Job summary
Are you looking for a new leadership role where you can develop, grow and shape and a new team?
One where you can really make a difference to the lives of children and young people?
We, in the West Oxfordshire Mental Health Support Team (MHST) (embedded within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)) are looking for a dedicated Deputy Team Manager to help expand our team.
In line with the government's priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the new expansion to the west is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in England.
You may be an Occupational Therapist, a Nurse, or Social Worker with preferably some CBT Therapist Training but crucially passionate about supporting those experiencing mental health difficulties. Ideally, you'd have CAMHS experience , along with an understanding the the MHST service.
We know how important it is to have a good work/life balance, for yourself, your family and your career. You will be at Raglan House, Cowley with some flexibility of hybrid working.
We are open to receive applications for both full time and part time roles.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you'll be involved in service development and expansion, being responsible for its expansion alongside the operational lead; this is a unique opportunity to build a new team in the South of the County.
Line management is also essential in this role as you will directly line manage Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) Supervisors, and EMHPS. You'll be responsible for ensuring members of the team have essential skills required to provide evidence based psychological assessment and interventions.
There's also strong liaison and linking with the University of Reading, alongside taking a clinical caseload once settled within the role,.
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 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 description
Job responsibilities
You will be joining a supportive, and passionate team of people , who are focused on early intervention support for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs. Being able to help them to improve their lives is a real privilege.
This is a new and exciting time to join as this is a new team - you will be able to shape its expansion and growth, and so have an opportunity to make a real difference.
Other responsibilities include:
- To line manage the LI CBT Trainee EMHPs and be a direct link for Reading University.
- To be directly responsible for managing clinical staff (EMHP Trainees/Trainee Supervisors) during training year, and once qualified.
- To support Trainee supervisors and EMHPs with course requirements.
- To manage and support absence/performance issues within the trainee cluster of west Oxfordshire.
- Responsible for ensuring members of the team have essential skills required to provide evidence based psychological assessment and interventions.
- Responsible for developing skills and training packages for junior staff to enable delivery of work within schools with structure and governance.
- Responsible for case management for the designated west area.
- Offering advice, consultation and support to staff and schools in the health improvement plans ensuring the whole school interventions and Mental Health needs are met.
- Offering advice, consultation and supervision about clients psychological care to non-psychological colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.
- To support the operational lead with stepped care pathways and MHST development across the county.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
- To provide consultation, supervision and support to other clinical members of the service who provide CBT based care, supervision and treatment.
- To support the operational lead with line management within a cluster of the county, either North, City or South.
- To support the building of relationships with schools and wider agencies.
- To support the MHST Operational Manager in the delivery of assessment and intervention for the MHST caseload/in the management and further development of the CAMHS MHST working to an agreed model, developing clinical structures, recruiting staff and implementing the service.
- Provide a safe, effective and therapeutic clinical team ensuring the delivery of establishing current presentation and to give advice for young people and families waiting for assessment / intervention.
- To be responsible for the line management, case supervision and appraisal of team colleagues.
If you have any queries regarding the role, the team or you'd like to just get in touch, please contact Lesley Leadbeater, Service Manager, on [email protected], as we'd love to hear from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy, psychological therapy With Provisional/Full Accreditation with the BABCP for High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CAMHS) OR Qualified CWP/EMHP with Supervisors Qualified and experience OR A registered doctoral level qualification in clinical/counselling psychology with current HCPC registration
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, working with young people with mental illness.
- Experience of mentoring and providing clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Experience and understanding of working within the education setting.
- Experience of working with children and young people who have serious mental illness and their families and carers in the community
Knowledge
Essential
- To have ability to assess client need, with regards to both mental health and/social needs.
- To have ability to manage a case load
Desirable
- Experience of acting as care coordinator for clients on a case list.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Raglan House
Between Towns Road, Cowley
Cowley
OX4 3LX