CAMHS Deputy Team Leader — Lead & Develop Care Team

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust are looking to recruit to a Band 6 Deputy Team Leader vacancy. The post is full time and permanent.

The post will be based at South Stoke CAMHS in Blurton, and the successful candidate will support the Team Leader in day-to-day management, participate in triage meetings and supervise initial needs assessments and interventions for children and young people in CAMHS.

Responsibilities

• Support the Team Leader in the day to day running of the community mental health team, offering support and advice to the wider team.
• Work as part of the leadership team within the CAMHS community mental health team under direct/indirect supervision of the Team Leader.
• Take part in multi-disciplinary triage meetings reviewing referrals received to the team.
• Complete initial needs assessments as needed with newly referred patients and offer oversight and guidance to core team members.
• To deliver specific therapeutic interventions to this group of patients and liaise with other professionals regarding progress and outcomes.
• To ensure that practice remains abreast of new developments and to develop and maintain standards and implement change in respect of this.
• To liaise with other professionals and agencies both statutory and non-statutory and to provide a link between hospital and community and/or primary and secondary services.

Job description

The North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust are looking to recruit to a Band 6 Deputy Team Leader vacancy. The post is full time and permanent.

The post will be based at South Stoke CAMHS in Blurton, and the successful candidate will support the Team Leader in day-to-day management, participate in triage meetings and supervise initial needs assessments and interventions for children and young people in CAMHS.