible with the CYP foster carers or adults responsible for their care (if in a residential setting) Reaching as high as possible Education... More Detail