Job summary
Full Time - 37.5 Hours Per Week
Wakefield CAMHS is looking to recruit an experienced
associate quality and governance lead.
The service is developing at a fast
pace and is expanding in the community. This role is integral to ensuring that
we are safe, compliant and continue to improve our quality of care.
As a member of the leadership team
you will contribute to the service through joint working, training and auditing
the service. You may also participate in service development/research. By
joining our team you will be able to bring your wealth of knowledge and
experience to our service and the wider Trust.
The post holder will work closely
with the wider governance team in our Trust and will also work alongside our
corporate teams and colleagues.
The successful candidate will provide
the service with high quality and co-ordinated support. You will require a high
standard of oral and written communication skills, the ability to apply quality
improvement standards and raise governance and safety issues within the Trust.
All employees of the Trust are strongly
encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients
Main duties of the job
You will
work as an integral part of the leadership team and support the co-ordination
of the Trusts quality, safety and risk agenda. Working alongside teams in our
service you will ensure that clinical and quality governance, risk systems and
processes are in place to ensure that we provide safe care. We strive for
continuous improvement and learning. You will be involved in incident
management, delivering and implementing quality and safety initiatives.
The post
holder will support CAMHS Head of Quality and provide advice and direction to
frontline staff to ensure the service is prepared for compliance, both
internally and via external agencies such as the Care Quality Commission.
If you would
like to make a difference to children and young people then we would like to
hear from you. Informal visits and enquiries are strongly encouraged. Please
contact Claire Sidebottom, Interim Service Manager on 07766 994685.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be responsible for the leadership, co-ordination and management of CAMHS related to meeting the needs of children and young people as identified by the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will carry a small caseload.
- To facilitate and be responsible for effective multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team working to meet the needs of all who access the service.
- To ensure that mechanisms are in place to manage, monitor and review clinical and admin staffs within the services.
- To ensure the effective management and continuous development of the team, providing leadership to all staff which encourages the development of a qualitative, evidence based service.
- To promote safeguarding and the welfare of children, young people and staffs.
- To manage the demand and capacity within the team in line with service targets, capacity and demand.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
- Ensure effective co-ordination and leadership of the team in delivering agreed assessment and treatment plans as identified by the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ensure that individual needs led assessment and treatment plans are evidence based, effectively co-ordinated and outcomes achieved within agreed timescales as directed by the multi-disciplinary team.
- Actively encourage and develop service user and carer involvement in the development of individual assessment and treatment plans, and the development of the service.
- Encourage and be responsible for the development of a multi-disciplinary team approach in the identification and delivery of assessment and treatment plan.
- Develop a culture within the team that supports research, evidence based practice, innovative practice, quality initiatives and is continuously analytical in seeking to improve service delivery.
For full job description please see attached supporting documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be responsible for the leadership, co-ordination and management of CAMHS related to meeting the needs of children and young people as identified by the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will carry a small caseload.
- To facilitate and be responsible for effective multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team working to meet the needs of all who access the service.
- To ensure that mechanisms are in place to manage, monitor and review clinical and admin staffs within the services.
- To ensure the effective management and continuous development of the team, providing leadership to all staff which encourages the development of a qualitative, evidence based service.
- To promote safeguarding and the welfare of children, young people and staffs.
- To manage the demand and capacity within the team in line with service targets, capacity and demand.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
- Ensure effective co-ordination and leadership of the team in delivering agreed assessment and treatment plans as identified by the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ensure that individual needs led assessment and treatment plans are evidence based, effectively co-ordinated and outcomes achieved within agreed timescales as directed by the multi-disciplinary team.
- Actively encourage and develop service user and carer involvement in the development of individual assessment and treatment plans, and the development of the service.
- Encourage and be responsible for the development of a multi-disciplinary team approach in the identification and delivery of assessment and treatment plan.
- Develop a culture within the team that supports research, evidence based practice, innovative practice, quality initiatives and is continuously analytical in seeking to improve service delivery.
For full job description please see attached supporting documents
Person Specification
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner
- Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills
- Customer service orientation
- Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments
- IT skills
- Ability to support and empower staff
- Time management/prioritisation skills of self and others
- Experience in leading audits and service evaluation
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation
- Experience of teaching and assessing
- To have experience in recruitment and retention and sickness absence
- Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding
- Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice
- Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people
Desirable
- Experience of community settings
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession
- Membership of professional body
- First level qualification, degree, Certificate in Management Studies or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)
- Masters Level qualification
- A teaching and assessing qualification
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy)
Training
Essential
- Experience of delivering training to others
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Commitment to multi-agency approach/working
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure where there are frequent interruptions from team members needing advice regarding clinical staffing or operational issues
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive
- Integrity
- Vision about clinical practice and service development
- Ability to learn and taken on new initiatives/roles
- Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
- To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
- To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful
Person Specification
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner
- Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills
- Customer service orientation
- Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments
- IT skills
- Ability to support and empower staff
- Time management/prioritisation skills of self and others
- Experience in leading audits and service evaluation
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation
- Experience of teaching and assessing
- To have experience in recruitment and retention and sickness absence
- Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding
- Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice
- Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people
Desirable
- Experience of community settings
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession
- Membership of professional body
- First level qualification, degree, Certificate in Management Studies or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)
- Masters Level qualification
- A teaching and assessing qualification
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy)
Training
Essential
- Experience of delivering training to others
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Commitment to multi-agency approach/working
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure where there are frequent interruptions from team members needing advice regarding clinical staffing or operational issues
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive
- Integrity
- Vision about clinical practice and service development
- Ability to learn and taken on new initiatives/roles
- Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
- To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
- To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
