Deputy Team Manager - B&NES MHST

Do you have excellent leadership and organisational skills? Are you passionate about improving the wellbeing of Children and Young People?

Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are delighted to be recruiting for the role of Deputy Team Manager to join our team.

B&NES MHST was commissioned in 2020 to provide low intensity CBT to a selected number of schools within the locality. The team are currently providing support to 46% of schools across B&NES. This is an exciting time to join a specialist service which provides timely early intervention to children and young people.

We are looking for a qualified RMN, OT, Social Worker with or without CBT training who will play a key role in the continuing development of the service. You will be confident in recognising, and with support, addressing the service development needs. You will be able to create effective working partnerships with School Staff, Social Care and other key stakeholders. You will work closely with the Clinical Team Manager and Supervisors to help ensure we are a safe and effective clinical team.

This role is working 4 days a week with ideally one of the days being a Friday. If you have any questions regarding the working pattern please call us prior to making an application.

Main duties of the job

You will facilitate good communication and liaison with young people, their families, interfacing with schools/colleges, colleagues within the Trust and across other organisations.

You will be responsible for providing leadership to the team, providing advice on complex cases, liaising with the education settings on clinical cases, unlocking barriers to engagement, building key relationships, attending national conferences and seminars, and reporting information as necessary.

With support from Clinical Supervisors, you will triage referrals and allocate cases to the Education Mental Health Practitioners and Psychologists within the team, aiming to achieve the target of seeing Children and Young People within 4 weeks of being referred.

This post will suit someone with a passion for working in early intervention and prevention. This is an exciting venture and collaboration between Health, Education, local authority and voluntary sectors.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at school premises, community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team".

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent".

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire CAMHS have a real ethos of compassionate leadership and kindness.

We are happy to support an element of home-based working but we also have returned to having face-to-face meetings as we believe this is key to well-functioning teams.

We believe in open and honest dialogue and supporting each other to make the best decisions for our patients and staff. We also work very closely with our commissioners from the Integrated Care Board who are very passionate about ensuring we are well supported to deliver an excellent service. We have access to a robust internal training programme as well as a dedicated CAMHS training lead who will support you whilst new in post.

You will work with the Team Manager to ensure the successful and effective day-to-day management of the Service so that it provides a responsive, high-quality service to patients with common mental health problems.

As Deputy Team Manager, you will have specific lead areas of responsibility whilst also maintaining effective links with mental health leads, children’s services, public health and other stakeholders.

You will support the team in identifying, and in conjunction with the Clinical Lead, addressing training and development needs for the service.

The Deputy Team Manager will act as a key person to support the team with advice and signposting in relation to safeguarding and risk management. The role will involve supporting the Team Manager in liaising with stakeholders, managing staff and resources and meeting stringent data collection requirements.

If you are a CBT therapist, you will hold a small caseload of CBT cases.

The Deputy Team Manager also contributes to the promotion of staff well-being and morale in the Team through developing and maintaining supportive relationships.

You will also be required to be part of the on-call rota as a Senior Mental Health Professional.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the MHST agenda
• Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs
• Knowledge and experience of CBT informed practice
• BABCP accreditation / accreditable
• Experience of contributing to the leadership / management of a clinic, project, aspect of clinical work

Qualifications

• Relevant professional mental health qualification, e.g. Mental Health Nurse / Learning Disability Nurse / Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / HI CBT Therapist
• Current registration with relevant professional body - NMC, HCPC

Skills

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Effective organizational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritize own workload
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups

Experience

• Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs.
• Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals
• Experience of running / co-running groups.
• Experience of teaching other professionals

Other contractual requirements

• Ability to travel between sites and to locality meetings

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.

Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours