About this role
Job summary
Core CAMHS is a Tier 3, multidisciplinary service central to Gloucestershire's Children's Mental Health provision, supporting children and young people with moderate to severe mental health needs.
The service is recruiting an Operational Lead who will be a key leader, providing compassionate, effective leadership to ensure high-quality mental health care for children, young people, and families. The service is described as vibrant and dynamic, offering opportunities to use a wide range of skills, make a meaningful impact on the local population, and support workforce development.
Main duties of the job
The role requires a professional health or social care qualification, current registration and experience within a children's mental health care setting. The core operating hours of the service are 9:00 am to 17:00pm Monday to Friday with some flex according to service need. Our teams value presence and engagement and the capacity to travel between bases and meetings is needed. You will:
Communicate and collaborate effectively with a wide range of people, from children and families, to all levels of the GHC organisation and partners Lead compassionately, with our GHC Trust Values integral to your approach Place the voice of children and families at the centre of service delivery and development, Provide planning, development and delivery of service and quality improvements in line with local and national priorities and strategy. Operationally enable clinically led services to collaboratively achieve effective governance Be confident to prioritise, adapt and problem solve in this fast paced environment Lead on key tasks/projects associated with the delivery of effective community services, working collaboratively with key partners. Analyse data and write reports adapted to the audience. The postholder will have a comprehensive induction and of our Children and Young People Service Directorate and be welcomed by a supportive group of leaders.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description Job responsibilities
Overarching responsibility:
Leadership and management of the operational requirements of the Gloucestershires Children & Young Peoples Service (Core CAMHS team)
Be jointly accountable with the Deputy Service Director for the quality of integrated, highly specialised therapeutic services for children, young people and their families who have complex mental health needs, which are safe, inclusive, effective and accessible.
Ensure that clinical and operational processes are in place for; governance, quality assurance, risk assessment and management, that promotes the safeguarding and welfare of children and effective care.
Maintain and update own professional highly specialised and expert knowledge and skills through Continuing Professional Development (CPD), including advanced specialist theoretical and practical knowledge over a range of domains i.e. clinical, managerial, research and development and leadership as well as maintaining a professional portfolio
People leadership and management:
Provide operational leadership to a countywide staff group, involving the use of personal initiative and operational independent judgement and decision making.
Manage and support staff through effective regular 1 to 1s and caseload management, ensuring regular clinical supervision and in line with Trust HR policies and procedures; including staff coaching, appraisal and development and supporting performance.
Oversee workforce planning and workload capacity frameworks, including analysing workload capacity data and integrated performance activity
Leading Service Delivery:
Contribute to the planning, development and delivery of service and quality improvements in line with local and national priorities Lead on key tasks/projects/agreed targets associated with the delivery of effective community services. In collaboration with Clinical and Professional Leadership structures, Lead on the development and sustainability of coherent and robust clinical teams. Be responsible for planning and interpreting policy development and implementation for the Service, in addition to influencing policy within multi-agency domains in conjunction with key CAMHS stakeholders. Manage delegated budgets to ensure that resources are allocated efficiently in order to provide the highest possible standard of care. Provide formal reports regularly for governance and oversight purposes and to associated CYPS and Trust Committees or other bodies such as the ICB as required Collaborative working with children and families at the centre:
Engage with the particular needs of specific communities and promote partnership working with other agencies and organisations. Prioritise the development of mechanisms to promote better consultation and collaboration with children and young people service users and their parents/carers within care pathway planning as well as wider operational and strategic issues and developments. Liaise with advocacy services to promote high quality service experience. Work collaboratively with key partners and subcontractors.
Prioritise the development of mechanisms to promote better consultation and collaboration with children and young people service users and their parents/carers within care pathway planning as well as wider operational and strategic issues and developments
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professional Health or Social Care qualification: Clinical Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC, BPS, ACP Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS setting
Application Form Essential
Substantial knowledge of CAMHS, especially the roles and functions within multi-disciplinary teams Knowledge and/or experience of financial governance issues, including acting as a budget holder and procurement of capital equipment Experience of completing complex audit work as well as experience involving research skills
Desirable
Robust knowledge of relevant theories, evidence based practice and research in the field of children's services Knowledge of policies, procedures and professional standards within NHS Trust service
Experience Essential
Ability to be able to travel between bases and meeting/ training venues during their working day that may be across the county and occasionally outside the county Demonstrable understanding of national children's mental health and the wider children's services agenda, policies and directives
Desirable
Knowledge of policies, procedures and professional standards within NHS Trust service Robust knowledge of statutory legislation relevant to CAMHS
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 Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Acorn House
Horton Road
Gloucester
GL13PX
Employer's website https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)