Team Leader - Mental Health Support Team
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43,742.00 to £50,056.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43742.00 - £50056.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8ER |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9367-24-0694 |
Summary
JOB SUMMARY:In conjunction with other members of the management team, to lead in the development and implementation of the Mental Health Support Teams providing a high quality service to meet the needs of children and young people in an educational setting and their parents/carers. To ensure the continued efficient and effective management of the team, providing leadership and supervision to a multi-disciplinary staff group.The postholder will act in support of the CAMHS Community Manager, deputising and carrying out delegated roles, duties and responsibilities as required, as part of the Management structure. The postholder will be responsible for the overall management of a locality MHST and for supporting the implementation and mobilisation of the National Trailblazer for the HPFT CAMHS Service. In addition to providing specialist skills and experience to delivering interventions in an educational setting you will provide formal and informal education and training to other members of the team, other disciplines and teams as well as line management and clinical supervision. The MHSTs will deliver evidence based interventions supporting emotional wellbeing, primarily in an educational setting. Under your supervision and support staff will be delivering full assessments of care needs, risk assessment and evidence based interventions. The service will be available Monday to Friday 9-5pm, though there may be times when workshops or community work are required in evenings or at weekends and it is essential that the postholder is flexible. The post holder will maintain managerial responsibility for the team caseload, overseeing referrals and the allocation of clients. S/he will also maintain a clinical role and/or a caseload dependent upon locality need. Furthermore the post holder will be responsible for establishing and maintaining team systems and processes for the effective operation of the team, including outcome measurements, audit and annual service policy review. The postholder will act in support with fellow Team Leaders in providing clinical Leadership and advice across the MHST Service. All staff should comply with the Trusts Open Culture within a Responsibility Framework.