CYPMHS West Team Leader

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); St Albans; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health provider in St Albans is seeking an experienced Community Team Leader. This full-time role involves working with children and young people facing emotional and behavioral challenges. The ideal candidate will have professional qualifications and experience in the field, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to the trust's values of being Welcoming, Kind, Positive, Respectful, and Professional. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

Enhanced DBS check coverage

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Must have an enhanced DBS check.
• Experience with child and adolescent mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide child and adolescent mental health services.
• Lead the service alongside management to ensure quality care.
• Act as care coordinator for clients.

Skills

Motivation

Team Leadership

Understanding of neurodiversity

Clinical Practice Innovation

Education

Professional qualification in mental health

Job description

CYPMHS West Herts are looking to recruit an inspirational Community Team Leader who is highly skilled, motivated Practitioner with the appropriate professional qualification and experience to work in the multi-disciplinary Team. The post is offered on as a full-time 37.5 hours permanent basis.

The Community Team Leader is required to work across two sites, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead. We are a vibrant team working with children and young people presenting with emotional and behavioural needs including complex trauma and attachment difficulties impacting on emotional distress and impacting on their mental health. You will need to have in-depth understanding of neurodiverse and be able to identify any reasonable adjustments to support children and young people using our service.

We would like to recruit a professional who shares our Trust values that is Welcoming, Kind, Positive, Respectful and Professional and our passion to make a real difference in the lives of children, young people and their families who entrust their lives in us. You would work as a team, bring enthusiasm and is innovative in your clinical practice and leadership style.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT.
• Work alongside the CYPMHS Operational Manager and enhanced Clinical Team Leader in leading the service and ensuring that the highest quality of care is delivered to children, young people and families.
• Act as care coordinator, where appropriate, ensuring provision of a care plan, taking responsibility for initiating, planning and review of the client’s care, ensuring the work of others involved and communicating effectively with the child/ the carer/professional as appropriate, monitoring the progress of multi-disciplinary interventions.
• Maintain a personal and professional profile in accordance with Post Registration.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our Trust Values Are

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alex Marapara Job title: CYPMHS West Herts Community Operational Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01727 804214

Please contact Michelle Idiabana, Clinical Team Leader on 01727 804214 Email: [e-mail]