Head of Service - London, United Kingdom - Ealing Council

Ealing Council

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job description

Part-time or full-time hours per week; minimum four days). Flexible working is possible.

We are currently recruiting for a Head of Service to clinically lead and manage the Ealing Early Intervention Service, an exciting partnership between London Borough of Ealing and the Anna Freud Centre.

Clinicians will operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects the diversity of Ealing and ensures all work is sensitive to the needs of a range of ethnic, cultural and religious groups, is gender sensitive, anti-discriminatory and values diversity.

The service works with children, young people and their families presenting with mild to moderate mental health needs.

The Head of Service will be responsible for safe, effective and evidence-based delivery of interventions conducted by a range of practitioners and will develop excellent working relationships with key stakeholders in the borough.

The post-holder will be supported by the Head of Clinical Help in Schools at the Anna Freud Centre.

The service offers brief evidence-based individual and group interventions to address mild to moderate wellbeing needs largely using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), trauma-informed and mentalization approaches.

The Head of Service will oversee a range of clinical activities to address mental health needs in children and young people, including direct individual and group work with young people and parents/carers and joint work with other professionals.

Work is also conducted jointly with existing professionals where young people present with more complex needs to strengthen the skills and competencies in the multi-agency network.

There will be opportunities to deliver consultation and training to multi-agency professionals and develop a wider network within Ealing of all relevant agencies.

The work takes place on an outreach basis in schools, family homes and other community venues as well as being conducted virtually.

Location

Hybrid (a mixture of home/onsite working): the post is based within premises at London Borough of Ealing and occasionally at the Anna Freud Centre in King's Cross (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH).

The Ealing sites are Greenford Service Centre (Oldfield Lane South, Ravenor Park, Greenford UB6 9LB) and Ealing Primary Centre (573 Greenford Road, Greenford UB6 8QJ).

There will be a mixture of face-to-face work in community settings with office and virtual appointments. Attendance at the Greenford site will be required along with occasional attendance at the Anna Freud Centre.

Contract duration
Permanent.

Midday (12pm) Monday 27 February 2023.

Notification of interview

Interviews

Interviews will be held on:

Thursday 2 March 202
Friday 3 March 202
Monday 6 March 202
Tuesday 7 March 2023

How to apply
We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Head of Service - Ealing Early Intervention Service role profile