LDA Case Manager - CAMHS

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialised Mental Health Case Manager with mental health clinical and practice background to join the Thames Valley CAMHS Provider Collaborative on a maternity cover.

The role supports the Thames Valley CAMHS network across Oxfordshire and surrounding counties, helping to improve child and adolescent mental health outcomes and care integration. The contract runs through January 2028 and aligns with service improvement goals.

Qualifications

• Registered health or social care professional
• Specialised Mental Health Case Manager with mental health clinical background
• Maternity cover contract until January 2028
• Thames Valley CAMHS Provider Collaborative across Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties

Job description

Are you a registered health or social care professional seeking a new challenge to help improve clinical care?

We are seeking a Specialised Mental Health Case Manager with mental health clinical and practice background to be part of our Thames Valley CAMHS Provider Collaborative on a maternity cover. The contract will finish by January 2028.

The Thames Valley CAMHS Provider Collaborative brings together inpatient and community providers to improve clinical care across a defined geographical region and to ensure that patients receive inpatient treatment as close to their home as possible. This is an innovative network of partners across a large geography covering Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset and Gloucestershire.

The partnership brings together clinical expertise, experience, and innovation, aiming to improve quality, use resources most effectively, and deliver best practice consistently to all patients.

You will actively be working in partnership to innovate to improve patient provisions and outcomes.

About the location:

Office space is available in Oxford & Swindon.

• To provide clinical assurance of the quality of the care provided by services / providers within the Thames Valley region, and for those patients placed in out of area placements.
• Support the team in the assurance of specialised services compliance to applicable specification and guidance including Transforming Care.
• Provide the link with Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and their commissioned services within the network to ensure there is a coordinated approach to care and discharge planning, which results in robust and effective care packages.
• Monitoring and overseeing individual patient pathways to ensure high quality services and care planning outcomes are achieved.
• Have oversight of the overall patient pathway, supporting strong multiagency involvement to ensure patients are receiving care in the least restrictive environment and barriers to discharge are expediently addressed.
• Independent chairing and oversight of inpatient Care, Education and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TRs) for people with learning disabilities or autism, ensuring person‑centred, rights‑led decision‑making, robust system assurance, and effective governance reporting.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:

“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are:

“Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.