Job summary
Are you looking
to help shape mental health services for children and young people?
LPT CAMHS is
committed to redesigning our services to continue to deliver high quality,
evidence-based care to the children and young people, their families, and
carers in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. We have a wide range of
innovative projects, and we are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person
to join our leadership team as a Family Services Manager.
You will provide Senior Operational Leadership to some of
our Specialist CAMHS teams; Learning Disabilities, Paediatric Psychology, CAMHS
Young Peoples Team and support the implementation of a Neurodevelopmental
pathway across CAMHs and other services.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide visible, accessible, and operational leadership for the Specialist CAMHS Service and will be expected to;
Take responsibility for the operational
management of the Specialist CAMHS Teams, ensuring that contractual
requirements are met and that we always focus on the high quality of our
services in our transformation plans
Be responsible for the overall
performance of the Specialist CAMHS Teams, with a strong emphasis on financial
sustainability, quality improvement and workforce transformation.
Provide compassionate and collective
leadership to ensure a healthy and connected workforce.
Participate in the development of
increasingly integrated healthcare services alongside the ambitions of local
partner organisations.
You will work closely with the Family Service Manager for
Outpatient CAMHS, Clinical leads and Operational Leads for the Specialist teams,
Head of Service and other senior managers within FYPC/LDA. You will also engage
with multi-agency partners to create development opportunities to meet the
changing health needs of the population.
To find out more about this post please contact Victoria
Evans, Service Group Manager.
Potential interview date: Friday 12th July 2024
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
If you like what you've read and would like more
information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto
the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Performance Management.
- National & Local Drivers relating to integrated children services.
- Application of Governance and Quality Assurance Systems.
- Clinical Risk Management with an operational environment.
- Engagement of service users in the development and governance of service.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Highly developed interpersonal & communication skills.
- Ability to motivate others through change and implement difficult policies in a way which engages individuals and teams.
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree. Equivalent Professional/management qualification OR equivalent experience.
- Professional qualification related to the areas of practice within services being managed.
- Masters degree or equivalency.
- Evidence of formal/informal management training.
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership courses/training.
- Project Management.
Supporting Involvement
Essential
- Shows respect and kindness.
- Adopts a nurturing approach to leadership.
- Promotes learning from mistakes, not blame.
- Shows selflessness of delegation.
- Shows strong people skills.
- Demonstrates intelligent and conscious use of collective language.
- Is emotionally engaging.
- Displays high levels of personal integrity.
- Proactively gives praise to others.
- Actively listens and adopts an open style and uses coaching Techniques.
- Clearly communicates a compelling personal motivation.
- Interdependent and self-Accountable.
- Demonstrates a willingness to help others.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate advanced partnership & networking skills.
- Communication that is clear and structured at all times.
- Significant experience and evidence of report writing and skills.
- Demonstrate motivational behaviour.
- Strong and engaging presentation skills.
- Able to prioritise conflicting demands.
- Experience of successful engagement of commissioners.
- Evidence of self-starting Behaviour.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial recent experience of line management and leadership of clinical/non-clinical services.
- Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries (including PVI sector).
Stimulates transformational change
Essential
- Shows a hunger to learn and share new knowledge.
- Demonstrates confidence and openness to adopt and try new things.
- Displays courage to challenge.
- Shows they are resilient and Energetic.
- Enables organisational Development.
- Demonstrates knowledge in the process of change.
- Displays strong evaluation skills.
- Shows they are active, not passive in the process of change i.e., makes an active commitment.
- Demonstrates curiosity by proactively questioning and seeking understanding of situations, contexts and people.
- Employs a dynamic/emergent systems based approach.
- Able to use technologies in change and transformation e.g., process design, project management, clinical research.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Performance Management.
- National & Local Drivers relating to integrated children services.
- Application of Governance and Quality Assurance Systems.
- Clinical Risk Management with an operational environment.
- Engagement of service users in the development and governance of service.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Highly developed interpersonal & communication skills.
- Ability to motivate others through change and implement difficult policies in a way which engages individuals and teams.
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree. Equivalent Professional/management qualification OR equivalent experience.
- Professional qualification related to the areas of practice within services being managed.
- Masters degree or equivalency.
- Evidence of formal/informal management training.
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership courses/training.
- Project Management.
Supporting Involvement
Essential
- Shows respect and kindness.
- Adopts a nurturing approach to leadership.
- Promotes learning from mistakes, not blame.
- Shows selflessness of delegation.
- Shows strong people skills.
- Demonstrates intelligent and conscious use of collective language.
- Is emotionally engaging.
- Displays high levels of personal integrity.
- Proactively gives praise to others.
- Actively listens and adopts an open style and uses coaching Techniques.
- Clearly communicates a compelling personal motivation.
- Interdependent and self-Accountable.
- Demonstrates a willingness to help others.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate advanced partnership & networking skills.
- Communication that is clear and structured at all times.
- Significant experience and evidence of report writing and skills.
- Demonstrate motivational behaviour.
- Strong and engaging presentation skills.
- Able to prioritise conflicting demands.
- Experience of successful engagement of commissioners.
- Evidence of self-starting Behaviour.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial recent experience of line management and leadership of clinical/non-clinical services.
- Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries (including PVI sector).
Stimulates transformational change
Essential
- Shows a hunger to learn and share new knowledge.
- Demonstrates confidence and openness to adopt and try new things.
- Displays courage to challenge.
- Shows they are resilient and Energetic.
- Enables organisational Development.
- Demonstrates knowledge in the process of change.
- Displays strong evaluation skills.
- Shows they are active, not passive in the process of change i.e., makes an active commitment.
- Demonstrates curiosity by proactively questioning and seeking understanding of situations, contexts and people.
- Employs a dynamic/emergent systems based approach.
- Able to use technologies in change and transformation e.g., process design, project management, clinical research.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
