Children and Young People's Service Lead - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Living Well Consortium

Living Well Consortium

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Living Well Consortium is recruiting for a CYP Service Lead to join our clinical team The post holder will support a team of triage, psychological wellbeing, and clinical practitioners delivering talking therapies and counselling.

They will provide clinical guidance, supervision, and case management as well as leading our CYP counselling and talking therapies service.

Purpose of the role

The post holder will be an energetic and committed practitioner and will support a team of triage, psychological wellbeing, and clinical practitioners delivering talking therapies and counselling.

They will provide clinical guidance, supervision, and case management to enhance the practitioners' experience at work and contribute towards their professional development.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Lead the CYP counselling and talking therapies service
Provide supervision to clinical staff including Psychology Assistants
Provide training to new starter clinical staff
Identify clinical training requirements
Manage and monitor all service referrals, including regular filtering of referrals and ensuring appropriate allocations
Oversee the formulation of group therapies and support the delivering practitioners
Line manage clinical staff, including overseeing holiday requests, annual reviews, and performance management
Ensure clients are contacted within the contracted wait times
Ensure clinical staff are adhering to established delivery models
Chair regular staff meetings
Undertake clinical audits when required
Provide support with the management and supervision of practitioners to ensure the smooth running of services
Monitor the quality of treatments delivered by LWC central services
Contribute to projects within the service and ensure project deliverables are met
Develop, support, and train innovative practice of CYP services
Work with Consortium member organisations to ensure the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the highest professional standards
Ensure all clinical documents are up to date
Provide support to the Clinical Lead to ensure best practice across the Consortium and that clinical excellence is maintained.
Liaise with staff, service Providers and stakeholders and attending regular internal and external clinical team meetings as required.
Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating body and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
Formulate and deliver workshops for staff when needed
Liaise with partners and referring services
Supporting with the maintenance of accurate and effective data quality
Monitor client waiting times and raise to management if action plan required to alleviate periods of high waiting times.
Support the Clinical Lead with Safeguarding issues
Provide a service that is nondiscriminatory and compassionate
Undertake training as and when required by the organisation.
Attend and contribute to meetings as required by the organisation
Work within the organisations policies and procedures
Undertake such other duties commensurate with the role
Understand and work within the ethos, aims and objectives of LWC.

Person specification

A qualification in a relevant area in CYP talking therapies and mental health work (such as PWP with CYP experience and top up training, CWP, CYP, CYP CBT, or Mental Health nursing) or equivalent experience
An understanding of NHS Talking Therapies services
Experience of using data systems such as IAPTUS
Proactive selfstarter with a positive and energetic approach to work
Experience in the delivery of guided selfhelp and group psychoeducation within a clinical setting such as NHS Talking Therapies
Experience providing clinical support to practitioners
Experience in working with suicidal clients and risk management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Confident communicator at all levels
Effective time management and workload management
Exceptional levels of integrity and professional judgement
Empathy with the aims and values of the organisation
Commitment to continuous improvement including own professional development
Willingness to be flexible and dynamic as organisation needs change
Commitment to principles of Equal Opportunities

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time

Part-time hours: per week

Salary:
£36,206.44 per year

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Birmingham

Application deadline: 02/07/2023