CAMHs SPOX Clinical Service Lead

This is an exciting opportunity within North London Foundation NHS Trust, we are seeking a dynamic, dedicated, and experienced Operational Service Lead with a passion for service transformation to oversee our Single Point of Access (SPOA) for Children and Young People Services. This role will be pivotal in managing incoming referrals, conducting triage and initial assessments, and providing brief interventions as part of the I Thrive model, specifically within the "Getting Advice and Getting Help" quadrant. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, a collaborative approach, and a deep understanding of children and young people's mental health services. The postholder will assist the team with delivering patient facing clinical assessments and brief interventions, undertaken quickly to identify needs early to include 1st assessment, extended assessment up to 3 sessions. The post holder will support specialist ND triage advice, guidance, and support for CYP, their families and other professionals working with CYP. The service will have a centralized coalition of outcome measures and scoring used to determine pathways in conjunction with shared decision making. This role will operate alongside others and with the support of other managers and clinical leads within the Tri borough CAMHS service.Main duties of the job Oversee the processing of all incoming referrals to ensure timely and appropriate responses. Develop and implement efficient referral management processes to streamline operations. Collaborate with external partners and stakeholders to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the referral pathways. Lead the triage process to assess the urgency and nature of referrals, ensuring that children and young people receive the appropriate level of support. Develop and maintain a robust signposting system to guide families and professionals to relevant services and resources. Provide training and support to staff on triaging and effective signposting practices. Conduct initial assessments for new referrals to identify needs and appropriate interventions in line with the I Thrive model. Implement brief intervention strategies to support children and young people and their families effectively. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions, making adjustments as necessary to improve outcomes. Lead and manage a team of professionals, providing supervision, support, and mentoring to enhance staff capabilities.

Why choose to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust? We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart. Our Five-Year Strategy: 1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. 2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all 3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. 4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.