Clinical leadership Lead on the service design and implementation of the educational mental health support teams in schools across the agreed locality bases Be a source of child mental health knowledge and expertise and be able to provide direct support and guidance to the Senior Early Intervention Clinician and Educational Mental Health Practitioners in their day to day management of young people that may present with psychological and mental health problems To maintain a high clinical profile, being highly visible, accessible and approachable to staff, children and young people, stakeholders and the public to ensure that open and honest communication channels are created and sustained To ensure the provision of highly specialised and consistent clinical care packages; including minimisation of risk of harm across the service, maintaining an overview of the standards of care being delivered and instigating remedial action if necessary and in accordance with current legislation and Trust policy and procedure Take a strategic lead in developing the team taking a whole school perspective and planning ahead in order to future-proof capacity and effectiveness To monitor all clinical incidents within defined area, observing for trends and need for service or staff development and working with senior leads to inform strategy and service development improvements Effectively manage the performance of staff ensuring that policies and procedures are followed and best practice is maintaine To work with relevant senior leads in assessing the clinical skills required to deliver a safe and high quality service, identifying gaps and supporting developing programmes to address these issue To act as a coach; mentor and resource to staff. To guide and support developmental projects and advise on further resources as appropriate To ensure the delivery of the service within a safeguarding children framework To actively involve young people and their families in the delivery of care To be a champion of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working, ensuring strong working relationships with partner agencies Service Delivery and Development To lead in the development and review of the MHST Schools provision and related policies and protocols as the clinical lead and the manager of the service Identify and escalate any risk within service development and escalate within the CYPS governance process Manage the complex programme of work including all people and financial resources within the remit of the programme Work within a collaborative style both with senior managers within the Trust, and relevant partners To work in partnership with the key stakeholders, and undertake a defined role, in the development of improved pathways of care for young people, supporting choice and flexibility and identifying gaps in service provision To actively participate, and lead in the recruitment and selection of clinical and non-clinical staff ensuring appropriate skill mix for the service To negotiate and agree priorities, deliverables and timescales for the development of the project and ensure that work is delivered on time and to agreed standard To present information on all aspects of the service implementation and delivery activities in a clear and understandable way tailored to suit the needs of the audience. This could be in written, verbal and presentation formats as require To oversee the tracking of progress against plans and milestones, ensuring appropriate processes are in place to flag issues, risks and concerns with relevant stakeholder Be responsible for ensuring that patient contact data is diligently collected and recorded so that the effectiveness of the pilot can be comprehensively evaluated and that specific performance data meets reporting requirement