This is an exciting opportunity to work within an award winning service whom support the emotional and mental health needs of young people up to the age of 19. As a senior member of the network of multi-disciplinary CAMHS teams across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, to manage the #Thrive Service to provide high quality assessment and intervention of the mental health needs of children and young people. To manage the services clinicians and provide supervision for team members undertaking assessment and a range of interventions/managing caseloads. To develop and implement therapeutic plans of care for children and young people with mental health needs. Supporting the service to deliver training and Consultation to other children's agencies. To liaise with other agencies regarding the implementation of care plans and the management of risk for children and young people. To promote and support mental health awareness in agencies supporting children and young people in HMR.
Main duties of the job
1. To ensure high quality clinical assessment of young people and their families referred to the #Thrive.
2. To manage and clinically supervise practitioners in managing their own caseloads.
3. To be responsible for and manage a (reduced) defined caseload (as agreed with Operational Manager) and undertake key-worker responsibilities within the caseload, making autonomous decisions concerning service delivery, risk management, referrals to other agencies and discharge.
4. To make independent clinical decisions about the appropriate therapeutic interventions for each young person, in accordance with individual assessed need, and to provide or provide access to this intervention, including those young people with learning difficulties.
About us
Working for us you will find a busy but supportive environment. Regular supervision and a friendly and supportive place to work.
Job responsibilities
1. To work strategically with the CAMHS Operational manager, the commissioning partners and other agencies in order to continue to develop the support and pathways across the services.
2. To be responsible for the implementation of the stepped care CAMHS service and Pennine Care NHS Trust and to meet standards and targets developed for this service.
3. To play a leading role with the strategic and operational direction of the service within Pennine Care and the CAMHS Directorate via Clinical and Social Care Governance Groups.
4. To manage practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds within the service, to recruit and support new staff as appropriate and to implement HR processes and Pennine Care procedures within the service.
5. To clinically supervise the work of staff within the service.
6. To keep the Operational Manager informed of developments and issues within the service.
Person Specification
Experience
* Highly Developed Knowledge of mental health issues in young people.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation and National Policies in relation to children and young people.
* Highly developed knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group.
* Knowledge and experience of working with young people with learning disability.
* Evidence of Post qualifying training courses / certificates.
Education/Qualifications
* Registered Nurse - Mental Health with NMC registration/Social worker with SW registration.
* Short courses and/or experience to post graduate diploma level.
Knowledge
* Substantial experience of working within a health delivered child and adolescent mental health outpatient/community service or of Adult Mental Health Services.
* Experience of the CPA model.
* Experience of clinically supervising the work of others.
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to perform complex diagnostic assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions.
* Ability to develop packages of care based on assessed needs.
* Ability to develop a range of therapeutic activities across a range of settings.
* Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs.
* Ability to provide and receive complex sensitive or contentious information often within a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
* Ability to act in consultation/supervision/training capacity with professionals.
* Ability to develop liaison/links and familiarity with other professional networks.
* Ability to prioritise key tasks, and targets for intervention.
* Ability to evaluate service initiatives for effectiveness/outcome.
* Ability to work as a member of a team within and beyond organisational boundaries.
* Ability to keep accurate activity data for audit/evaluation.
* Ability to work strategically to develop the 16-17yr service.
* Ability to develop and audit the effectiveness of protocols.
* Ability to manage other staff to meet targets and objectives of the service.
* Ability to implement HR procedures as appropriate.
* Ability to use systems approach.
* Ability to provide leadership for the service.
* Ability to manage and to work autonomously with case load.
* Ability to work flexibly and innovatively.
* Ability to operate with an unpredictable work pattern.
* Ability to work in situations that are often highly emotionally charged and where individuals may be antagonistic/aggressive.
Work Related Circumstances
* Ability to work unsocial hours and weekends.
* Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
* Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies.
* Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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.
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