Consultant Clinical Social Worker

We are seeking an energetic, highly motivated and experienced social worker who has skills and knowledge in the assessment and treatment of children and young people; to deliver expert care, advice and support to children and young people with mental health problems and to take an active role within the quadrant leadership team in delivering the service to ensure KPI's are met and sustained.
You must be a SWE registered social worker and possess experience of supervising and some leadership experience. You will be responsible for demonstrating excellent clinical outcomes and safe and effective delivery of care to children and young people.
You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be flexible and able to use initiative and be adaptable to the changing needs of the organisation and be able to work across disciplines.
The postholder will work to develop strong relationships with our colleagues in the Local Authority to work together to support complex young people. They will have clinical oversight of the band 7, 6, 5 and student social workers. The role is key in the supporting of the wider multi-disciplinary team, to promote positive staff well-being and containment when working with complex cases. We are looking for someone whose values and ethos fit with our teams values., In conjunction with other members of the quadrant leadership team, lead in the delivery, development and implementation of Community CAMHS, providing a high quality service to meet the needs of children and young people and their carer's in their area. To ensure the continued efficient and effective management of the team, by providing leadership and supervision to social workers, students and multi-disciplinary staff., The post holder will:
+ Be responsible, with the rest of the quadrant team, for ensuring that the service experience through the CAPA care pathway, in line with CYP/IAPT principles and processes, is of the highest quality inspiring service user and public This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance.
+ Work collaboratively with the quadrant leadership team and the senior leadership team in the planning, development, provision and review of excellent, service user focused and cost-effective integrated community
+ Ensure that the objectives of CYP/IAPT and key social care performance indicators are Put the interest of service users and carers at the heart of all clinical decisions.
+ Support community managers in taking appropriate action on issues of social work/social care practice and professional
+ Provide strong professional leadership to social workers in the quadrant via professional line management, appraisal and clinical supervision to the team's clinical social workers.
+ Lead on the professional aspects of recruitment and deployment of social workers within a designated area of
+ Maintain effective communication and liaison between CAMHS and Children's Services in the quadrant. To consult and liaise with other related professionals in Children's Services, Health, and the voluntary sector, as appropriate, on matters of mutual concern regarding CAMHS clients in general, and Looked After Children in particular in order to promote effective service provision.
+ Deputise in the absence of the Professional Lead for Social Care in CAMHS in matters relating to social work/social care and safeguarding in
+ To assess and treat children and their families with a wide variety of emotional and behavioural disorders. Co-working with other members/disciplines of the multi-disciplinary team as and when necessary.
+ Contribute to ongoing service evaluation and audit within CAMHS.
+ To maintain a high standard of clinical records in line with the Trust and CAMHS policies and procedures.
Clinical Responsibility
+ Create, develop and maintain professional, supportive relationships with all members of staff and with other professionals and
+ Empower social workers to take on a wider range of roles and
+ Lead on and participate in research and development activities as required to improve the quality of
+ Provide expertise within the quadrant and across services with respect to safeguarding children and the legislative framework around
+ Through strong social work leadership, the post holder will support the management team to maintain and improve standards of practice/services.
+ The post holder will ensure that all services users and carers are treated with compassion, dignity and respect placing value on the diversity of the local community and
+ They will support the professional and SBU leads in providing evidence for the governance and quality
+ Manage the quality of the provision of social work practice by:
+ Holding clinical social workers in the quadrant to account for delivery of their key performance
+ Leading initiatives to increase the care provision of best social work/social care practice and innovative service ideas
+ In conjunction with the CAMHS quadrant team, ensure effective action is taken where social work performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not
+ Ensure that all social workers receive professional supervision and undertake continued professional development in line with SWE standards and PCF
Working Relationships
+ Service users and their carers
+ Quadrant Leadership Team
+ CAMHS Community Manager
+ Senior Social Workers
+ HPFT Safeguarding Leads
+ Children's Services
+ Professional Lead for Social Care in CAMHS
+ CAMHS Senior Leadership Team
+ University of Hertfordshire
Communication Requirements
+ Develop systems to ensure the recording of all contacts with service users in the electronic records system, in line with the trust's Record Keeping
+ Ensure effective communication with service users, carers and relatives, staff and
+ Develop measures to improve communications where barriers Ensure that all communication takes place in a manner that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
+ Ensure that consent to intervention or assessment is sought in a manner that is meaningful to the service
+ Communicate with people in a manner that is consistent with their level of understanding, culture and
+ Communicates in a way that demonstrates dignity, respect, kindness and
Financial Responsibility
+ To act as an authorised signatory for travel, overtime and purchase orders
Service Development and Improvement
+ As services develop and change, the post holder may be required to undertake other responsibilities within the
+ Ensure shared decision making with service users' involvement in all aspects of their care
+ Seek contributions and suggestions for the improvement of
+ Act upon concerns of others regarding clinical work or work environment Promote and present a positive image of the team, service and the trust Work effectively in own team and as part of the whole
+ Ensure that professional supervision is in place and to develop systems for monitoring
+ Ensure that care is planned and delivered in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice, policies and procedures and the management of
+ Collect and collate data information effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance
Analytical and Judgmental Skills
+ Provide comprehensive, timely and accurate information relating to activity and/or performance as required.
+ To be flexible in the approach to care, using own judgement and decision making process
+ To recognise own limitations and engage in reflective practice.
Physical Working Conditions and Environment
+ To be able to work in the service area.
+ To be physically fit and able to successfully complete a prevention and management of aggression training course and annual refresher
+ To use computerised systems in line with Trust policies
Information Resources
+ To hold good IT skills, good literacy and numeracy skills., HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in a leadership position as a Consultant Social Worker within our CAMHS South multidisciplinary team and quadrant leadership team (QLT), delivering a high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and their families in the South of Hertfordshire including Borehamwood and Watford areas.
CAMHS South is a caring, supportive and hard working team which prides itself on working creatively, innovatively and inclusively. We have a number of ongoing projects including, working to better meet the needs of young people with neurodiversity who are accessing our service, and the development of the intervention offer for families of our young people.
We welcome all new staff to the team with a robust induction process to equip them for the work they will take forwards and promote leadership at all levels within the team.
CAMHS South is a part of HPFT CAMHS, who have been at the forefront of national developments in CAMHS, including CAPA and CYP-IAPT. The service is rapidly expanding in line the with evolving needs of young people in Hertfordshire., Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like to work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on…, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and
professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.