Job summary
The Building Resilience and Strength team (BRS) is Southampton's multi agency CAMHS Service and we are looking for a Service Manager with a passion for delivering outstanding quality of care to lead the next phase of our service development.
The BRS provides an integrated multi agency service to some of the most at risk and vulnerable children and young people in Southampton. The service provides short to medium term high intensity intervention with the aim of preventing hospital admission or placement outside of the family home. The service works in very close partnership with the Specialist CAMHS and Social Work teams alongside other key partner relationships within education and third sector providers. Multi agency partnership working is strong within Southampton, and this is well demonstrated by this long standing service made up of a wide range of multi-agency professionals demonstrating the positive outcomes that are able to be achieved for young people when health, social care and education work cohesively together.
In response to the changing needs of children and families the BRS is expanding its offer to include a short stay residential unit. The unit will offer bespoke contributions to a young persons care to help manage crisis situations. We are looking for a Service Manager with the right skills, attributes and experience to take a lead in the development and mobilisation of this unit.
Main duties of the job
Acting as the strategic lead for the development, implementation and delivery of Specialist Mental Health Services through the BRS within the Child and Family service line for Southampton, the role will be responsible for establishing core care pathways and service standards. They will ensure a safe and effective patient service is provided and under the supervision and management of the Head of Service for Mental Health to manage the integrated clinical, operational, staffing and financial performance associated with the service.
Working under the supervision and management of the Head of Service for Mental Health, to act as the strategic lead for the delivery of the three core service delivery areas under the BRS portfolio -crisis care, therapeutic provision and the short stay residential unit. The role will ensure the optimisation of service delivery to children looked after and the delivery of seamless services to children and young people whose needs span across multiple agencies.
The BRS Service Manager will be responsible for the visible leadership of core staff groups through to the service line senior leadership team and line management of respective senior managers.
Using their leadership skills, they will be a visible, accessible and professionally authoritative presence, providing leadership, management and supervision.
About us
Make a difference with us
If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.
To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access
To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work
To deliver the best value for money
Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.
In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.
We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.
We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Shape the structure and delivery model for integrated CAMHS delivery working both internally to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services portfolio and externally with key partners to develop teams able to deliver integrated care pathways.
*Lead the operational development of the BRS to streamline processes to maximise the productivity of the teams and create an increasingly effective service to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people and their families.
*Support senior managers within the health economy & local children's services to accelerate partnership working and integrated service models with a view to achieving savings from reducing duplication.
* Consider the specialist BRS team roles and how they can best provide expert consultation within integrated networks to influence joined up care in a local area for a child, young person and their family and skilling up local practitioners to deliver ongoing intervention.
*Build transparent and collaborative working relationships with NHS England, schools and other local Provider Trusts to optimise delivery of care for children and young people.
*Benchmark service models and outcomes against national and regional practice.
*Identify relevant evidenced-based / informed practice in relation to intervention design, competencies for delivery of measurement standards and apply these to services.
*Translate evidenced based / informed practice into strategy for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health agenda in Southampton.
*Develop a performance monitoring framework for the programmes of care within the service, ensuring all contractual and regulatory standards are met safely.
*Research, design and implement integrated partnership delivery models with key partners for children, young people and families.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Shape the structure and delivery model for integrated CAMHS delivery working both internally to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services portfolio and externally with key partners to develop teams able to deliver integrated care pathways.
*Lead the operational development of the BRS to streamline processes to maximise the productivity of the teams and create an increasingly effective service to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people and their families.
*Support senior managers within the health economy & local children's services to accelerate partnership working and integrated service models with a view to achieving savings from reducing duplication.
* Consider the specialist BRS team roles and how they can best provide expert consultation within integrated networks to influence joined up care in a local area for a child, young person and their family and skilling up local practitioners to deliver ongoing intervention.
*Build transparent and collaborative working relationships with NHS England, schools and other local Provider Trusts to optimise delivery of care for children and young people.
*Benchmark service models and outcomes against national and regional practice.
*Identify relevant evidenced-based / informed practice in relation to intervention design, competencies for delivery of measurement standards and apply these to services.
*Translate evidenced based / informed practice into strategy for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health agenda in Southampton.
*Develop a performance monitoring framework for the programmes of care within the service, ensuring all contractual and regulatory standards are met safely.
*Research, design and implement integrated partnership delivery models with key partners for children, young people and families.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree level or equivalent experience
- Management training / qualification or equivalent experience
- In date professional qualification & registration
- Registered Nurse/AHP (NMC/HCPC registered)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading in a similarly complex environment, across organisational boundaries in children's services
- Experience of delivering integrated services by leading multi-disciplinary teams, equivalent to post graduate level
- Experience of developing teams to achieve stretching objectives and performance targets
- Experience of managing budgets and sizable workforce -- accountable for direct line management
- Experience of delivering complex services or work programmes at scale and pace, with innovative design approaches proven through outcome delivery
Desirable
- Experience of leading specialist clinical child and adolescent mental health services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree level or equivalent experience
- Management training / qualification or equivalent experience
- In date professional qualification & registration
- Registered Nurse/AHP (NMC/HCPC registered)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading in a similarly complex environment, across organisational boundaries in children's services
- Experience of delivering integrated services by leading multi-disciplinary teams, equivalent to post graduate level
- Experience of developing teams to achieve stretching objectives and performance targets
- Experience of managing budgets and sizable workforce -- accountable for direct line management
- Experience of delivering complex services or work programmes at scale and pace, with innovative design approaches proven through outcome delivery
Desirable
- Experience of leading specialist clinical child and adolescent mental health services
