Team Manager CAMHS Intensive Community Support Team

Job summary

Band 8a Team Manager CAMHS ICST 8 month Fixed Term Contract or Internal secondment (1 WTE).

The ICST is a CAMHS team set up to enhance the risk support offer to young people, via the provision of an outreach and intensive intervention team to support the CYP with the most complex needs.

The service operates at the interface of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team & inpatient admission. The team will prioritise CYP presenting with repeating patterns of crisis presentation and associated high risk behaviour.

This service is particularly aimed at meeting the needs of the cohort of young people with complex needs, emotional dysregulation and associated high risk behaviour, for whom an inpatient admission may potentially cause longer term detriment by inadvertently increasing the risk profile.

These young people are likely to have emotional regulation difficulties/ extensive trauma histories/ ASD/ Intellectual Disability and present with high-risk behaviours.

The team is committed to offering intensive, psychologically informed support to ensure the best possible care, in the community.

The team will offer an enhanced model of care to young people and their families working alongside existing services to develop a holistic and integrated personalised plan of care using trauma informed approaches.

Within the senior leadership team learning and development opportunities are supported both through in-house training and external provision.

Main duties of the job

• To take responsibility for the leadership and management of CAMHS Intensive Community Support Team and ensure the provision of an effective quality service which accords with the appropriate profession body.
• To support the wider CAMHS service through consultation to support young people with complex needs via bespoke care plans to avoid hospital admissions wherever possible.
• To demonstrate sound decision-making and problem-solving skills. To demonstrate effective delegation skills.
• To provide highly specialised education in the field of AMHS Intensive Community Support Team.
• To support team leaders and performance manage them with regard to the management of the service budget and resources.
• To manage budgets as required and reporting to commissioners as required.
• Within the senior leadership team learning and development opportunities are supported both through in-house training and external provision.

We provide extensive support and supervision within our team and service.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. 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 serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. 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 can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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