Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a leadership role within the new Camden Community Mental Health Services. As Assessment and Engagement Pathway Lead, you will manage a multidisciplinary team offering responsive and timely assessment and engagement to adults with a range of mental health needs to adults living in the Kentish Town area of Camden.
Working within a high-performing, motivated team, the role will give you the chance to use and develop your existing leadership and change management skills and experience.
Main duties of the job
To provide pathway leadership, ensuring that there is effective coordination between staff and disciplines working within the pathway.
To ensure that service users experience timely high-quality holistic wrap around support appropriate to their needs within the pathway.
To ensure that the pathway is well connected to partners and services within the community and this is fully integrated within the pathway offer. As part of this, to foster and maintain positive relationships with key partners within the East Integrated Neighbourhood Team within Camden, including local GP's, Housing services, social services and other local organisations.
To ensure that the pathway works with the single point of access and other interfaces to ensure that the transition in and out of the pathway is supportive and focuses on holistic needs.
To ensure that there are effective mechanisms in place to ensure that agreed data is captured to measure both the quality and effective delivery of the service.
To oversee governance and quality processes within the pathway.
To provide supervision to pathway staff as agreed with the Service Manager.
To ensure effective internal and external communication processes are in place within the pathway.
To ensure that the pathway integrates effectively with the broader team and there is pathway representation in relevant team and division meetings and processes.
Be a key driver for change and continuous improvement within the service.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see separate JD and PS documents. In applying for the role please ensure you describe how you meet the requirements of the person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see separate JD and PS documents. In applying for the role please ensure you describe how you meet the requirements of the person specification.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Professional Qualification (RMN, OT, SW, other) with current professional registration with relevant body.
- Evidence of continued relevant professional development in mental health and/or leadership
Desirable
- Additional training/ course in leadership and/or management
Experience
Essential
- Experience in leadership and promotion of good team working
- Experience in listening and communicating effectively at all levels
- Able to supervise and appraise staff, including managing performance
Desirable
- Demonstrate recent experience of working in a primary care setting
Personal qualities
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of legislation and national policies relating to mental health, independent living, protection of vulnerable adults, safeguarding children and housing
- Understand Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity policies and able to implement these
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Professional Qualification (RMN, OT, SW, other) with current professional registration with relevant body.
- Evidence of continued relevant professional development in mental health and/or leadership
Desirable
- Additional training/ course in leadership and/or management
Experience
Essential
- Experience in leadership and promotion of good team working
- Experience in listening and communicating effectively at all levels
- Able to supervise and appraise staff, including managing performance
Desirable
- Demonstrate recent experience of working in a primary care setting
Personal qualities
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of legislation and national policies relating to mental health, independent living, protection of vulnerable adults, safeguarding children and housing
- Understand Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity policies and able to implement these
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).
