Job summary
Trafford CAMHS are looking for an experienced and motivated registered professional to undertake the role of Team Leader providing additional capacity to our senior leadership team. You will possess excellent management skills with a desire to support and develop staff. Utilising strong communication skills and a flexible approach, you will ensure the service delivers positive experiences to patients at every stage of their time with us.
In joining Trafford CAMHS you will be part of a dedicated and enthusiastic team of professionals with a drive to provide an outstanding quality of care. You will manage and supervise clinical staff and work alongside the Senior Leadership Team within the service supporting servcie delivery and development. You are expected to have the necessary clinical skills and knowledge to complete CAMHS clinical and risk assessments where required. You will have experience in CAMHS frameworks and in providing evidence based interventions. You will deputise for the Service Manager as required. The post offers a great opportunity for those wishing to develop into senior management roles.
Main duties of the job
You will be a senior clinician within the team as well as providing a range of operational and line management roles and responsibilities such as:
- Supporting and enabling a team of CAMHS staff to effectively deliver their clinical work
- Perpetuating a positive team culture, good morale and staff well-being and role modelling Trust values
- Oversight of the teams performance & activity.
- Caseload oversight including focus on risk and safeguarding management
- Governance overview including oversight of continuous improvement, quality assurance initiatives and reflective practice.
- HR oversight including performance management and leading appraisals
- Quarterly review and update of job plans for staff.
- Contribute to the planning, development and delivery of service and quality improvements
- Clinically, hold a specific caseload in order to maintain registration and provide high level assessment and intervention in line with the expected level of experience and skill.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- You must be registered/accredited with a professional body. e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BACP
- You must have a recognised qualification. Recognised qualifications are: Doctoral degree in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPS Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH Social Work (CQSW/DipSW) Occupational Therapy
Desirable
- Clinical supervisor qualification/training
- Additional post registration training in specific interventions applicable to children, young people and their families
- Formal management/leadership qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of hard to reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
- Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including autonomous management of a complex caseload which frequently deals with distressing and emotional circumstances.
- Experience of working in the community at management/leadership level including supervising / managing staff or undertaking basic HR functions
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans and effective use of ROMS.
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals, including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion.
- Demonstrate extensive experience of providing specialist CAMHS related consultation/ training and advice
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
- Experience of audit, research and the application of evidencebased practice
Desirable
- Experience of providing a variety of interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
- Community mental health experience across a variety of settings.
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of audit and research
Knowledge, skills, ability
Essential
- The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely.
- Ability to integrate psychological theories and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision.
- The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages.
- To be able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other agencies i.e., education, GP's, maintaining positive working relationships.
- To be able to provide feedback and constructive guidance to junior members of the team and trainees to facilitate their personal and professional development
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Proven leadership ability and knowledge of management systems
Desirable
- Delivery of group work and workshops.
- Advanced IT skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- You must be registered/accredited with a professional body. e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BACP
- You must have a recognised qualification. Recognised qualifications are: Doctoral degree in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPS Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH Social Work (CQSW/DipSW) Occupational Therapy
Desirable
- Clinical supervisor qualification/training
- Additional post registration training in specific interventions applicable to children, young people and their families
- Formal management/leadership qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of hard to reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
- Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including autonomous management of a complex caseload which frequently deals with distressing and emotional circumstances.
- Experience of working in the community at management/leadership level including supervising / managing staff or undertaking basic HR functions
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans and effective use of ROMS.
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals, including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion.
- Demonstrate extensive experience of providing specialist CAMHS related consultation/ training and advice
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
- Experience of audit, research and the application of evidencebased practice
Desirable
- Experience of providing a variety of interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
- Community mental health experience across a variety of settings.
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of audit and research
Knowledge, skills, ability
Essential
- The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely.
- Ability to integrate psychological theories and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision.
- The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages.
- To be able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other agencies i.e., education, GP's, maintaining positive working relationships.
- To be able to provide feedback and constructive guidance to junior members of the team and trainees to facilitate their personal and professional development
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Proven leadership ability and knowledge of management systems
Desirable
- Delivery of group work and workshops.
- Advanced IT skills.
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).
