Team Leader | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

To provide management and caseload supervision within a specified CYPMH and CPS (CAMHS) geographical team and across the CYPMH and CPS (CAMHS) service within a specialist role and according to specialist are of expertise.

To provide generic caseload and case specific supervision and assist with the development and maintenance of PDRs.

To act as specialist advisor within CYPMH and CPS (CAMHS) and to actively contribute to the Network governance arrangements when required and provide input into specialist projects as required within the network.

To ensure that the standard of performance and clinical practice are of the highest quality to ensure good quality outcomes for clients within the team.

To ensure that with others, arrangements are in place to contribute to the effective clinical and professional supervision of all staff in the team, including professional appraisal and the identification of CPD needs across the team.

To contribute to policy implementation and policy or service development, both within the service and the wider Network.

To keep up to date with CYPMH (CAMHS) research and clinical developments and utilise this knowledge in interpreting NHS policy and local priorities in order to promote evidence based practice across CYPMH (CAMHS) and contribute to the development of health care and social care that is of the greatest possible clinical and cost effectiveness for patients, carers and staff within the specialty of CYPMH (CAMHS).

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

We currently require a practitioner with previous experience at Band 6 who have recent, significant experience of working within a CYPMH team. All applicants must have an interest and skills in psychological approaches to working with clients and have a commitment to working collaboratively with clients who may present challenges for engagement.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.