Job Description

You will work within the CAMHS North Team Core Pathway Peterborough to support and lead on service improvement initiatives and provide effective clinical leadership and supervision to staff.



You will support developments within the Children, Young People and Families Directorate and partner agencies. You will promote and contribute to accessibility of the service, high quality evidence-based care, and efficient caseload management within the team.

The post holder will:

Collaborate with the Single Point of Access Team (SPA - YOUnited) effectively to improve access to the service.



Provide clinical leadership to colleagues across all areas of the team



Identify levels of clinical risk and prioritise accordingly and provide advice and leadership to staff.



Provide comprehensive and collaborative assessment to children, young people, and families.



Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.



Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.



To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.



Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.



Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.



For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk



Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.



Provide collaborative care plans and effective evidence-based intervention to children, young people, and families. This includes work specifically for the more complex case presentation.



Support, promote and further develop an assessment and treatment approach.



Provide clinical / professional supervision, and where appropriate, operational supervision, to staff in the team.



Undertake rostered Duty tasks on weekdays (9am-5pm), providing mental health risk assessment and care plans to children and young people presenting in crisis.



Support, promote and further develop the use of clinical outcome measures within the team.



Cultivate positive and collaborative relationships with related pathways, teams and services, in particular the Neuro CAMHS and Eating Disorders pathways, the substance use service (CASUS), YOUnited, Home Treatment Team (HTT), acute and Community Paediatrics and other child health services, Early Help services, emotional help & wellbeing services, schools, social care and the First Response Service (FRS).



Support and promote high quality record keeping, including care plan audit and activity recording.



Provide a leadership role alongside the Team Manager and other senior colleagues to monitor and report on activity, clinical capacity, service user feedback, compliance on supervision recording and appraisals, and compliance with mandatory training.



To support in the leadership and operational duties during Team Manager periods or absence such as leave, such as representation at identified meetings.