Job summary
We are looking for a strong leader and clinician to lead our Brent CAMHS team. You will be joining a supportive, innovative and busy service. If you are looking for a new challenge, and are ready to take on this crucial leadership role, please ensure to read all the information available.
Please note this role is an on-site role.
The postholder will take day to day operational management responsibility in the planning, directing and performance management of the Brent CAMHS team and work of all local CAMHS contracted services. The post holder will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based, needs led and service user and carer focused. They will provide clear leadership, in partnership with the Service Manager in order to ensure access to timely treatment and intervention by well-led and motivated staff that contributes to promoting safety and achievement for all children and young people.
The post holder is expected to offer a clinical day to undertake clinical assessment and intervention in line with registration, CPD and service needs.
Main duties of the job
About us
CNWL CAMHS offers community mental health services across five London Boroughs, and one in Milton Keynes. Under the wider CAMHS services we have two in-patient units; Collingham Gardens for under 13-year olds and Lavender Walk, an adolescent unit, in inner London, as well our local MHST's. There is also a specialist CYP Eating Disorders Service that sits within our all age Eating Disorders Service and the ACTS team, is co-located with us at Monks Park.
You will be expected to support the development of all staff and a commitment to meaningful engagement with children & young people, families and other stakeholders to help continuously improve our services is essential as well as ensuring clinicians are encouraged to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will take the lead in and actively encourage and support staff to build strong links with other providers of community resources and utilise all available resources to meet the identified needs of individual patients. They will ensure that commissioning priorities of the NWL-ICB and Brent council are adhered to and take day to day responsibility for the management and smooth running of the referral, assessment and patient allocation processes. The post holder will work with the Service Manager and other local senior clinicians to ensure that team performance targets are consistently met by developing and implementing improvement plans as and when necessary.
The post holder will provide robust people management, finance management, performance management, and stakeholder management to ensure successful delivery of Service specifications to ensure Children and Young People and their parents or carers receive good quality and safe services.
See attached candidate pack for full information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will take the lead in and actively encourage and support staff to build strong links with other providers of community resources and utilise all available resources to meet the identified needs of individual patients. They will ensure that commissioning priorities of the NWL-ICB and Brent council are adhered to and take day to day responsibility for the management and smooth running of the referral, assessment and patient allocation processes. The post holder will work with the Service Manager and other local senior clinicians to ensure that team performance targets are consistently met by developing and implementing improvement plans as and when necessary.
The post holder will provide robust people management, finance management, performance management, and stakeholder management to ensure successful delivery of Service specifications to ensure Children and Young People and their parents or carers receive good quality and safe services.
See attached candidate pack for full information.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree Level Training in a relevant clinical discipline
- Management qualification
- HCPC or other relevant professional registration
- Recent safeguarding children training
Desirable
- Additional training/qualifications in relevant CAMHS assessment and treatment approaches
- Training qualification
- CBT supervisor CYP IAPT trained
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary CAMHS team
- Experience of operationally managing or coordinating a team of clinicians
- Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context including appraisal
- Experience of operationally managing a large multidisciplinary team
- Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training to colleagues
- Fluent in an additional language
- Experience of developing and delivering mental health awareness and bespoke CAMHS training to non CAMHS professionals
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly
- Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk
- Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice
- Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices ofCYP IAT
- Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support
- Demonstrates strong leadership skill and qualities and ability to support others through periods of change
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree Level Training in a relevant clinical discipline
- Management qualification
- HCPC or other relevant professional registration
- Recent safeguarding children training
Desirable
- Additional training/qualifications in relevant CAMHS assessment and treatment approaches
- Training qualification
- CBT supervisor CYP IAPT trained
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary CAMHS team
- Experience of operationally managing or coordinating a team of clinicians
- Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context including appraisal
- Experience of operationally managing a large multidisciplinary team
- Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training to colleagues
- Fluent in an additional language
- Experience of developing and delivering mental health awareness and bespoke CAMHS training to non CAMHS professionals
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly
- Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk
- Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice
- Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices ofCYP IAT
- Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support
- Demonstrates strong leadership skill and qualities and ability to support others through periods of change
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).