MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: STRATEGIC Working with the CEO, Board of Trustees and Senior Leadership Group (SLG) to set the strategic vision and direction for the service in alignment with the organisations strategic objectives and values; ensuring that Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) is embedded through all clinical working practices To lead and be accountable for the delivery of excellent clinical standards of practice, drive a culture of clinical effectiveness, equity, inclusion, and continuous improvement of practice outcomes Responsible for providing clinical leadership and quality control across the organisation and to ensure adherence and competence to evidence-based models in the service offer To provide and develop a working environment and culture of trust, openness and effective interteam working which fosters high morale, commitment and optimum performance across the workforce, whilst also promoting employee wellbeing, professional and personal development Responsible for visible and inclusive leadership and specifically the line management of the MHST Specialist Lead, MHEWS Lead and iSPA and Systems Lead and promoting collaborative working To lead, nurture and develop relationships with key partner organisations both locally and nationally, statutory and non-statutory, enabling Bromley Y to collaborate with best in class organisations to deliver inclusive solutions and effective outcomes for children and young people, parents and carers Take shared organisational responsibility with the CEO, Board of Trustees for the financial performance of the organisation including the implementation of budgets Be a key spokesperson and representative for Bromley Y at key events, including meetings with funders and key stakeholders MAIN DUTIES To ensure that all staff keep accurate and appropriate records, providing information for monitoring and evaluation as required by Bromley Y policies and procedures and in line with good practise To ensure that all staff in the service comply with all organisational policies and procedures and the staff Code of Conduct and work in accordance with the Bromley Ys objectives, values and policies To identify staff training requirements and to lead, participate in and actively contribute to individual supervision, training and team meetings as required To ensure effective risk management at team level by identifying and assessing all risks to your systems, processes and environment and reporting such risks to the CEO and Senior Leadership Group To provide clinical leadership and quality control and to ensure adherence and competence to evidence-based models in the service offer To develop processes that actively engage and represent service user participation, organisational values, EDI principles and the voice of vulnerable marginalised groups Promote and capture the childs voice across functions to help inform service design LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES Develop workforce knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities in service delivery Lead and direct EDI Steering Group, ensuring accountability for EDI clinical action actions Work with the HR Lead in overseeing the EDI Coordinators and developing and embedding their roles in the organisation structure To role model inclusive behaviour and lead in an inclusive way, setting clear standards of behaviour and holding others to account To provide clinical leadership across Bromley Y, ensuring that a high quality service is delivered for children and young people as part of early identification and intervention for children and young people with emotional and mental health needs To ensure continuous performance improvement of the service reviewing contract agreed Key Performance Indicators and to promote initiative, creativity and motivation to ensure staff personal development and training needs are addressed In collaboration with the CEO and the Senior Leadership Group implement service developments and changes whilst ensuring that all operational implications are considered and disruption to clinical services is minimised To participate in the development of an effective culture and the development of collaborative and productive working relationships throughout Bromley Y To facilitate the development of a positive and supportive culture within Bromley Y by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict To take an active interest to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols and guidelines To undertake clinical audits as identified by the CEO and the Senior Leadership Group To contribute to the development of workforce planning, ensuring that the skills mix within Bromley Y is correct and is used effectively to produce a high quality service To be involved in the recruitment and selection of staff, as appropriate To be responsible with the CEO and the Senior Leadership Group for service delivery to children and their families, of effective therapeutic approaches, being informed by the NICE guidelines to support best evidence based practices for children and their parents/carers, supporting Bromley Y in creating a psychologically safe organisation PRACTICE RESPONSIBILITIES To deliver specialist evidence based therapeutic interventions with a small caseload of children and parents/carers To maintain their own professional qualifications and continued professional development by keeping abreast of current training and practice in such area and ensuring practice is supported by research, evidence based practice, literature and peer review To decide on an appropriate course of action with the professionals involved, providing advice, support and knowledge of appropriate resources for the emotional wellbeing of children and their parents/carers Assess and develop pathway plans of care to meet the complex needs of children and young people. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes and activity To lead the review and revision of the organisations Clinical Policies and Procedures ensuring they are up to date to enable the effective delivery of services and depth of impact To have oversight of outcomes and support staff in meeting the practice standards at Bromley Y To provide consultation, supervision, training and support to teams throughout Bromley Y to effective work with emotional and mental health problems To work alongside others to demonstrate knowledge and skills to plan and critically evaluate the implementation of the early intervention role to meet the mental health needs of children and young people To ensure access to high quality supervision for staff including direct supervision for senior practitioners ensuring that all case and supervision records are in line with best practice and Bromley Y policies and procedures, reflecting best practice standards of practitioner registration affiliations and cross-organisational standards of practice as a BACP organisational member Facilitate dialogue with all staff regarding best practice, in order that Bromley Y facilitates the provision of leading edge evidence-based practice which promotes anti-discriminatory practice, cultural competence and equality of opportunity Engage and work proactively with stakeholders to ensure that Bromley Y is actively promoting improvements in access, experience and outcomes for all children and young people who are experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health problems To ensure that children and their parents/carers are provided with information and education ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life EDUCATION AND TRAINING Ensure that all requirements for HCPC, BACP or UKCP registration are met by staff Identify training needs across the supervisees and develop routes for CPD in coordination with the Practice Leads Attend locally and nationally organised training appropriate to the work role To ensure knowledge and skills are continuously developed and maintained at a high level of competence To identify training needs through supervision and personal development plans To design and deliver both internal and suitable external training services and take part in their evaluation To participate in and develop service wide projects and training initiatives to ensure that the service is accessible to children and young people, regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and learning/neurodevelopmental difference To provide support and guidance to others with the aim of improving skills, knowledge and facilitating reflective practice RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT To work with others to develop practice protocols and audit tools, in order to collect the relevant statistical information to underpin service evaluation and record keeping To implement national audit tools and review with colleagues nationally and locally To be key in obtaining service user views and feedback on support provided to ensure the delivery of accessible provision To comply with relevant professional codes of conduct To contribute to establishing essential networks, knowledge base of resources and maintain links with relevant community organisations To contributing to identifying service needs and gaps regarding childrens mental health and wellbeing Develop skills in service evaluation and audit to ensure the overall development of the service To maintain awareness of up-to-date research and development pertaining to advances in child and young peoples emotional wellbeing and mental health issues To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews To contribute to the evaluation of all areas of service delivery, client and professional satisfaction and the impact of interventions