Mental Health Support Team in Schools has a great opportunity due to its expansion. The Wellbeing & Emotional Support Teams (WEST) requires an additional Operational Lead Band 7 due to the addition of schools and staff in our wave 11 expansion programme, to manage our team in Hereford.
Our service provides evidenced based early interventions for CYP ages 5 - 18 experiencing mental health problems in Herefordshire & Worcestershire.
You could be part of an efficient leadership team who are supportive, share knowledge, learn from our experiences, have attractive training packages and the potential of career progression, thus making the workplace a good place to be.
Service is Mon - Fri 9 - 5, multi professional working. This post is for one of the South Worcestershire Teams.
Core to this role is the monitoring of quality and performance via line management supervision. We are set up for virtual working, but days in localities will be expected.
Main duties of the job
* Accurate & contemporaneous electronic records
* Co-ordinate staff resources
* Participate in training
* Positively enhance new integrated ways of working
* Lead in the provision of mentorship and preceptorship of staff or delegate as appropriate
* Regularly review Performance, Quality and Finance information
* Participate in/chair meetings
* Set, monitor, evaluate standards escalating concern & potential for development
* Provide evidence based effective practice & new practice developments, guidelines, legislation, disseminate & implement with others
* Be professionally accountable & responsible
* Provide spontaneous & planned advice, teaching, instruction & education to school staff
* Contribute to clinical governance & quality agenda & lead as appropriate
* Keep informed of & develop strategies for implementing best practice in the service area, and to ensure effective Communication of clinical developments within the service
* Confidentiality is maintained at all times
* Line management & caseload supervision
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive, offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
* Use initiative & take responsibility for themselves & the quality of their work & the service provided to patients.
* Lead, coordinate & develop the provision of an effective & efficient service for CYP.
* Provide day to day leadership, support & supervision of the staff within the MHSTiS as well as supporting the service lead to provide a seamless service.
* Support the effective triaging of patients referred to the teams, supporting the co-ordinated care delivery across the patient pathway.
* Provide expert clinical holistic assessment & evidence based pro-active & reactive interventions to support patients & their carers.
* Lead the teams in the implementation of integrated MDT care planning ensuring patients receive high quality, patient-focussed care at all times.
* For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Ability to challenge poor behaviour
* Role modelling good behaviour
* Ability to work proactively with key stakeholders in Health, Educational settings
* Able to maintain judgement and cope in stressful situations
* Self-motivated / directed and able to motivate others
* Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
* Able to reflect on and critically appraise practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Assertive, confident and enthusiastic.
* Recognise own limits well organised
* Embrace change and service development
* Reliable
* Motivation and ability to study at Masters Level.
* Willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Experience
Essential
* Significant experience of working within community settings
* Experience of Leadership
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience implementing change in practice
* Experience of active engagement in audit and governance activities
Desirable
* Experience of developing new services
* Relevant experience at band 7
Knowledge
Essential
* In depth working knowledge of risk assessment and evidence based approaches.
* High level of knowledge underpinning roles and responsibilities of the professional groups within an MHSTiS
* A high level of understanding of the approaches and models of practice relevant to their professional group
* Work with other agencies
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Practitioner with current registration (i.e. Health / Social Care / Education professional)
* Evidence of relevant post graduate courses / Continual Professional Development maintained in portfolio
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
* Masters Qualification or working towards
* Leadership training
Employer details
Employer name
Address
<2 Kings Court
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1JR
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