Youth Mental Health Navigator

This role will provide individualised, one to one support to young people, aged 14-17 who are currently experiencing difficulty with their mental health and wellbeing.

This post holder will be working closely with clinical colleagues in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team offering hybrid in person and online support. The post holder will also be responsible for the development of pathways which enables young people to access services offered by the Voluntary and Community sector.

The post holder will ensure they have a good understanding of the services on offer by the Voluntary and Community sector, and other agencies, and will work with individuals to help them access services of their choice.

The Youth Mental Health Navigator will offer mental health and wellbeing support in a safe and enabling service, supporting young people to explore their challenges and identify positive mental health coping strategies, resilience skills, distress tolerance and a solution focused approach to recovery that will help to future proof against potential repeated incidences of poor mental health.

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone., The Youth Mental Health Navigator supports young people who have been referred to the CAMHS front door/single point of access. These young people may have accessed medical, clinical or emergency services prior to being referred to Mind BLMK. The service is suitable for people who have mental health / wellbeing needs but are not felt to be at immediate risk of suicide., Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.

Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

£23,800 Per Annum FTE (Actual Salary £17,689.19 per annum)
Part-time (27.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 21:00 hours to be agreed).)
Permanent

Actively Interviewing,

• 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)


• Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)


• Optional Health Plan


• Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good


• In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.


• Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)


If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.