Head of Service - CAMHS Nottingham City Council Location: Hybrid Salary: £61,356 - £67,036 per annum Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for improving the lives of children and young people in Nottingham City? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you to join our experienced and innovative Leadership Team as our new Head of Service CAMHS. As the Head of Service CAMHS, you will have the opportunity to develop and manage the strategy and vision for the CAMHS service, promoting the Council's values and priorities to employees, stakeholders, and the community. You will be responsible for delivering on plans and KPIs, translating them into clear objectives for your team to make a positive difference in the lives of children and families. With services such as the Targeted CAMHS service, Mental Health Support Teams, and the Healthy Little Minds infant mental health service, we offer a range of mental health therapeutic services to our citizens. You will have the chance to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people. We are seeking a dynamic leader who will develop and manage the strategy and vision for the CAMHS service and effectively promote the service and the Council’s vision, values, aims, objectives and priorities to employees, Nottingham’s citizens, partners, and local and national stakeholders. You will be accountable for delivering on the CAMHS/Council plans, and the commissioned KPI’s for each service. To translate this into clear goals and objectives for employees to deliver outcomes that make a positive difference to infants, children, young people and families. The postholder will take a lead role in robust decision making through the promotion of good governance, policy review and effective options appraisals that balance financial risk and organisational ambitions and promises. You will be required to ensure that there is robust clinical decision making for each service, ensuring that mental health and safeguarding risk is well managed by utilising sound clinical supervision models. Nottingham City council is a leading authority and offers best practice in the hosting of, and the management of a CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) and pathway for the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people, supported by a strong multi-disciplinary partnership. Our CAMHS SPA works in partnership with our multiagency safeguarding hub and is constantly developing to achieve high standards of swift and easy access to evidenced based emotional health advice, support and care for children and young people and families. Our service also manages the Nottingham city pathway for the Specialist CAMHS Services provided by the NHS Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust. What we can offer you Joining Nottingham at this point in our improvement journey will give the right person a unique opportunity to develop their leadership career being creative, innovative and to develop our services and Offer to our Care Leavers. With the new inspection framework for Care Leavers, there has never been a better time to be able to co-create and shape a service that has Care Leavers at the heart of everything we do. We offer a competitive salary and a range of employee benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), and flexible and remote working options. Members of the NHS Pension Scheme can transfer their pension to the LGPS scheme. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion, and we particularly encourage candidates from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic communities and those with disabilities to apply. If you are a visionary leader with experience in developing services and driving change in the field of mental health, we want to hear from you. Join us in making a difference in the lives of children and young people in Nottingham City. Please check out our award winning NottAlone website for further information about our services and provider pathways, and to learn more about the current offers. Mental Health Support Services For People In Nottinghamshire | NottAlone Closing date for applications : 1st December 2024 (mid-day) Shortlisting W/c 2nd December 2024 Assessment Centre & Interview: W/c 9th December 2024 (TBC)