About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to bring your professional registration, experience, and leadership skills to a service that makes a real difference. We are looking for a motivated and compassionate leader with strong communication, organisational abilities, and a commitment to supporting and developing staff.
As a key member of the CPFT YOUnited partnership, you will lead and supervise CAMHS clinical staff, champion high standards of care, and contribute to ongoing service development. Our service continues to evolve, and we are dedicated to ensuring that Children, Young People and their Families remain at the centre of everything we do.
The YOUnited Hub processes non-crisis referrals of children and young people referred. Triaging each referral for risk and making decisions about whether referral meets the threshold for specialist CAMHS pathways, a trusted assessment within the "getting more help" CAMHS interventions pathways, or a "getting help" partners intervention pathway, or signposting the referral to the appropriate service or offer suitable advice working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Referral Hub's policies and procedures.
If you are passionate about high-quality care and eager to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines.
Work in partnership with the YOUnited Partner Team Managers, Clinical Leads and the Service Manager and other senior staff in CAMHS to establish effective multi-disciplinary working within the YOUnited Referral Hub and the wider CAMH Service and system partners.
Liaise with partner agencies and stakeholders, including commissioners, to support the access of children and young people to appropriate emotional health, welling being and mental health services.
Lead on the recruitment and supervision of staff, operating within the available resources to achieve the required targets.
Lead on the establishment, implementation and monitoring of policies and procedures.
To provide advice and consultation on children and young people's mental health care to colleagues and partner agencies and to other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly underrepresented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Managerial
To provide operational leadership within the team, working with relevant professional and pathway leads and Service Managers and YOUnited Partner Team Managers and Clinical Lead for the planning and delivering of the service including the triage, screening, and assessment functions of the Integrated Referral Hub. With the YOUnited Clinical Leads, ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard and within current quality initiatives within the area of work. To lead on recruitment and selection process of staff. To develop and maintain the delivery of operational supervision process for team members. To monitor the caseload/ workflow in team ensuing adherence to Trust pathways and protocols. Clinical
To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people referred to the service. To maintain awareness of the resources of the core, neuro-developmental and eating disorders pathways in main Community CAMHS, and the administrative systems for booking appointments in those teams. To work alongside Community CAMHS to ensure that waiting time standards are met. To follow the Standard Operating Procedures of the YOUnited Referral Hub. To network and develop partnerships with CAMH professionals and other professionals within Social Care, Education, Early Help services, General Practitioners, Child Health services, Health Promotion agencies and the Voluntary / Independent sector.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications Essential
HPC registered psychologist (clinical or counselling) or other registered practitioner (i.e. registered Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, or Speech and Language Therapist)
Desirable
Post qualification continuing professional development, management and or leadership qualification.
Experience Essential
Experience of staff management and evidence of application of managerial skills and knowledge. Evidence of successful partnership working with other professional groups. Evidence of delivering supervision and training. Evidence of effective working with service users. Sound knowledge of local safeguarding policies and procedures
Desirable
Experience of working within Child and Adolescence Mental Health Services. Experience of working with wider stakeholder groups. Experience in research and service evaluation work. Evidence of project management experience.
Knowledge & Skills Essential
Knowledge of wider children's network of services. An understanding of policy and legislation relating to mental health and social care services Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams. Strong ability to innovate and implement change. Ability to use performance management information and demonstrate understanding of performance information.
Desirable
Experience of managing feedback, investigation of complaints or similar. Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.
Other Desirable
Ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address Kingfisher House
Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park
Huntingdon
PE29 6FH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)