Band 6 Community Development Lead (CAMHS) - Bristol

This post is part of CAMHS commitment to improving responses to the mental health needs of Black, Brown, and other racialised Communities within Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset. We particularly welcome suitably experienced applicants from those communities. The postholder will be supported by a CAMHS Clinical Manager and be based at East and Central CAMHS, Barton Hill Settlement.
The purpose of the role is to work with the CAMHS Senior Management Team (SMT) to deliver a programme of work that supports:
+ Development of culturally sensitive, inclusive and fair services across CAMHS, which delivers early intervention and better health outcomes.
+ Delivers the CAMHS equality, diversity and inclusion objectives in relation to service delivery and community engagement.
+ Promotes cultural intelligence and just culture within the CAMHS workforce through e.g. training and reflective practice sessions, facilitating conversations, learning events.
+ Developing and sustaining Partnership working with ethnically diverse communities, statutory providers including education and children's social care, voluntary and independent organisations to support the development and provision of an integrated service that brings together opportunities for improving children and young people's mental health., The post holders will work with the CAMHS Senior Management Team to develop more inclusive and accessible pathways and care for ethnically diverse communities. You will facilitate co-production with children, young people and parents/carers networks supporting mental health awareness and access. You will facilitate positive collaborative partnerships with diverse community groups and the local statutory, voluntary and independent organisations ensuring that all relevant stakeholders are engaged and involved in the development of local services. You will support staff learning and development of staff in CAMHS services to develop their skills and knowledge in working with ethnically diverse communities. You will support CAMHS in recruitment and apprenticeship campaigns to increase the diversity of the local workforce. You will be expected to communicate effectively within and between CAMHS Teams and participate in team meetings, development days etc. You will support data collection and
provide progress reports to the CAMHS SMT and Trustwide meetings as appropriate. You will lead and contribute to specific project work aimed at improving access to CAMHS for ethnically diverse communities alongside the CAMHS SMT and "Improving Access to CAMHS for 'Black and Brown Communities Quality Improvement Project Working Group".

Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Work, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or equivalent professional qualification in Mental Health or psychological interventions with CAMHS. OR Formal postgraduate diploma level qualification in a relevant field and knowledge of mental health. AND Substantial experience of CAMHS gained through working with children and young people's. Evidence of recent professional development., The post holders should be passionate about working and have experience of working within diverse communities.
Please go to the Job Description for full details of the job responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification - Essential:
Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Work, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or equivalent professional qualification in Mental Health or psychological interventions with CAMHS.
OR
Formal postgraduate diploma level qualification in a relevant field and knowledge of mental health.
AND
Substantial experience of CAMHS gained through working with children and young people's.
Evidence of recent professional development.
Experience and Knowledge - Essential:
+ working with ethnically diverse communities and of working across different sectors to deliver community engagement and development, and involvement strategies/initiatives.
+ service improvement through co-production related to mental health.
+ networking and liaising with multiple agencies.
+ awareness of local inequalities and the impact of inequalities faced by ethnically diverse community groups in relation to Mental Health.
Able to:
+ challenge discrimination and inequities in order to enable service change within CAMHS and influence Senior leadership.
+ work as part of a team and work independently.
+ meet deadlines and prioritise.
+ develop effective partnerships and alliances in order to persuade influence and motivate others
+ communicate with a wide range of people in order to understand and resolve a range of issues.
We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

Working for our organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Working for CAMHS
AWP CAMHS provides outpatient locality and specialist mental health services as well as inpatient services to children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families in Bristol, South Gloucester and North Somerset.