CAMHS Team Leader

NHS; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Team Lead to enhance mental health services for children and young people. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact within a dynamic team, driving the implementation of new service offerings and fostering collaborative partnerships. With flexible working opportunities and a commitment to staff development, this position is ideal for compassionate leaders eager to support vulnerable populations. Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to delivering outstanding care and making a positive difference in the community.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Current professional qualification required (RMN, Social Worker, etc.).
• Experience managing clinical teams and providing services to youth.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of clinicians to deliver effective mental health services.
• Manage waiting lists and support staff training and development.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical Audits

Team Management

Partnership Working

Education

RMN

Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Are you passionate about improving mental health services for children and young people? Do you believe that children, young people and their families in Worcestershire deserve high quality interventions to match their needs? We require a RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Clinical Psychologist with the drive to join an experienced, highly motivated team of clinicians to deliver responsive and effective services?

An exciting opportunity has become available to make a significant contribution to our CAMHS service as a Team Lead. The Team Lead role will be primarily supporting Worcestershire CAMHS.

You will be joining the service at a time of rapid development allowing you the opportunity to support the implementation of new service offers and ways of working.

Hours 22.5 per week. The working pattern is between Monday and Friday with service hours primarily being between 09:00 and 17:00. The trust offers flexible working opportunities.

Based at one of the Worcestershire CAMHS bases in either Kidderminster, Redditch or Worcester City, you will be expected to travel to other sites; however, expenses will be covered by the trust expenses policy.

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 for managing waiting lists, identifying and supporting training needs of staff, job planning, managing capacity and demand, and working collaboratively with other agencies across Worcestershire to identify and support the needs of vulnerable children and those with SEND.

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 although an understanding of child and adolescent health services would be beneficial.

Leadership training opportunities will be supported and encouraged.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer:

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience in undertaking research projects / clinical audits
• Significant recent clinical experience post-registration
• Previous experience providing a service to children and young people within a multi-disciplinary team
• Leadership experience / experience managing a clinical team
• Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental illness
• Experience of partnership working / liaison in inter-agency environment

Qualifications

• A current professional qualification (RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist)
• Evidence of continuous and recent professional development and post qualification training/studies
• Current registration with appropriate professional body

Skills and abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current NHS and national priorities in relation to mental and emotional health and wellbeing of Children and Young People

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust