CAMHS Team Leader

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about improving mental health services for children and young people? Do you believe that children, young people and their families in Worcestershire deserve high quality interventions to match their needs? We require a RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Clinical Psychologist with the drive to join an experienced, highly motivated team of clinicians to deliver responsive and effective services?

An exciting opportunity has become available to make a significant contribution to our CAMHS service as a Team Lead. The Team Lead role will be primarily supporting Worcestershire CAMHS.

You will be joining the service at a time of rapid development allowing you the opportunity to support the implementation of new service offers and ways of working.

Hours between 22.5 to 37.5 hours will be considered. The working pattern is between Monday Friday with service hours primarily being between 09:00 17:00, The trust offers flexible working opportunities.

Based at one of the Worcestershire CAMHS bases in either Kidderminster, Redditch or Worcester City, you will be expected to travel to other sites however expenses will be covered by the trust expenses policy.

Main duties of the job

You will work collaboratively with other operational and clinical leads whilst directly line managing clinical staff and leading/managing a team whilst supporting with service developments.

You will share responsibility of managing waiting lists, identifying, and supporting training needs of staff, job planning, managing capacity and demand and working collaboratively with other agencies across Worcestershire to identify and support the needs of vulnerable children and those with SEND.

You will support the service to be Neuro Affirming and support staff in ensuring individual needs are met. You will be a compassionate leader, supporting staff whilst being solution focused. This is an operational role although an understanding of child and adolescent health services would be beneficial.

Leadership training opportunities will be supported and encouraged.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
Flexible and agile working opportunities
Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
Wide range of supportive staff networks
Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Date posted

08 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9798-1076

Job locations

Aconbury

Newtown Road

Worcester

WR5 1JG

Kidderminster Health Centre

Bromsgrove Street

Kidderminster

DY10 1PG

Redditch Town Hall

Walter Stranz Square

Redditch

B98 8AH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in undertaking research projects / clinical audits
Significant recent clinical experience post- registration
Previous experience providing a service to children and young people within a multi-disciplinary team
Able to demonstrate evidence-based practice
Leadership experience / experience managing a clinical team
Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental illness
Experience of partnership working / liaison in inter-agency environment

Qualifications

Essential

A current professional qualification (RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist)
Evidence of continuous and recent professional development and post qualification training/studies
Current registration with appropriate professional body

Skills and abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of current NHS and national priorities in relation to mental and emotional health and wellbeing of Children and Young People

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in undertaking research projects / clinical audits
Significant recent clinical experience post- registration
Previous experience providing a service to children and young people within a multi-disciplinary team
Able to demonstrate evidence-based practice
Leadership experience / experience managing a clinical team
Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental illness
Experience of partnership working / liaison in inter-agency environment

Qualifications

Essential

A current professional qualification (RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist)
Evidence of continuous and recent professional development and post qualification training/studies
Current registration with appropriate professional body

Skills and abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of current NHS and national priorities in relation to mental and emotional health and wellbeing of Children and Young People

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).