About this role
Job summary
North Lincolnshire With Me In Mind (WMIM), Mental Health Support Team supports children/young people and their families providing emotional and mental health support whilst enhancing services that already exist. The service ensure that early intervention and prevention are in place in all education providers from school year 3 to 13.
The service supports children, young people and families providing extra capacity for early intervention support within school and college settings.
WMIM currently supports 85% of education settings in North Lincolnshire. We work with a mixture of primary, secondary, pupil referral units and special schools. We have a strong partnership with our school nursing, CAMHS and adult service colleagues, working together to ensure that children get the right level of support at the right time.
We have an exciting opportunity within our North Lincolnshire WMIM Team for a passionate Band 7 Team Leader. As a team leader you will be responsible to the clinical lead. The Team Leader will support practitioners in both education and health settings to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems. The post holder will be visible and support the day to day running of the team, and will demonstrate an understanding of the MHST model, service development and have some leadership experience.
Main duties of the job
To ensure the Mental Health Support Team is delivered in line with national guidance and to provide support to the clinical lead in the effective day to day management of the team within the resources available and agreed governance frameworks
To provide support to the clinical lead to meet the aims and objectives of the service including deputising and delegated responsibilities.
To ensure that all referrals in to the pathway are allocated and responded to in a timely manner in line with service KPIs and the national framework
To ensure effective working delivery of a consultation and advice model for education settings in a timely manner.
We pride ourselves on having a positive team culture, which is supportive and inspirational, with a reputation for progression. Should you have any queries or require any further information or assistance, please contact Lyndsey Leebetter, North Lincolnshire Clinical Lead [email protected]
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job description Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
-Relevant health/social care Degree or equivalent body e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist - -Professional registration.
Desirable
-Additional training/qualification in leadership -Master's Degree or equivalent -A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Supervision
Experience Essential
-Experience of leading teams and supervising staff and students at all levels. -Experience of working in children's services e.g. Children's mental health, social care or education. -A successful track record in making improvements in service delivery -Ability to demonstrate operational effectiveness -Able to demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and autonomy -Experience in presenting high level information to large groups of people -Demonstrable substantial post qualification experience, including experience of working with clients with mental health problems and working with children and families in particular -Experience of developing complex clinical formulations with children and families and within MDT's.
Desirable
-Experience of change management
Knowledge Essential
-Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (written and Oral) -Highly competent in decision making regarding ongoing patient care based on clinical and risk factors -Theoretical and practical knowledge in areas of child and adolescent mental health and good awareness of key drivers in the field -High level of problem solving and planning skills -An understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Health Code of Practice -Understanding of confidentiality. -Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles -An understanding of performance management systems and the importance of achieving targets. -An understanding of the risk management
Skills Essential
-Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and use de-escalation techniques effectively. -Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role model -Ability to motivate others -Good planning and organizational skills -Able to manage staff and their caseloads and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team -Good clinical reasoning skills -Ability to work autonomously -Flexible approach to problem solving -Team work -Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimize patient management -Provide Clinical and management supervision to colleagues -Time management -IT literate - use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Internet -Manage a varied workload and deliver to deadlines under pressure
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 Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Address St Nicholas House
Shelford Street
Scunthorpe
DN15 6NU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)