Clinical Programme Team THRIVE Lead

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

2 WTE posts available.

This is an exciting opportunity for two experienced CAMHS Clinicians to join the Tavistock and Portman (T&P) Clinical Programme Team in a clinical and strategic leadership role. The T&P Surrey Mindworks Clinical Programme Team as part of an Alliance Partnership is leading on the implementation and embedding of the THRIVE Framework for System Change (Wolpert et al., 2019) across the newly created Surrey Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health (EWMH) Service.

This is a role that will involve consultation, supervision and training, as well as clinical work in SABP clinical teams, alongside other services within the Alliance Partnership.

These two posts will be based for the majority of the time within the North West of the county of Surrey, one in the Community CYPS and one based in the School Based Needs Service.

We are looking for clinicians with experience of working in a THRIVE Framework aligned service who are creative, highly motivated, show initiative and are passionate about capacity building and service development.

NB: With regards to Higher Cost Area Supplement (HCAS), post holders will be based in Surrey and will therefore receive Fringe weighting

Main duties of the job

The post holder will hold a strategic and clinical leadership role which will be pivotal to the implementation and embedding of the THRIVE Framework for system change. As part of a team of highly motivated, well qualified and senior group of CAMHS Clinicians (approximately 9WTE), they will be one of four THRIVE Leads driving the culture and operational changerequired to support the implementation and embedding of the THRIVE Framework in Mindworks Surrey. They will be partly based in a SABP clinical service and have a clinical caseload, providing CAMHS input to children, young people and their families and carers, who are referred to the service.

Alongside other senior clinicians in the team, the post holder will support the TPFT team to develop and embed practice of the THRIVE Framework for system change (Wolpert et al.,2019). The post holder will have strategic and clinical lead roles in areas as required, e.g. staff engagement and training programmes; research and audit; service evaluation; contributing to development of skills and knowledge of the team in areas such as NICE guidelines, contributing to improve the team's overall performance and functioning; etc.

The post holder will be expected to spend most of their time in Surrey with links and connection to the TPFT base. There will be two such posts, both based for the majority of the time within the North West of the county of Surrey, one in the Community CYPS and one based in theSchool Based Needs Service.

About us

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.

With 500 staff across a number of sites, we are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people's lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health.

For more information, please access the following link:https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/

We are looking for clinicians with experience of working in a THRIVE Framework aligned service who are creative, highly motivated, show initiative and are passionate about capacity building and service development. If this is you please apply!

Date posted

10 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,079 to £67,177 a year pa inc Fringe HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

260-TP-274-A

Job locations

Surrey

North West Surrey

Surrey

KT16 9FG


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working with client population.
  • Strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery.
  • Knowledge and experience of working in THRIVE
  • Experience of working within a specialist psychological therapist service High level of expertise in managing and treating the client group with complex mental presentations
  • Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets
  • Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population
  • Experience of contributing to or working on Quality Improvement initiatives

Desirable

  • Experience of working autonomously as part of a multiagency teams.
  • Experience of parenting assessment for Court and writing reports for care proceedings as expert witness
  • Experience of working with children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ASD and ADHD.
  • Experience of service user involvement initiatives
  • Experience of service development and being involved with strategic developments of services
  • Experience in line management

Skills

Essential

  • Personal duty of care in relation to equipment used in clinical practice
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians/managers
  • Computer literate (Microsoft Office), basic keyboard skills for writing reports, clinical case notes
  • Willingness to contribute to development of service through financial initiatives and income generation
  • Ability to manage own clinical caseload and provide oversight of others within team
  • Social Workers Senior practitioner experience of providing leadership, expertise and supervision to other professionals. Extensive knowledge of relevant safeguarding practice, legislation and research
  • Mental Health Nurses: Proven additional training in and experience of giving a variety of therapeutic treatments such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Clinical Psychologists: Proven significant experience of conducting psychometric tests, interviews and observations when assessing clients
  • Skills for assessing and communicating highly complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments

Essential

Essential

  • Masters level qualification as a minimum or equivalent in clinical area of practice - Social work, Nursing, Child Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology , Educational Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Psychiatry
  • Core training as a Psychiatrist, Social worker, nurse, psychologist or equivalent
  • Further specialist training and knowledge acquired to postgraduate doctoral degree level or equivalent level of knowledge
  • Registration with appropriate professional body - ACP, HCPC, GMC, NMC
  • Postgraduate clinical or management qualification e.g. CYP, IAPT, Masters in Systemic Practice or equivalent
  • Significant experience of working with client population. Strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery. Knowledge and experience of working in THRIVE
  • Experience of working within a specialist psychological therapist service High level of expertise in managing and treating the client group with complex mental presentations Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population
  • Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and use of own initiative Knowledge and awareness of NHS access targets and data requirements High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
  • Able to demonstrate ways of working with multidisciplinary teams with positive outcomes Ability to formulate high quality and comprehensive treatment plans
  • Cultural sensitivity, demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues

Desirable

  • Additional training in other therapeutic approaches, e.g. trauma-focused work, mindfulness, mentalization-based therapy, VIG, motivational interviewing
  • Experience of working autonomously as part of a multi-agency teams. Experience of parenting assessment for Court and writing reports for care proceedings as expert witness Experience of working with children with neuro-developmental disorders, such as ASD and ADHD. Experience of service user involvement initiatives Experience of service development and being involved with strategic developments of services Experience in line management
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working with client population.
  • Strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery.
  • Knowledge and experience of working in THRIVE
  • Experience of working within a specialist psychological therapist service High level of expertise in managing and treating the client group with complex mental presentations
  • Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets
  • Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population
  • Experience of contributing to or working on Quality Improvement initiatives

Desirable

  • Experience of working autonomously as part of a multiagency teams.
  • Experience of parenting assessment for Court and writing reports for care proceedings as expert witness
  • Experience of working with children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ASD and ADHD.
  • Experience of service user involvement initiatives
  • Experience of service development and being involved with strategic developments of services
  • Experience in line management

Skills

Essential

  • Personal duty of care in relation to equipment used in clinical practice
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians/managers
  • Computer literate (Microsoft Office), basic keyboard skills for writing reports, clinical case notes
  • Willingness to contribute to development of service through financial initiatives and income generation
  • Ability to manage own clinical caseload and provide oversight of others within team
  • Social Workers Senior practitioner experience of providing leadership, expertise and supervision to other professionals. Extensive knowledge of relevant safeguarding practice, legislation and research
  • Mental Health Nurses: Proven additional training in and experience of giving a variety of therapeutic treatments such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Clinical Psychologists: Proven significant experience of conducting psychometric tests, interviews and observations when assessing clients
  • Skills for assessing and communicating highly complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments

Essential

Essential

  • Masters level qualification as a minimum or equivalent in clinical area of practice - Social work, Nursing, Child Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology , Educational Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Psychiatry
  • Core training as a Psychiatrist, Social worker, nurse, psychologist or equivalent
  • Further specialist training and knowledge acquired to postgraduate doctoral degree level or equivalent level of knowledge
  • Registration with appropriate professional body - ACP, HCPC, GMC, NMC
  • Postgraduate clinical or management qualification e.g. CYP, IAPT, Masters in Systemic Practice or equivalent
  • Significant experience of working with client population. Strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery. Knowledge and experience of working in THRIVE
  • Experience of working within a specialist psychological therapist service High level of expertise in managing and treating the client group with complex mental presentations Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population
  • Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and use of own initiative Knowledge and awareness of NHS access targets and data requirements High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
  • Able to demonstrate ways of working with multidisciplinary teams with positive outcomes Ability to formulate high quality and comprehensive treatment plans
  • Cultural sensitivity, demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues

Desirable

  • Additional training in other therapeutic approaches, e.g. trauma-focused work, mindfulness, mentalization-based therapy, VIG, motivational interviewing
  • Experience of working autonomously as part of a multi-agency teams. Experience of parenting assessment for Court and writing reports for care proceedings as expert witness Experience of working with children with neuro-developmental disorders, such as ASD and ADHD. Experience of service user involvement initiatives Experience of service development and being involved with strategic developments of services Experience in line management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Surrey

North West Surrey

Surrey

KT16 9FG


Employer's website

https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Surrey

North West Surrey

Surrey

KT16 9FG


Employer's website

https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Director Clinical Services

Steve Bambrough

sbambrough@tavi-port.nhs.uk

07791334968

Date posted

10 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,079 to £67,177 a year pa inc Fringe HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

260-TP-274-A

Job locations

Surrey

North West Surrey

Surrey

KT16 9FG


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