Band 7 - CAMHS Intensive Outreach Team Manager - Bristol inBristol inBristol PUBLISHED TUE 7 JAN 2025

We are looking for a passionate clinician to join our service and lead our CAMHS Intensive Outreach Team on a fixed term basis. You would be working in partnership with our Clinical Service Manager, Clinical Lead and OTR Team Manager to manage a service supporting young people in mental health crisis and at risk of Tier 4 admission.

We would want you to ensure excellent standards are upheld, and maintained within the team, and ensure the best use of available resources by delivering positive outcomes for individual service users and their families.

This post is for a 12 month maternity cover fixed term post within the CAMHS Intensive Outreach Team. We would be open to considering a part time candidate if they were able to work 30 hours/per week.

Working in partnership with the Clinical Service Manager and Team Managers, the post holder will ensure excellent clinical standards are maintained within the team, and ensure the best use of available resources by delivering positive outcomes for individual service users and their families.

The post-holder will manage, direct and lead a recovery orientated, multi-disciplinary Integrated Intensive Outreach Team in a community Child and Adolescent Mental Health setting.

About us

Service Management

Under the direction of the Service Manager to be responsible for leading and managing a an Intensive Outreach Team, which provide care to young people at risk of/ stepping down from Tier 4 admission.

With the support of the Clinical Service Manager, Senior Practitioners and the medical consultant to lead and manage the delivery of high quality effective evidence-based interventions which lead to positive outcomes for service users and carers.

To lead by example, motivating and empowering others and promoting positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between all services involved in the care process.

To develop an evidence based Intensive Outreach model of service using DBT/ Systemic approach.

To line manage all staff within the multi-disciplinary team ensuring effective processes.

To demonstrate an ongoing commitment to anti-discriminatory and oppressive practice, with the aim of equitable services for all young people and families.

To manage the performance of all designated care clinicians within the team in line with the requirements of care co-ordination so as to ensure that consistent clinical and quality standards are maintained.

To ensure close working relationships and protocols with other internal and external services, encouraging their involvement in the planning and provision of the care plan, through effective liaison roles between Trust services and the commissioners.

People Management

To ensure appropriate compliance with Trust policies in relation to people management activities. These include recruitment and selection activity, effective sickness and attendance management and the application of standards in relation to conduct and performance at work as well as undertaking regular practice and management supervision.

To be responsible for ensuring ongoing completion of staff appraisals and that all team members have a development plan linked to the KSF.

To provide and ensure an effective learning environment for student placements across all professions.

To maintain a skill mix within the team which provides effective agreed services which can respond to statutory requirements, in line with relevant professional guidance established by the Trust.

To undertake investigations into complaints from service users and carers, untoward incidents and staffing matters, preparing reports as needed and working in partnership with others to meet required deadlines.

Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for the development of others, both practitioners, and those in training by making use of and providing, effective feedback, coaching and appraisal.

Financial Management

To manage the budget, authorising and controlling spending to ensure the best use of resources within agreed policy and financial regulations.

Performance management

To manage the performance of the team as measured by key performance indicators defined nationally and locally, and set out in the LDU Balanced Scorecard.

To ensure the complete and accurate recording of all clinical and performance data on relevant paper and electronic systems (eg CYP-IAPTUS).

To ensure that case records and data are collected within approved policies and that data held on computer systems are accurate, so as to enable planning and monitoring of services.

Risk and Clinical Governance

To supervise and authorise decision making on issues requiring statutory intervention including all aspects of initial investigations and necessary follow-up action.

To be responsible for ensuring health and safety and other relevant risk assessments are undertaken, delegating responsibility as appropriate. This includes infection control.

To ensure appropriate systems are in place at team level to engage in integrated governance activity.

To engage with and contribute to relevant LDU and corporate management and governance forums.

To be responsible for ensuring compliance with defined quality standards such as CQC, CNST and Standards for Better Health, identifying responsibility within the team for key roles including infection control and emergency planning.

To be responsible for maintaining up to date evidence of quality and safety outcomes and providing these as required for inspection.

Service Research, Innovation, Training and Improvement

To proactively work towards continuous service improvement by positively assisting in the planning and development of services. This could include participating in the design and introduction of a new service, communicating effectively with staff about proposed changes and gaining commitment for change.

Support quality improvement including the use of CYP IAPTUS and routine outcome measures.

To contribute and support the CAMHS Transformation programme.

Clinical

To maintain an awareness of complex cases and projects for which allocated staff are responsible and ensure the service manager is appropriately informed regarding cases of particular risk or concern. This role does include supporting with clinical work and the outreach team caseload.

To be responsible for the effective implementation of the Care planning process within the team, including the effective management of workload.

To be responsible for the implementation and review of processes that ensure safe and effective transfer/discharge/step up/step down of service users to and from the team.

To ensure that an effective caseload management system is used to manage access 5 to care and treatment, that capacity is managed effectively, and every service user is allocated a care co-ordinator (including cover arrangements when a care co-ordinator is absent and that this is effectively communicated to the Service user and their carers.)

Self-management

To ensure that as a member of CAMHS you are fully aware of current developments, legislation and practice in the care of children and young people with mental health problems.

To attend regular management supervision. Through supervision and appraisal, acknowledge own limitations and discuss/identify/access training as appropriate.

To be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies, acting as a role model to other staff. Manage time effectively. Continue to meet professional standards of practice and relevant professional legislation.

To undertake other Team Management duties as required by the Service Manager.

Communications and Working Relationships

Other Service Managers - Shared Planning, Communication and Negotiation

Wider Child Health Community and Acute services

Childrens local authority partners

A range of voluntary sector partners

BNSSG CAMH services

South West CAMHS clinical network Clinical and Professional Leads - Collaborative Working and Communication

Corporate Directorates - Collaborative Working and Communication

Service Users and Carers - Consultation and Communication

Line Managed staff - Objective Setting, Management of Performance, Development and Communication

CAMHS, Secure and Specialist Management Team - Shared planning, Performance Monitoring and Reporting, Communication

Staff Side Communication, consultation and involvement