Clinical Team Manager
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Job summary
Do you have the ambition, creativity and leadership skills to contribute to the development of new mental health services for children and young people?With the National conversation increasingly focused on young people's mental health this is the time to be at the forefront of the development of these services. We are excited to be recruiting a Clinical Team Manager to work in our innovative service in Suffolk: the Mental Health Support Team (MHST). MHSTs are based within schools, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. You will provide operational management and leadership to the team. You will work closely with the Clinical Lead and Psychological Therapist in the team to support the clinical delivery of the service.
This role will be based with established teams based in Thurston, Mildenhall, Haverhill and at West Suffolk College.
We encourage applicants from varied backgrounds, including; nursing, social work, occupational therapy.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be responsible for the operational management of the service to ensure a high-quality service is provided to children and young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. You will build relationships with and work across a range of education settings. There is a strong emphasis on co-production in MHSTs and you will help to drive this forward. You will contribute to the review, development and implementation of service wide policies and protocols.
You will be responsible for the management supervision of the team. You will contribute and lead MDT decisions and be responsible for managing the clinical capacity of the team, taking account of balancing direct individual/family work with whole school/college approaches to supporting emotional wellbeing. You will be accessible for staff, service users, families and carers and act as a point of clinical expertise.
About us
A job in the Suffolk MHSTs will inevitably be challenging and demanding at times, but it will also be immensely rewarding and provide you with great opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a service that has developed a caring, creative and hard-working environment; your ideas about how this new service continues to develop and grow will be highly valued.
This is an exciting time of Transformation of mental health services in Suffolk, which MHSTs are at the forefront of. These changes are driven by the needs of local communities, with the aim of embedding mental health services within the community and truly bringing the expertise to where it is needed. NSFT in collaboration with the Suffolk alliance partners are striving to deliver services within the Thrive framework.
We would welcome any informal conversations about these roles. Please do contact us for more information.
Interviews are anticipated to take place at the end of February.
Details
Date posted
02 February 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£40,057 to £45,839 a year gross per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
246-CFYP3645033-B
Job locations
Honington Primary School
Honington
IP31 1RE
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Honington Primary School
Honington
IP31 1RE
Employer's website
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