An opportunity has arisen to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic and confident Team Manager with the appropriate experience and skills into Wakefield CAMHS. The successful applicant will manage our Eating Disorder team. An additional team will be added to the successful applicant's portfolio, however this will be confirmed after some service changes.
You will be responsible for the effective day-to-day delivery and management of resources in the teams.
As a member of the leadership team, you will contribute to the wider aims of the service through joint working, providing supervision to other professionals, participation in service development/research.
You will need to have excellent communication and engagement skills and a commitment to improving service delivery. You will be expected to demonstrate a good understanding of the delivery of child and adolescent mental health services and experience of leadership.
We look forward to hearing from you and informal visits are strongly encouraged. Please contact Chloe Sennitt on 01977 735865.
Main duties of the job
Who are we looking for?
* Has excellent communication and engagement skills.
* Has leadership and management skills and experience.
* Wants to be part of a committed and successful leadership team.
* Has a sense of achievement and feels rewarded by supporting young people and their families.
* Has skills to manage the demand and capacity within the team in line with service targets.
* Is dynamic, flexible, creative, professional and reflective.
* Keeps children and young people at the heart of their work and can promote their wellbeing.
* Can continue to improve quality in our service, supporting their team to work in new and inspiring ways.
* Has a current registration in line with the person specification.
Please contact the service and we will answer any questions you may have about the role and the eligibility to apply.
About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities; we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we’re run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be responsible for the leadership, coordination and management of CAMHS related to meeting the needs of children and young people as identified by the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will carry a small caseload.
* To facilitate and be responsible for effective multi-disciplinary multi-agency team working to meet the needs of all who access the service.
* To ensure that mechanisms are in place to manage, monitor and review clinical and admin staff within the services.
* To ensure the effective management and continuous development of the team, providing leadership to all staff which encourages the development of a qualitative, evidence-based service.
* To promote safeguarding and the welfare of children, young people and staff.
* To manage the demand and capacity within the team in line with service targets, capacity and demand.
Person Specification
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
* Excellent verbal and communication skills.
* Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
* Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills.
* Customer service orientation.
* Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
* IT skills.
* Ability to support and empower staff.
* Time management/prioritisation skills of self and others.
* Experience in leading audits and service evaluation.
Training
Essential
* Experience of delivering training to others.
Physical Attributes
Essential
* Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Qualifications
Essential
* Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
* Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
* Membership of professional body.
* First level qualification/degree/Certificate in Management Studies or equivalent experience.
Desirable
* Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
* Masters Level qualification.
* A teaching and assessing qualification.
Personal Attributes
Essential
* Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
* Commitment to multi-agency approach/working.
* Ability to work and make decisions under pressure where there are frequent interruptions from team members needing advice regarding clinical staffing or operational issues.
* Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
* Integrity.
* Vision about clinical practice and service development.
* Ability to learn and take on new initiatives/roles.
* Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations.
* Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
* Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
* Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
* To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
* A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
* To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
Experience
Essential
* Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
* Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
* Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
* Multidisciplinary team working.
* Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
* Experience of teaching and assessing.
* To have experience in recruitment and retention and sickness absence.
* Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
* Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
* Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence-based practice.
* Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
* Experience of community settings.
Employer details
Employer name
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Airedale Health Centre
The Square
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 3JJ
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