Team Lead (Operational)

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

The closing date is 29 November 2024

Job summary

To work as a senior member in an exciting service which has been set up since 2021 and is expanding across Northamptonshire; the Mental Health Support Team (MHST). MHST's are working within schools, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. You will be a team lead across our 10 existing teams and CWP Pathway, managing the teams operationally and supporting the MHST/CWP Clinical and Team Lead. The teams are made up of Assistant EMHPs, Trainee and qualified Educations Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs), Mental Health Practitioners/supervisors, CBT therapists and administrative colleagues. You will be expected to offer management supervision to staff, be involved with the collating and analysing of data and reports as required and deputise operationally for the MHST/CWP Clinical & Team Lead. The MHST Clinical & Team Lead has the operational and clinical oversight of the service and is the post this role would directly report to.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will support the teams to provide a high-quality service to children and young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This will be done through the supervision of staff and implementation of service improvement, supporting participation and co-production work with children and young people and supporting the organisation of the Whole School Approach work. You will be expected to utilise your knowledge of participation, co-production work, Whole School Approach and CaMHS services to develop the service. This work will be in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards. The Team Lead will be responsible for the development of the day-to-day management of the teams. The teams operate Monday-Friday 9am- 5pm, excluding Bank Holidays.

The Team Lead will work with the MHST/CWP Clinical and Team Lead and other senior colleagues, ensuring delivery of a high quality, effective and efficient Early Intervention Service. To support the development and implementation of integrated pathways alongside colleagues within NHFT and external partners to support a seamless service delivery built around children and young people. Meeting key performance indicators and quality schedules and to provide operational support to the MHST/CWP Clinical and Team Lead.

For the full list of main duties, please refer to job description

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

15 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TF615-ACS

Job locations

Newland House

Campbell Square , Northampton, NN1 3EB

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

qualifications and training

Essential

experience and or qualification managing teams/services (e.g. prev role experience, leadership courses, management courses/quaifications)
appropriate experience managing staff
supervisor experience
HR process experience; managing sickness/conduct etc

Desirable

experience of co-production/participation
supervisor qualification
experience in data collection and interpretation
understanding of ROMs
SystmOne experience and knowledge

experinece

Essential

working in children's services/transferable exp
working in mental health services

Desirable

working in NHS
working in mulit-disciplinary team
experience of CYP IAPT

skills and abilities

Essential

ability to have difficult conversations/manage conflict
ability to performance manage staff
skill to signpost re safeguarding appropriately
ability to evidence CPD
Knowledge of legislation related to children and/or adolescent's mental health and social care e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Child Protection and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children etc.
Ability to work autonomously in a community setting, making appropriate decisions

Desirable

ability to manage commissioning processes
ability to understand differing needs of children and families

Person Specification

qualifications and training

Essential

experience and or qualification managing teams/services (e.g. prev role experience, leadership courses, management courses/quaifications)
appropriate experience managing staff
supervisor experience
HR process experience; managing sickness/conduct etc

Desirable

experience of co-production/participation
supervisor qualification
experience in data collection and interpretation
understanding of ROMs
SystmOne experience and knowledge

experinece

Essential

working in children's services/transferable exp
working in mental health services

Desirable

working in NHS
working in mulit-disciplinary team
experience of CYP IAPT

skills and abilities

Essential

ability to have difficult conversations/manage conflict
ability to performance manage staff
skill to signpost re safeguarding appropriately
ability to evidence CPD
Knowledge of legislation related to children and/or adolescent's mental health and social care e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Child Protection and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children etc.
Ability to work autonomously in a community setting, making appropriate decisions

Desirable

ability to manage commissioning processes
ability to understand differing needs of children and families

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.