Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity within our Doncaster Mental Health Support Teams for a Band 7 Team Lead to support the exciting expansion of our service. We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic, and child-focused person to join our team.
Doncaster With Me In Mind (Mental Health Support Teams) are one of the national 'trailblazer' sites for developing mental health support in schools and reducing waiting times for access to specialist services. This is a really exciting time for the team as it continues to develop, implementing 'New Ways of Working' and a new service model underpinned by the national initiative for transforming children and young people's mental health.
Currently, we have established teams in over 70% of education settings across Doncaster. As part of the first wave trailblazer, Wave 8, 12 and now wave 14 the service continues to expand with plans to have full 100% coverage by 2030. We have an exciting opportunity within our Doncaster Mental Health Support Teams for a:
Band 7 Mental Health Support Team Lead X 1 Doncaster.
Main duties of the job
Team Leads will support practitioners in both educational and health settings to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems using evidence based interventions. The post holder will support the day to day running of the team, and will demonstrate an understanding of the MHST model, service development and have some leadership experience.
Should you have any queries or require any further information or assistance, please contact Richard Bryan Clinical Lead richardbryan@nhs.net or Lyndsey Burkinshaw lyndsey.burkinshaw@nhs.net
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website: https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more: https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here: https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant health/social care Degree or equivalent body e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist
- Professional registration.
Desirable
- Additional training/qualification in leadership
- Master's Degree or equivalent
- A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading teams and supervising staff and students at all levels.
- Experience of working in children's services e.g. Children's mental health, social care or education.
- A successful track record in making improvements in service delivery
- Ability to demonstrate operational effectiveness
- Able to demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and autonomy
- Experience in presenting high level information to large groups of people
- Demonstrable substantial post qualification experience, including experience of working with clients with mental health problems and working with children and families in particular
- Experience of developing complex clinical formulations with children and families and within MDT's.
Desirable
- Experience of change management
- Experience in performance management
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (written and Oral)
- Highly competent in decision making regarding ongoing patient care based on clinical and risk factors
- Theoretical and practical knowledge in areas of child and adolescent mental health and good awareness of key drivers in the field
- High level of problem solving and planning skills
- An understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Health Code of Practice
- Understanding of confidentiality.
- Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles
- An understanding of performance management systems and the importance of achieving targets.
- An understanding of the risk management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and use de-escalation techniques effectively
- Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role model
- Ability to motivate others
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Able to manage staff and their caseloads and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team
- Good clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Flexible approach to problem solving
- Team work
- Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimize patient management
- Provide Clinical and management supervision to colleagues
- Time management
- IT literate - use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Internet
- Manage a varied workload and deliver to deadlines under pressure
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant health/social care Degree or equivalent body e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist
- Professional registration.
Desirable
- Additional training/qualification in leadership
- Master's Degree or equivalent
- A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading teams and supervising staff and students at all levels.
- Experience of working in children's services e.g. Children's mental health, social care or education.
- A successful track record in making improvements in service delivery
- Ability to demonstrate operational effectiveness
- Able to demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and autonomy
- Experience in presenting high level information to large groups of people
- Demonstrable substantial post qualification experience, including experience of working with clients with mental health problems and working with children and families in particular
- Experience of developing complex clinical formulations with children and families and within MDT's.
Desirable
- Experience of change management
- Experience in performance management
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (written and Oral)
- Highly competent in decision making regarding ongoing patient care based on clinical and risk factors
- Theoretical and practical knowledge in areas of child and adolescent mental health and good awareness of key drivers in the field
- High level of problem solving and planning skills
- An understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Health Code of Practice
- Understanding of confidentiality.
- Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles
- An understanding of performance management systems and the importance of achieving targets.
- An understanding of the risk management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and use de-escalation techniques effectively
- Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role model
- Ability to motivate others
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Able to manage staff and their caseloads and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team
- Good clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Flexible approach to problem solving
- Team work
- Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimize patient management
- Provide Clinical and management supervision to colleagues
- Time management
- IT literate - use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Internet
- Manage a varied workload and deliver to deadlines under pressure
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).
