Paediatric Mental Health Support Worker

Job summary

Your role will include working closely with the Paediatric Mental Health Practitioner to expand and develop the service. The role will involve working directly with Children & Young People to deliver safe, compassionate, and dignified patient centred care, adopting a holistic approach which includes psychological support for all CYP presenting at QEH with a mental health presentation/condition.

You will be working with the wider mental health services from other agencies, attending multi-disciplinary and safeguarding meetings.

You will also will be working as part of the wider paediatric nursing team with the expectation that clinical duties will be undertaken after gaining required competencies.

Main duties of the job

To actively participate in the planning and delivery of CYP individual care plan, which address the mental health needs of Children & Young People, whilst a patient within the hospital.

Undertake interventions that have been identified as part of the CYP's treatment pathway.

Support CYP to develop coping skills, crisis management and carry out emotional stabilisation work to support discharge back to a community setting.Prepare Children & Young People for the discharge pathway back to a community setting or specialist admission.Ensure all communication relevant to CYP is shared with clinical colleagues.Working alongside nursing colleagues, completing basic admission and assessment process, with a mental health presentation, completing child and young person wishes, feelings, goal setting and management of risk, with the support of PaMHS.Gain competencies in clinical skills to allow supportive working within Paediatric ward in the absence of CYP with a mental health presentation.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.

We love working here and think you will too.