Job summary
Internal applicants only
This is a 12 month fixed term secondment for 0.8WTE at Band 8a to support and lead both PMH and CWPs.
The main focus of the post will be to review and drive strategic change in line with Team CAMHS service improvement needs and city wide developments as part of the Early Help offer from the Local Authority.
As part of PMH team, you will be expected to have enhanced clinical skills and knowledge to carry out triage and trusted assessments as part of the interface for Community CAMHS pathways, and act as an advocate for mental health services with partner agencies.
You will also lead and support the CWPs, facilitating delivery and development of a robust and clear Low Intensity CBT clinical model.
You will liaise with the Senior Management Team and Clinical Leads to ensure that service delivery and improvements are aligned with system changes.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder has operational responsibility for Primary Mental Health and Children's Wellbeing Practitioners.
- Provision of developing mental health knowledge and skills with multi-agency colleagues.
- Lead on the service delivery on behalf of the team.
- Provide clinical leadership, specialist clinical advice on the assessment, interventions and clinical management strategies for children and young people.
- Lead in the demonstration of skills within assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care / treatment for children and young people.
- Offer advice and consultation on patient care to mental health colleagues and to multi-agency partners.
- Ensure the development of an effective interface and collaborative working between the service and the wider network and multi-agency partners.
- Offer clinical supervision to other clinicians in the team.
- Provide line management for the team.
- Lead on and ensure that the guiding principles of clinical governance are in place and utilised.
- Contribute to assuring service quality.
- Use and maintain skilled standards of personal professional clinical practice in the treatment modalities required by the children and young people and be a resource to the service developing and embedding skills to multi-agency staff.
- Contribute to training, research and audit and interpret complex data.
- Contribute to the leadership of the service.
- Contribute to training and service improvements.
About us
At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
- Outstanding Patient Care
- Brilliant Place to work
- Leaders in Children's Health
We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.
As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children's health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for full details of the role
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for full details of the role
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oActive registration in a registerable mental health qualification, social work qualification, or psychotherapy qualification.
- oPostgraduate psychotherapy qualification
- oEvidence of Continuing Professional Development
- oPost registration experience and training (ENB 998 / Mentorship/equivalent) in mentoring students
Desirable
- Further training in a range of psychotherapeutic approaches relevant to the service area
- Qualification/ training in clinical supervision
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Non-medical prescriber (or be willing to undertake this)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems
- oExtensive clinical experience working in CAMHS
- oExperience of developing and delivering specialised treatment packages
- oExperience in the supervision of practitioners
- oExtensive experience of providing line management
- oProven effectiveness in engaging family and carers
- oAbility to work autonomously and lead on innovative clinical and service developments.
- oAbility to expertly manage a complex caseload.
- oExtensive experience of Recruitment / Selection and general HR management
- oDemonstrable experience in managing projects
- oPost registration experience
- oSkills and experience in customer service, specifically the management of complaints
Desirable
- Substantial experience in teaching/training others
- Experience of the application of clinical practice in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within a variety of health settings
- Budget management
- Setting and auditing clinical standards
- Utilisation of research in practice
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
- Use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Providing consultation to other professional & nonprofessional groups.
- Research and audit skills
- Commitment and competencies in multi-disciplinary and multiagency working
- Identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance
- Theoretical knowledge of Psychotherapy and the application of appropriate models of practice
- Change management
- Assessment and triage of referrals
- Clinical risk management
- Health and Safety
- Building, developing and maintaining relationships
- Operational management
- Self managment
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation
- Formal training in clinical supervision
- Working knowledge of health legislation and current practice in mental health
- Postgraduate knowledge of research methodology
- Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
- Knowledge of mental health promotion
- Ability to teach and train others
- Conflict resolution, negotiation and influencing skills
- Critically evaluate the performance of others in a constructive manner
- Understanding of confidentiality and date protection
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oActive registration in a registerable mental health qualification, social work qualification, or psychotherapy qualification.
- oPostgraduate psychotherapy qualification
- oEvidence of Continuing Professional Development
- oPost registration experience and training (ENB 998 / Mentorship/equivalent) in mentoring students
Desirable
- Further training in a range of psychotherapeutic approaches relevant to the service area
- Qualification/ training in clinical supervision
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Non-medical prescriber (or be willing to undertake this)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems
- oExtensive clinical experience working in CAMHS
- oExperience of developing and delivering specialised treatment packages
- oExperience in the supervision of practitioners
- oExtensive experience of providing line management
- oProven effectiveness in engaging family and carers
- oAbility to work autonomously and lead on innovative clinical and service developments.
- oAbility to expertly manage a complex caseload.
- oExtensive experience of Recruitment / Selection and general HR management
- oDemonstrable experience in managing projects
- oPost registration experience
- oSkills and experience in customer service, specifically the management of complaints
Desirable
- Substantial experience in teaching/training others
- Experience of the application of clinical practice in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within a variety of health settings
- Budget management
- Setting and auditing clinical standards
- Utilisation of research in practice
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
- Use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Providing consultation to other professional & nonprofessional groups.
- Research and audit skills
- Commitment and competencies in multi-disciplinary and multiagency working
- Identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance
- Theoretical knowledge of Psychotherapy and the application of appropriate models of practice
- Change management
- Assessment and triage of referrals
- Clinical risk management
- Health and Safety
- Building, developing and maintaining relationships
- Operational management
- Self managment
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation
- Formal training in clinical supervision
- Working knowledge of health legislation and current practice in mental health
- Postgraduate knowledge of research methodology
- Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
- Knowledge of mental health promotion
- Ability to teach and train others
- Conflict resolution, negotiation and influencing skills
- Critically evaluate the performance of others in a constructive manner
- Understanding of confidentiality and date protection
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).
