Job summary
We are
particularly interested in experienced and accredited mental health
practitioners who have experience of leading and managing teams within a mental
health service, in a charity or national health service.
This fulltime
role may be suited to professionals seeking to work in the charity sector, with
its dynamic, creative and caring environment. This role may also be of interest to experienced mental
health practitioners with a core training in social worker, youth work, occupational
therapy and nursing. The post offers flexible working arrangements in line with
business needs. The service operates 8-6, Monday to Friday with occasional
Saturday working.
The ideal candidate must have a:
-
Postgraduate (or equivalent) psychological therapies qualification and
hold an accreditation in a mental health approach OR
-
A a professional background one of the following areas: in youth or
social work, occupational therapy (sensory integration), nursing
-
Have 5 years experience of working with children, adolescents and/ or
young adults
-
Experience
of people management (line management)
-
A
qualification in supervision
- Experience of working with multi-agency
partners and planning best outcomes for children and young people
This is your opportunity to part of an inclusive and forward-thinking
organisation that is needs led and places children, adolescents and young
people and their families/parents and carers at the heart of everything we do.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will be responsible for oversight ofBromley YsMHEWS referrals front door, waiting list and allocations management, supporting practitioner standards through tracking and developing training based on need, the co-ordination of case auditing in MHEWS.
The successful post-holder will be able to work creatively and independently within a dynamic charity service to help young people and their parents and carers to achieve their goals. They will be developing the service with a focus on reducing waiting times and enhancing practice.
About us
Bromley Yis a long-established Charity based in Bromley that listens to feedback from Children, Young People (CYP), their families and/or parents and carers as well as partner agencies. We are a Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service (MHEWS) based on the principles of ITHRIVE and IAPT. We are very proud of all the services we offer, from triaging, 1:1 evidenced based interventions to group work, digital offers, including webinars, social prescribing and mentoring.
There is an exciting opportunity to join our evolving and growing organisation in a Practice Lead role within our MHEWS team.
The Rewards for
joining us:
-
Good competitive salary
-
Comprehensive induction and onboarding programme
-
Hybrid working pattern
-
Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, plus bank
holidays
-
A wellbeing day
-
Support via our Employee Assistance Programme
-
Generous organisation sick pay
-
Contributory Pension scheme
-
The successful candidate will be supported to
maintain their professional registration and professional development.
-
Cycle to work scheme
-
Blue Light Card
-
Being part of a dynamic, creative and innovative
team where all staff are empowered to achieve their very best
-
Work for an Award-winning organisation
-
Be part of a diverse, inclusive, collaborative and
supportive working environment that places Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at
the heart of its business and people strategy
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
contribute to the development of early intervention and prevention service in
Bromley for children and young people. The post represents an opportunity for a
qualified and experienced practitioner,
with management experience, who is committed to the principles of CYP IAPT and THRIVE, to
further their career. The post holder will be responsible for oversight of Bromley Ys Mental
Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service (MHEWS) referrals front door, waiting
list and allocations management, supporting practitioner standards through
tracking and developing training based on need, the co-ordination of case auditing
in MHEWS. This work which involves management
of risk with colleagues and will involve responsibility for particular client
groups. The purpose of the role is to reduce waiting times for young people, ensure
the MHEWS workforce is able to respond to changes in demand and changes in need
delivering effective interventions, ensure that Bromley Ys standards
of practice and case work and recording are met and maintained.
The post
holder will work closely with the MHEWS Lead and Bromley
Y Clinical Director to develop the process of managing referrals into the service, contributing to service development in order to reduce wait times,
they will deputise for the MHEWS Lead at network and partnership meetings.
The
post-holder will then ensure contact by staff is maintained with the individual
whilst they receive the agreed intervention provided by Bromley Y. The
post-holder will work with schools, organisations and other charities and staff
to ensure that young people from diverse backgrounds receive a service and
should be committed to diversity and ensuring access to services for all. Some
of the work will be carried out digitally from home with the opportunity to see
some children and young people at Ethelbert Road. The majority of the work will
be in the community supporting Bromley children in gaining access to
appropriate activities, resources and interventions.
The post
holder must be prepared to be flexible in their working arrangements to ensure
that and all children and young people can access support at a time which suits
their needs. This may entail some evening sessions and Saturday working. In addition to overseeing the assessment and management of risk
the post-holder will support and supervise qualified and trainee staff. They
will have line management responsibility and a role in developing the service. They
will have a service responsibility for safeguarding and risk assessment, a key
area of the service due to the work being delivered in the community.
Post-holders
who hold a professional qualification will be allocated half a day per week to
undertake work to maintain their qualification requirements.
MAIN
DUTIES INCLUDING LINE MANAGEMENT
-
Responsible for line
management including but not limited to coaching and developing staff, managing
minor issues of conduct and performance, carrying out yearly Performance
Development Reviews (PDRs)
-
Conduct case auditing to
ensure Bromley Y professional standards are met and maintained.
-
To contribute to develop if
the workforce and ensure training requirements are identified and training
programmes implemented
-
Provide casework supervision to identified
qualified and trainee staff.
-
To identify, monitor and
manage risk to self or others in every contact.
-
To develop and manage
processing of referrals into MHEWS, and the timely allocation to practitioners
-
To respond to user
experience and support effective support whilst families and children are
waiting for interventions
-
To provide an evidenced
based service for children and young people as part of early identification and
intervention for children and young people with emotional and mental health
needs.
-
Provide evidence-based
psychological interventions. This work may be face to face, on the telephone or
via other media.
-
Adhere to an agreed
activity relating to the number of appointments offered each week as agreed
with the MHEWS Lead
-
Complete all data entry
as required within the service and to keep up to date and clear records of all
interventions in line with service policies and procedures.
-
To work across agencies
to develop a coordinated response to children and young people's mental health
needs offering consultation and advice to other professionals on all aspects of
mental health and wellbeing of children and their families.
-
To provide support and
psycho education to direct children and their families whilst they await
further, if required interventions to meet their emotional needs.
-
To be forward thinking
and be a part of idea generation and innovations
-
Continuous development of
the team through regular 1-2-1 sessions to identify areas of improvement and
best practises
-
To develop knowledge and
ethos of the service within your team and establish a centre of excellence
-
Lead by example to set
the standards of conduct and performance in delivering a high level of service
and professionalism.
-
To develop partnerships
that support the effective operation of the service
PRACTICE
RESPONSIBILITIES
-
Develop partnership with other
organisations to determine their needs and manage the relationship through the
contract
-
To ensure that the
service protocols are understood and staff and other organisations are
supported to meet them.
-
To deliver community based
therapeutic interventions with a caseload of children and families, to maintain
their professional qualification, keeping abreast of current training and
practice in such area
-
To decide on an
appropriate course of action with the professionals involved, providing advice,
support and knowledge of appropriate resources for the emotional wellbeing of
children and their families.
-
To plan interventions for
children and young peoples emotional and mental health issues.
-
To carry out joint and/or
individual assessments of children and families.
-
To provide support and
guidance to others with the aim of improving skills, knowledge and facilitating
reflective practice.
-
Manage own workload
through both practice and managerial supervision.
-
Manage the work of
qualified and trainee staff through case management supervision
-
Manage relationship and
the contract with organisations through regular contact and meetings and
reporting
-
To lead team and service
meetings as required.
-
To work alongside others
to demonstrate knowledge and skills to plan and critically evaluate the
implementation of the early intervention role to meet the mental health needs
of children and young people.
-
To contribute to the
evaluation of all areas of service delivery, client and professional
satisfaction and the impact of interventions.
-
Ensure that
all line management, case and supervision records are in line with best
clinical practice and Bromley Y policies and procedures.
EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
-
Ensure that
all requirements for BACP or UKCP or equivalent accreditation are met.
-
Attend and
fulfil all the requirements of the CYP IAPT approved supervision training.
-
Identify
training needs across the supervisees and develop routes for CPD for self and
people in co-ordination with the Practice Development Lead
-
Attend
locally and nationally organised training appropriate to the work role
-
To
ensure knowledge and skills are continuously developed and maintained at a high
level of competence.
-
To
identify own and others training needs through supervision, line management and
personal development plans.
-
To
arrange and deliver training workshops to colleagues and partner organisations
and to lead the evaluation of training arranged or delivered.
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
-
To work with others to
develop practice protocols and audit tools, to collect the relevant statistical
information to underpin service evaluation and record keeping.
-
To implement national
audit tools and review with colleagues nationally and locally.
-
To be key in obtaining
service user views and feedback on support provided to ensure the delivery of
accessible provision.
-
To comply with relevant
professional codes of conduct.
-
To contribute to
establishing essential networks, knowledge base of resources and maintain links
with relevant community organisations.
-
To contributing to identifying
service needs and gaps across with regard to childrens mental health and
wellbeing.
-
To develop and manage in
service evaluation and audit to ensure the overall development of the service.
-
To maintain awareness of
up-to-date research and development pertaining to advances in child and young
peoples emotional wellbeing and mental health issues
PEOPLE
MANGEMENT
-
Provide mentoring,
guidance, coaching and support to team members to develop practice and
potential
-
Identifying gaps in team
members knowledge and arranging training to support continued professional
development/knowledge
-
To carry out monthly line
management meetings
-
Managing minor issues of
poor conduct and performance through Advice & Counselling
-
Identifying if staff
would benefit from a Wellness Action Plan to support their wellbeing in the
workplace
-
Managing sickness absence
including carrying out return to work interviews
-
Managing holiday requests
ensuring operationally feasible in line with service needs
-
Leading and carrying out PDRs
including setting and monitoring SMART performance objectives
-
Involvement in
recruitment and selection for team members and new employees on boarding
-
Communicating business
developments and objectives to team members
-
Report to MHEWS Lead with
regards to team and individual performance, conduct and welfare
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
contribute to the development of early intervention and prevention service in
Bromley for children and young people. The post represents an opportunity for a
qualified and experienced practitioner,
with management experience, who is committed to the principles of CYP IAPT and THRIVE, to
further their career. The post holder will be responsible for oversight of Bromley Ys Mental
Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service (MHEWS) referrals front door, waiting
list and allocations management, supporting practitioner standards through
tracking and developing training based on need, the co-ordination of case auditing
in MHEWS. This work which involves management
of risk with colleagues and will involve responsibility for particular client
groups. The purpose of the role is to reduce waiting times for young people, ensure
the MHEWS workforce is able to respond to changes in demand and changes in need
delivering effective interventions, ensure that Bromley Ys standards
of practice and case work and recording are met and maintained.
The post
holder will work closely with the MHEWS Lead and Bromley
Y Clinical Director to develop the process of managing referrals into the service, contributing to service development in order to reduce wait times,
they will deputise for the MHEWS Lead at network and partnership meetings.
The
post-holder will then ensure contact by staff is maintained with the individual
whilst they receive the agreed intervention provided by Bromley Y. The
post-holder will work with schools, organisations and other charities and staff
to ensure that young people from diverse backgrounds receive a service and
should be committed to diversity and ensuring access to services for all. Some
of the work will be carried out digitally from home with the opportunity to see
some children and young people at Ethelbert Road. The majority of the work will
be in the community supporting Bromley children in gaining access to
appropriate activities, resources and interventions.
The post
holder must be prepared to be flexible in their working arrangements to ensure
that and all children and young people can access support at a time which suits
their needs. This may entail some evening sessions and Saturday working. In addition to overseeing the assessment and management of risk
the post-holder will support and supervise qualified and trainee staff. They
will have line management responsibility and a role in developing the service. They
will have a service responsibility for safeguarding and risk assessment, a key
area of the service due to the work being delivered in the community.
Post-holders
who hold a professional qualification will be allocated half a day per week to
undertake work to maintain their qualification requirements.
MAIN
DUTIES INCLUDING LINE MANAGEMENT
-
Responsible for line
management including but not limited to coaching and developing staff, managing
minor issues of conduct and performance, carrying out yearly Performance
Development Reviews (PDRs)
-
Conduct case auditing to
ensure Bromley Y professional standards are met and maintained.
-
To contribute to develop if
the workforce and ensure training requirements are identified and training
programmes implemented
-
Provide casework supervision to identified
qualified and trainee staff.
-
To identify, monitor and
manage risk to self or others in every contact.
-
To develop and manage
processing of referrals into MHEWS, and the timely allocation to practitioners
-
To respond to user
experience and support effective support whilst families and children are
waiting for interventions
-
To provide an evidenced
based service for children and young people as part of early identification and
intervention for children and young people with emotional and mental health
needs.
-
Provide evidence-based
psychological interventions. This work may be face to face, on the telephone or
via other media.
-
Adhere to an agreed
activity relating to the number of appointments offered each week as agreed
with the MHEWS Lead
-
Complete all data entry
as required within the service and to keep up to date and clear records of all
interventions in line with service policies and procedures.
-
To work across agencies
to develop a coordinated response to children and young people's mental health
needs offering consultation and advice to other professionals on all aspects of
mental health and wellbeing of children and their families.
-
To provide support and
psycho education to direct children and their families whilst they await
further, if required interventions to meet their emotional needs.
-
To be forward thinking
and be a part of idea generation and innovations
-
Continuous development of
the team through regular 1-2-1 sessions to identify areas of improvement and
best practises
-
To develop knowledge and
ethos of the service within your team and establish a centre of excellence
-
Lead by example to set
the standards of conduct and performance in delivering a high level of service
and professionalism.
-
To develop partnerships
that support the effective operation of the service
PRACTICE
RESPONSIBILITIES
-
Develop partnership with other
organisations to determine their needs and manage the relationship through the
contract
-
To ensure that the
service protocols are understood and staff and other organisations are
supported to meet them.
-
To deliver community based
therapeutic interventions with a caseload of children and families, to maintain
their professional qualification, keeping abreast of current training and
practice in such area
-
To decide on an
appropriate course of action with the professionals involved, providing advice,
support and knowledge of appropriate resources for the emotional wellbeing of
children and their families.
-
To plan interventions for
children and young peoples emotional and mental health issues.
-
To carry out joint and/or
individual assessments of children and families.
-
To provide support and
guidance to others with the aim of improving skills, knowledge and facilitating
reflective practice.
-
Manage own workload
through both practice and managerial supervision.
-
Manage the work of
qualified and trainee staff through case management supervision
-
Manage relationship and
the contract with organisations through regular contact and meetings and
reporting
-
To lead team and service
meetings as required.
-
To work alongside others
to demonstrate knowledge and skills to plan and critically evaluate the
implementation of the early intervention role to meet the mental health needs
of children and young people.
-
To contribute to the
evaluation of all areas of service delivery, client and professional
satisfaction and the impact of interventions.
-
Ensure that
all line management, case and supervision records are in line with best
clinical practice and Bromley Y policies and procedures.
EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
-
Ensure that
all requirements for BACP or UKCP or equivalent accreditation are met.
-
Attend and
fulfil all the requirements of the CYP IAPT approved supervision training.
-
Identify
training needs across the supervisees and develop routes for CPD for self and
people in co-ordination with the Practice Development Lead
-
Attend
locally and nationally organised training appropriate to the work role
-
To
ensure knowledge and skills are continuously developed and maintained at a high
level of competence.
-
To
identify own and others training needs through supervision, line management and
personal development plans.
-
To
arrange and deliver training workshops to colleagues and partner organisations
and to lead the evaluation of training arranged or delivered.
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
-
To work with others to
develop practice protocols and audit tools, to collect the relevant statistical
information to underpin service evaluation and record keeping.
-
To implement national
audit tools and review with colleagues nationally and locally.
-
To be key in obtaining
service user views and feedback on support provided to ensure the delivery of
accessible provision.
-
To comply with relevant
professional codes of conduct.
-
To contribute to
establishing essential networks, knowledge base of resources and maintain links
with relevant community organisations.
-
To contributing to identifying
service needs and gaps across with regard to childrens mental health and
wellbeing.
-
To develop and manage in
service evaluation and audit to ensure the overall development of the service.
-
To maintain awareness of
up-to-date research and development pertaining to advances in child and young
peoples emotional wellbeing and mental health issues
PEOPLE
MANGEMENT
-
Provide mentoring,
guidance, coaching and support to team members to develop practice and
potential
-
Identifying gaps in team
members knowledge and arranging training to support continued professional
development/knowledge
-
To carry out monthly line
management meetings
-
Managing minor issues of
poor conduct and performance through Advice & Counselling
-
Identifying if staff
would benefit from a Wellness Action Plan to support their wellbeing in the
workplace
-
Managing sickness absence
including carrying out return to work interviews
-
Managing holiday requests
ensuring operationally feasible in line with service needs
-
Leading and carrying out PDRs
including setting and monitoring SMART performance objectives
-
Involvement in
recruitment and selection for team members and new employees on boarding
-
Communicating business
developments and objectives to team members
-
Report to MHEWS Lead with
regards to team and individual performance, conduct and welfare
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A collaborative management style, which recognises and values personal contributions and encourages team working.
- Experience of leading and managing teams in particular managing issues of conduct and performance such as: attendance, time -keeping, sickness management, conflict management and following protocols and procedures.
- Employment law knowledge including anti-discrimination legislation in the UK.
- Over five years experience of working with children and families/parents and carers including work with children and young people with emotional and mental health needs which includes working with children and young people with a wide range of clinical and behavioural presentations.
- Experience of undertaking assessment of emotional and mental health needs children and young people with a key focus on safeguarding.
- Championing the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion both within and outside of the organisation.
- Experience of working with multi-agency partners and planning best outcomes for children and young people.
- Working knowledge of Health, Social Services, Education and the Voluntary Sector.
- Ability to listen empathetically to children and young people and their families in order to work effectively in partnership Qualities essential to practice, including, respect, genuineness, empathy, personal integrity and communication skills, to enable the therapeutic relationship and process. Ability to work in partnership with children and families/parents and carers.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills in identifying systems for supporting emotional wellbeing and mental health needs in the community and facilitating access for young people and families.
- Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance in relation to childrens services and knowledge and skills to safeguard and protect children and young peoples welfare in line with the Children Act 2004 requirements.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills to deliver training packages on child and young peoples emotional wellbeing and mental health, including delivering psycho education children, young people and their families.
- Knowledge and skills to offer emotional wellbeing and mental health consultation to a wide number of professionals.
- Demonstrate skills to assess risk using already established assessment tools and if necessary, develop protocols with families and other staff / practitioners to manage risk.
- Ability to manage a caseload.
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate (or equivalent) psychological therapies qualification with evidence of continuing professional development in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health OR
- A professional background one of the following areas: in youth or social work, occupational therapy (sensory integration), nursing
- Enhanced DBS
- Supervision Qualification
- Professional Accreditation BACP or UKCP or equivalent
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A collaborative management style, which recognises and values personal contributions and encourages team working.
- Experience of leading and managing teams in particular managing issues of conduct and performance such as: attendance, time -keeping, sickness management, conflict management and following protocols and procedures.
- Employment law knowledge including anti-discrimination legislation in the UK.
- Over five years experience of working with children and families/parents and carers including work with children and young people with emotional and mental health needs which includes working with children and young people with a wide range of clinical and behavioural presentations.
- Experience of undertaking assessment of emotional and mental health needs children and young people with a key focus on safeguarding.
- Championing the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion both within and outside of the organisation.
- Experience of working with multi-agency partners and planning best outcomes for children and young people.
- Working knowledge of Health, Social Services, Education and the Voluntary Sector.
- Ability to listen empathetically to children and young people and their families in order to work effectively in partnership Qualities essential to practice, including, respect, genuineness, empathy, personal integrity and communication skills, to enable the therapeutic relationship and process. Ability to work in partnership with children and families/parents and carers.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills in identifying systems for supporting emotional wellbeing and mental health needs in the community and facilitating access for young people and families.
- Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance in relation to childrens services and knowledge and skills to safeguard and protect children and young peoples welfare in line with the Children Act 2004 requirements.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills to deliver training packages on child and young peoples emotional wellbeing and mental health, including delivering psycho education children, young people and their families.
- Knowledge and skills to offer emotional wellbeing and mental health consultation to a wide number of professionals.
- Demonstrate skills to assess risk using already established assessment tools and if necessary, develop protocols with families and other staff / practitioners to manage risk.
- Ability to manage a caseload.
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate (or equivalent) psychological therapies qualification with evidence of continuing professional development in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health OR
- A professional background one of the following areas: in youth or social work, occupational therapy (sensory integration), nursing
- Enhanced DBS
- Supervision Qualification
- Professional Accreditation BACP or UKCP or equivalent
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.
