Job summary
CYP Complex Case Strategic Lead
AfC Band 8a
37.5 hours per week. Some flexibility can be offered.
An opportunity has arisen for a new role, which has been developed to help support health and social care providers in Derbyshire.
Working to support existing care teams & care co-ordinators, you will help where young people present with complex emotional and social needs, and help to ensure they receive timely, supportive, person centred and least restrictive care.
Hosted by Derbyshire Healthcare NHS FT, you will work with our CAMHS teams, with University Hospitals Derby & Burton NHS FT, Chesterfield Royal NHS FT Children's teams, CAMHS inpatient units, Social care colleagues and also Commissioners.
Main duties of the job
As well as helping to develop and support individual packages of care, you will help design and make recommendations for future care provision.
You will need to have experience of working with young people, navigating a complex care landscape and a real desire to make a difference to families and young people.
About us
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."
Benefits include:
Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
Generous NHS pension scheme
Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
Health service discounts and online benefits
Incremental pay progression
Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
Health and wellbeing opportunities
Structured learning and development opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work with individual cases:
- Oversee the acute paediatric inpatient case load (at Royal Derby and Chesterfield) of individuals with highly complex mental health and /or/ learning disability and /or autism needs, or provide key support and ability to drive action and advocate for the young person to ensure prompt and safe discharge plan
- Ensure that all assessments are holistic in nature and are focused on understanding and meeting need, taking into account the young persons thoughts and wishes.
- Ensure continuity of care throughout the period of treatment until discharged back to community support. This and smooth onward transition.
- Liaise and lead planning with community services for particular complex service users.
- To identify barriers and service deficits that may hinder or prevent a person being discharged to community and report / escalate these barriers and deficits to commissioners for joint resolution.
- Prioritise and attend meetings that enable and facilitate safe and efficient discharge from acute hospital beds. Support existing care staff and co-ordinators to plan and deliver are plans and packages in complex situations.
- Liaise with multiple professionals involved in the patients care to ensure that a comprehensive understanding of all identified needs is available. Ensuring that each patient has a care plan, an identified care coordinator and where necessary a supervising psychiatrist in line with Department of Health Policy. Co-originate the multiagency meetings where needed, often at pace.
- Identify and process any safeguarding and quality of care issues and take appropriate action to ensure that young peoples welfare is protected and that the quality and standard of services provided are at and beyond levels that are anticipated.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with acute clinicians, general practitioners, social care staff and providers in order to ensure continuity of care and address patient needs.
- Liaising with a variety of providers and arranging assessment of patients in order to ascertain the most appropriate placement to be identified.
- Provide information and support to the commissioners when considering the most appropriate provider to address a patients identified needs.
- To maintain a formal record of all cases and ensure that all relevant clinical information is available to commissioners and updated regularly.
- To call and lead multi-disciplinary meetings, including case conferences and discharge meetings to ensure continuity of care across agencies; thus improving patient and family experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work with individual cases:
- Oversee the acute paediatric inpatient case load (at Royal Derby and Chesterfield) of individuals with highly complex mental health and /or/ learning disability and /or autism needs, or provide key support and ability to drive action and advocate for the young person to ensure prompt and safe discharge plan
- Ensure that all assessments are holistic in nature and are focused on understanding and meeting need, taking into account the young persons thoughts and wishes.
- Ensure continuity of care throughout the period of treatment until discharged back to community support. This and smooth onward transition.
- Liaise and lead planning with community services for particular complex service users.
- To identify barriers and service deficits that may hinder or prevent a person being discharged to community and report / escalate these barriers and deficits to commissioners for joint resolution.
- Prioritise and attend meetings that enable and facilitate safe and efficient discharge from acute hospital beds. Support existing care staff and co-ordinators to plan and deliver are plans and packages in complex situations.
- Liaise with multiple professionals involved in the patients care to ensure that a comprehensive understanding of all identified needs is available. Ensuring that each patient has a care plan, an identified care coordinator and where necessary a supervising psychiatrist in line with Department of Health Policy. Co-originate the multiagency meetings where needed, often at pace.
- Identify and process any safeguarding and quality of care issues and take appropriate action to ensure that young peoples welfare is protected and that the quality and standard of services provided are at and beyond levels that are anticipated.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with acute clinicians, general practitioners, social care staff and providers in order to ensure continuity of care and address patient needs.
- Liaising with a variety of providers and arranging assessment of patients in order to ascertain the most appropriate placement to be identified.
- Provide information and support to the commissioners when considering the most appropriate provider to address a patients identified needs.
- To maintain a formal record of all cases and ensure that all relevant clinical information is available to commissioners and updated regularly.
- To call and lead multi-disciplinary meetings, including case conferences and discharge meetings to ensure continuity of care across agencies; thus improving patient and family experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Health / Social care subject
Skills
Essential
Skills
Essential
- Care co-ordination experience
Experience
Essential
- circa 5 years in related childrens service, including circa 2 years at B7
Qualifications
Desirable
- Post Graduate qualification in Mental Health
Skills
Essential
- Problem solving and evidence of autonomous working / leading care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Health / Social care subject
Skills
Essential
Skills
Essential
- Care co-ordination experience
Experience
Essential
- circa 5 years in related childrens service, including circa 2 years at B7
Qualifications
Desirable
- Post Graduate qualification in Mental Health
Skills
Essential
- Problem solving and evidence of autonomous working / leading care
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).
