Job summary
Swindon Borough Council is delighted to
be looking for an exceptional candidate to join our Targeted Mental Health
(TaMHS) team within child and family health services as a full time Senior
Clinical Practitioner. TaMHS are Swindons Getting Help (Tier 2) CAMHS service,
and work with children and young people from 0-18 to deliver short term
evidenced based interventions to improve their mental health and emotional
well-being.
Your
next role
We welcome applications from Registered Mental Health
Nurses, Adult Nurses, Childrens Nurses or Learning Disability Nurses, who are
currently registered with the NMC or a qualified Social Worker currently registered
with the HCPC.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have a good understanding of how mental health issues can impact emotional
development with a relevant experience of working with children, young people
and families in a multi-agency setting.
The ideal candidate would be responsible for managing their own caseload of children and young
people between the ages of 0-18 for which you will co-ordinate care in
conjunction with other professionals in the childrens services teams, schools,
voluntary sector and CAMHS. The
successful candidate will undertake assessments and short-term therapeutic
interventions. You
will also provide clinical, case supervision and appraisals to your direct
reports in the team and ideally would have supervisory or management
experience.
Applicants will be highly motivated with excellent
communication skills and the ability to develop relationships with
professionals, children, young people and their families. IT proficient;
candidates will also demonstrate the ability to work creatively and on your own
initiative. In
return you can expect our commitment to your continuing professional
development.
About us
At
Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our
ambitious vision is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the
people of Swindon at their heart. Because thats who were doing it for the
communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council,
youll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact.
Its all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of
life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.
Candidates must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of
Part 7 of the Immigration Act for the effective performance of a
customer-facing role).
Please note Swindon Borough Council terms
and conditions apply to this role.
As
an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to
work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to
support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.
For
Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. Its why
our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, youll
be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. Well look to you to share
your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your
contributions, well achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon
together. And youll be proud to say it was made better with you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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To work with
the Operational Manager and Professional Lead to ensure the effective day to
day management of TaMHS to ensure the service provides a responsive, high
quality service to service users
To line
manage, co-ordinate and supervise the work of a team of TAMHS practitioners/workers
To provide
clinical case and safeguarding supervision to members of the team
To provide guidance
and consultation as required to other workers around mental health issues in
children and young people
To manage a
caseload of children and young people delivering core and traded services
across Swindon Borough Council
To screen and
triage referrals collaboratively with CAMHS and Project Me identifying risk and
assessing and communicating this appropriately when relevant
To liaise with
Community CAMHS and work in partnership to ensure appropriate and timely
interventions are offered to children and young people
To support the
Operational Manager and Professional Lead in liaising with stakeholders
To ensure
there is good evidence that standards are being met in the services being
delivered
To follow
professional guidelines and Codes of Practice as laid down by Nursing and Midwifery
Council or other professional organisation (Social Work England)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Read full role profile.
To work with
the Operational Manager and Professional Lead to ensure the effective day to
day management of TaMHS to ensure the service provides a responsive, high
quality service to service users
To line
manage, co-ordinate and supervise the work of a team of TAMHS practitioners/workers
To provide
clinical case and safeguarding supervision to members of the team
To provide guidance
and consultation as required to other workers around mental health issues in
children and young people
To manage a
caseload of children and young people delivering core and traded services
across Swindon Borough Council
To screen and
triage referrals collaboratively with CAMHS and Project Me identifying risk and
assessing and communicating this appropriately when relevant
To liaise with
Community CAMHS and work in partnership to ensure appropriate and timely
interventions are offered to children and young people
To support the
Operational Manager and Professional Lead in liaising with stakeholders
To ensure
there is good evidence that standards are being met in the services being
delivered
To follow
professional guidelines and Codes of Practice as laid down by Nursing and Midwifery
Council or other professional organisation (Social Work England)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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- Relevant qualification; Registered Mental Health Nurse, Adult Nurse, Childrens Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse, and currently registered with the NMC or a Social Work qualification and currently registered with Social Work England.
- Relevant and recent post qualification training and experience within children and young peoples mental health services
Desirable
Experience
Essential
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- Relevant recent experience of children and young peoples mental health services
- Knowledge of local Safeguarding procedures
- IT literate and experience of use of databases and software including interpretation and reporting of analysis of information and data
- Knowledge of escalation and relevant policies
- Relevant experience of working with children, young people and families.
- Relevant experience of a variety of settings
- Knowledge and experience of implementing and evaluating evidence-based interventions
- Experienced at using a wide range of communication skills to a high level
- Knowledge and experience of supervision policies, procedures and supervision of staff
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Read full role profile.
- Relevant qualification; Registered Mental Health Nurse, Adult Nurse, Childrens Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse, and currently registered with the NMC or a Social Work qualification and currently registered with Social Work England.
- Relevant and recent post qualification training and experience within children and young peoples mental health services
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Read full role profile.
- Relevant recent experience of children and young peoples mental health services
- Knowledge of local Safeguarding procedures
- IT literate and experience of use of databases and software including interpretation and reporting of analysis of information and data
- Knowledge of escalation and relevant policies
- Relevant experience of working with children, young people and families.
- Relevant experience of a variety of settings
- Knowledge and experience of implementing and evaluating evidence-based interventions
- Experienced at using a wide range of communication skills to a high level
- Knowledge and experience of supervision policies, procedures and supervision of staff
Desirable
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.
