Team Leader

Integrated Care System; Hessle; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service organization in England is seeking a Team Lead for its CAMHS service to enhance mental health interventions for children and young people. The ideal candidate will have a background as an RMN/RNLD, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist, and possess strong leadership and communication skills. The role involves managing staff, improving service delivery, and collaborating with various agencies to support vulnerable populations. Leadership training opportunities are available.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills with a track record of effective service delivery.
• Ability to manage waiting lists and training needs of staff.
• Experience working with children and young people with mental health issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a clinical team providing mental health services.
• Collaborate with other agencies to meet the needs of vulnerable children.
• Support staff development and service improvements.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Coaching and mentorship

Leadership experience

Understanding of educational systems

Education

Master's level education or equivalent

Professional registration (RMN/RNLD, etc.)

Leadership/Management qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available to make a significant contribution to our CAMHS service as a Team Lead across Hull and East Riding.

Are you passionate about improving mental health services for children and young people? Do you believe that children, young people and their families in Hull and East Riding deserve high quality interventions to match their needs? We require an RMN/RNLD, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with the drive to join an experienced, highly motivated team of clinicians to deliver responsive and effective services in CAMHS as a Team Lead.

Main duties of the job

You will work collaboratively with other operational and clinical leads whilst directly line managing clinical staff and leading/managing a team whilst supporting with service developments.

You will share responsibility of managing waiting lists, identifying, and supporting training needs of staff, job planning, managing capacity and demand and working collaboratively with other agencies across Hull and East Riding to identify and support the needs of vulnerable children and those with an mental health needs.

You will support the service to be neuro affirming and support staff in ensuring individual needs are met. You will be a compassionate leader, supporting staff whilst being solution focused. This is an operational role but there will be an expectation of support to the clinical team and an understanding of child and adolescent health services would be beneficial.

Leadership training opportunities will be supported and encouraged.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

evidence in application form

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
• Ability to commute between the various sites
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels e.g. strategically, partnerships, locally

application form

• as previous added

Interview and application form

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to profession and service area e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Children and Families Act 2014 etc.
• Advanced/Expert understanding/application of relevant professional practice/standards/audit within service area
• Advanced understanding and application of managerial and leadership within profession and service area
• Appropriate professional registration of Qualified Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist professions.
• Educated to Masters Level or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience
• Leadership/Management Qualification or combination of management short course
• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
• Proven leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact/created change within service delivery/practice
• Proven experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
• Experience of working with mild to moderate mental health issues in children and young people
• Knowledge of schools, colleges, and the education system

questions

• Experience of successfully managing activity and performance
• Experience of promoting active involvement, participation and co-production with children, young people, families, and multi-agency professionals
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels e.g. strategically, partnerships, locally

questions

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels e.g. strategically, partnerships, locally
• Prepared to undertake or hold an accredited leadership qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.