CAMHS Team Leader

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Sale; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is seeking a dedicated Team Leader for their Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care for children and young people. You will be responsible for clinical leadership, management of complex cases, and the development of service quality. Join a forward-thinking organization that values collaboration and innovation, where your contributions will significantly impact the mental health landscape. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people and their families, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with a professional body.
• Experience in mental health and case management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide first line management for CAMHS practitioners.
• Ensure high-quality evidence-based practice within the service.
• Manage a defined caseload and oversee clinical responsibilities.

Skills

Mental Health Expertise

Leadership Skills

Clinical Assessment

Risk Management

Therapeutic Interventions

Case Management

Staff Management

Communication Skills

Education

Recognised Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/RSCN/RNLD)

Post-graduate qualification in relevant area

Qualifications in Psychological Therapies

Mentorship course ENB998 or equivalent

Leadership Qualification

Job description

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Main area: Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Grade Band: 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

Job ref: 349-MCH-6893036C*

Site: TRAFFORD CAMHS

Town: Sale

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum (Pro Rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 20/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner, who is interested in developing their managerial skills, to join us at Trafford CAMHS, as our Team Leader.

As a senior member of the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will support the service to provide safe, effective care and efficient services to meet the mental health needs of children, young people, and their families. Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. The post holder will provide clinical leadership and effective day-to-day management of the team, providing generic caseload and specific supervision. You will provide line management supervision including development and maintenance of CPD needs across the team. You will act as a specialist advisor within CAMHS and actively contribute to governance arrangements, contributing to policy implementation and service development, both within the service and across the wider network. You will undertake tasks as designated by the Service Manager and in line with Trust policy and local priorities to ensure continual quality improvement.

Main duties of the job

• To provide first line management for practitioners within the CAMHS service and manage staffing issues, communicating complex and sensitive information relating to conduct, performance, and sickness absence within the CAMHS team in line with Trust policy and procedure.
• To share responsibility for the development, provision, and continued maintenance of high-quality evidence-based practice within CAMHS. This includes, but is not limited to, the implementation of effective systems of appraisal and supervision, standards of record keeping, supervision outcomes, and modernization.
• Deputise for Service Managers as directed and for specified absence periods as needed.
• To keep the service manager and members of the senior leadership team informed of developments and issues within the service, ensuring the identification, recording, and use of relevant performance data.

Clinical

• To assume responsibility for management of a defined caseload and exercise the highest standards of professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of children, young people, and their families/carers using specialist knowledge and evaluation of care programmes in collaboration with children, young people, and their families/carers, liaising with and referring to relevant agencies as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Registration

• Must be registered with a professional body.

Qualifications

• Recognised Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/RSCN/RNLD, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Clinical Psychology).
• Relevant post-graduate qualification or training in area relevant to service delivery.
• Qualifications in Psychological Therapies to Diploma or Masters level e.g. CBT/SFT/IPT.
• Mentorship course ENB998 or equivalent.
• Leadership Qualification.

Experience

• Substantial experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality.
• Extensive experience of case management, including experience of assessing and managing risk, including safeguarding.
• Experience of developing and providing evidence-based assessments, formulations, and care plans.
• Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals.
• Experience of staff management and evidence of managerial skills and knowledge.
• Experience of mentoring and supervision of others.
• Evidence of successful partnership working with other professional groups.
• Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures.
• Experience of working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
• Experience of providing interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
• Experience of working with wider stakeholder groups.
• Evidence of providing clinical supervision and training.
• Evidence of project management experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

• Specialist knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation in relation to young people and mental health.
• Highly developed knowledge of evidence-based practice across a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group.
• Ability to perform complex diagnostic assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions.
• Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs.
• Ability to manage and organise own time and diary, and work flexibly and creatively in a clinical context.
• Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information often within a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
• Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams.
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Able to multitask and mentally adapt to different, unpredictable situations.
• Able to foster partnerships and working relationships with other professional networks.
• The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
• The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding, acceptance of, and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect.
• The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic and be IT literate.
• IT competent.
• Knowledge and understanding of the research process.
• Experience in audit.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.