(CAMHS) Team Leader - Single Point of AccessinRochdaleinRochdalePUBLISHED WED 13 NOV 2024
Pennine Care NHS FTrLpIFIvA
Essential responsibilities include providing management and clinical supervision, identifying service gaps for future planning, and facilitating smooth transitions of care for young individuals with mental health needs. The ideal candidate should possess strong knowledge of child and adolescent mental health, experience in training and supervising others, and a commitment to supporting children and families in line with the CAMHS transformation agenda. Strong leadership skills and a passion for fostering innovation and excellence in mental health care are crucial for success in this role.
This post is an exciting opportunity for an experienced CAMHS Practitioner to join Rochdale CAMHS Single Point of Access Team (SPOA) and support the development of the CYPMH offer into our local communities. You will work in partnership with early help services and our local multi-agency safeguarding hubs to ensure that our referral pathways are accessible, delivered in true partnership and ensure children ,young people and families that need mental health advice and support can get what they need quickly and easily.
You will also lead and manage an established community based workforce, ensuring that they support the implementation of the Thrive model of care for Children's and Young Peoples Mental Health (CYPMH). You will help ensure that CAMHS Getting More Help and Getting Risk support offers are developed and that those CYP that need help and treatment from CAMHS access it smoothly and at the earliest opportunity.
You will act as the first point of contact for professionals making a referral into Rochdales Single Point of Access.
Screening referrals and signposting to the wealth of internal and external service providers for children and young peoples mental health across the Borough.
You will be responsible for the coordination and allocation of consultations to Locality Mental Health Practitioner (LMHPs) ensuring a service is provided to professionals in a timely manner enabling young people to receive the right support, at the right time, from the right practitioners.
Provide management and clinical supervision to the LMHPs within the service.
Be instrumental in identifying gaps in service provision enabling these to be escalated to allow for service and system future planning across the borough.
Attend panel meetings for various cohorts of young people with specific vulnerabilities such as youth offending service, cared for children panel etc.
Work alongside colleagues in Social Care, Health, Education and the Police to ensure smooth transition and coordination of care for young people with an identified mental health need in the borough.
About us
Your days will be varied and your work will be completed largely within our SPOA service. This role will have high impact locally and in order to be successful you will need:
- Strong CYP mental health knowledge and experience.
- Experience of using training, supervision and consultation as a means of helping other professionals to support the mental health of CYP.
- Good understanding and commitment to the CAMHS transformation agenda
- Experience of leading others in ways that inspire innovation and excellence.
- Values that match our own and always place CYP and families at the fore of all your practice
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details and contact us if you require any further information or wish to discuss the post further
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