Main duties of the job To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT.
As Team Leader you will work alongside the CYPMHS Operational Manager and enhanced Clinical Team Leader in leading the service and ensuring that the highest quality of care is delivered to children, young people and families. You'll be part of the Quality Leadership Team and have the opportunity to influence Team and Service development. You are expected have a good understanding of Key Performance Indicators and managing throughput based on CAP, a service transformation model used in CYPMHS .To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples and their families, extended families, foster carers and people with mental health difficulties.
To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, ensuring provision of a care plan, taking responsibility for initiating, planning and review of the client’s care, ensuring the work of others involved and communicating effectively with the child/ the carer/professional as appropriate, monitoring the progress of multi-disciplinary interventions.
To maintain a personal and professional profile in accordance with Post Registration.