Job summary
The Mental Health in Schools Team is part of an exciting trailblazer project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community in response to the government's Green Paper for Transforming children and young people's mental health. Alongside this Greenwich has an established Early Intervention Team which provides consultation and intervention into the schools in Greenwich. Combined MHST and EIT form the school's pathway in Greenwich CAMHS.
Greenwich MHST was established in 2019, the service is designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people in education settings. The team is made up of Senior Practitioners, Lead Practitioners and qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP's). The team is based across education settings, Greenwich CAMHS and remote working.
We are an additional resource within a whole-system approach to promote resilience and wellbeing, support early intervention, enable appropriate signposting and deliver evidence-based support, care and interventions.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Manager role will focus on providing day to day clinical, supervision and leadership for the MHST. The team will require ongoing development and there will be specific work to ensure robust integration across the school's pathway. The role will be working alongside community partners and developing relationships between MHST and educational settings. The role will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the MHST, providing high quality, safe and responsive specialist mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals provided in accordance with Children and Young People's IAPT principles, in partnership with service users and partner agencies, working as part of a multi-agency system.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have clinical supervisory responsibility for the clinicians within the MHST and will also work as part of a seniors team, supporting the team manager to continue to develop the pathway. In the absence of the team manager, the post holder will deputise managerially and provide clinical support for the MHST team. The post holder will undertake delegated line management of junior staff both informal and on a formal basis. The post holder will assist the team manager to provide co-ordination of the team and participate in undertaking rota duties as appropriate.
Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have clinical supervisory responsibility for the clinicians within the MHST and will also work as part of a seniors team, supporting the team manager to continue to develop the pathway. In the absence of the team manager, the post holder will deputise managerially and provide clinical support for the MHST team. The post holder will undertake delegated line management of junior staff both informal and on a formal basis. The post holder will assist the team manager to provide co-ordination of the team and participate in undertaking rota duties as appropriate.
Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- RN/CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification/Dip or BSc OT
- oSpecialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A
- Registration with relevant Professional body
Experience
Essential
- oAt least 5 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting and at least 2 years at Band 6.
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- RN/CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification/Dip or BSc OT
- oSpecialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A
- Registration with relevant Professional body
Experience
Essential
- oAt least 5 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting and at least 2 years at Band 6.
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area
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.
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.
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).
