Job overview
Do you have an interest in working with young people? Do you enjoy working to support young people and their families to meet their full potential?
Do you enjoy leading others to provide a high-quality service to others?
We are delighted at the prospect of recruiting a Duty Lead to join our supportive and innovative Getting Help / Getting More Help team in the Buckinghamshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. This is part of Buckinghamshire-wide mental health and well-being service which is designed to provide young people with expert help from one easy access point and is and run by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
If you've got a background as a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist and want to take a step up into management - We want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
1. To support and enhance the clinical care of patients and their parents/carer whilst they are on a treatment specific pathway.
2. Offer timely liaison with both internal and external partners, families signposting opportunities to support recovery, and parent & carers psychoeducational sessions to improve understanding.
3. To work directly with children, young people and families to ensure that they are well engaged in their CAMHS service offer.
4. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that offers a whole systems approach to the short- and long-term management of mental illness that works across the whole CAMH service.
5. Manage and lead a small team of support workers within the service.
Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
6. Excellent opportunities for career progression
7. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
8. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
9. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
10. Competitive pension scheme
11. Lease car scheme
12. Cycle to work scheme
13. Employee Assistance Programme
14. Mental Health First Aiders
15. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
16. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We spoke with the team and here's what they said about working in CAMHS:
"I cannot speak highly enough of the team I work with. Getting more help is full of compassionate, kind, hardworking people who are an absolute pleasure to work with. Best team I have ever worked in by far!"
"I am incredibly proud to work for our Trust and to work with so many people who are so committed to helping to support young people and their families. CAMHS feels like one big family, and it is a great place to be where everyone works collaboratively and helps supports each other in the quest to trying to provide the best care to our patients."
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
17. An interest in working with young people with mental health presentations
Experience
Essential criteria
18. Evidence of supporting children, adolescents or adults with a background of mental health conditions.
19. Experience of risk assessment and safeguarding of young people
Desirable criteria
20. Experience of working with clients with mental health conditions in either the community, an inpatient setting, social care setting or a specialist educational establishment.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
21. Undergraduate degree qualification - RMN, OT, Social Work or SALT
22. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
23. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
24. We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
25. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
26. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
27. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
28. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
29. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing