CAMHS Team Leader inSale inSale PUBLISHED TUE 22 OCT 2024

This is a excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner, who is interested in developing their managerial skills, to join us at Trafford CAMHS, as our Team Leader.

As a senior member of the multi-disciplinary team the post holder will support the service to provide safe, effective care and efficient services to meet the mental health needs of children, young people, and their families. Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. The post holder will provide clinical leadership and effective day to day management of the team, providing generic caseload and specific supervision. You will provide line management supervision including development and maintenance of CPD needs across the team. You will act as a specialist advisor within CAMHS and to actively contribute to governance arrangements, contributing to policy implementation and service development, both within the service and across the wider network. You will undertake tasks as designated by the Service Manager and in line with Trust policy and local priorities to ensure continual quality improvement.

To provide first line management for practitioners within the CAMHS service and within this manage staffing issues and communicate complex and sensitive information relating to conduct, performance and sickness absence with in the CAMHS team in line with Trust policy and procedure

To share responsibility for the development, provision, and continued maintenance of high-quality evidence-based practice within CAMHS. This includes but not limited to, the implementation of effective systems of appraisal and supervision, standards of record keeping, supervision outcomes and modernisation.

Deputise for Service Managers as directed and for specified absence periods as needed

To keep the service manager and members of the senior leadership team informed of developments and issues within the service, ensuring the identification, recording and use of relevant performance data

Clinical

To assume responsibility for management of a defined caseload and exercise the highest standards of professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children, young people and their families/carers using specialist knowledge and evaluation of care programmes in collaboration with children, young people and their families/carers liaising with and referring to relevant agencies as appropriate.

About us

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team

Were looking forward to hearing from you!