There are currently lots of exciting developments happening within LPFT's services for Children and Young People (CYP) in Lincolnshire.

We are looking to recruit two Band 7 Team Managers to manage our Horncastle & Boston Healthy Minds Team and our Lincoln & Grantham Healthy Minds Teams respectively.

You will be responsible for the operational and clinical management of the two Healthy Minds Teams within the locality. You will be a member of the multi-disciplinary team working with children, young people, families and education staff assessing and treating the mental health and well-being of children and young people. You will be responsible for ensuring the teams fulfil their core offer of services whilst maintaining clinical input within their role.

The Healthy Minds Teams will have close links with our well established services: Mental Health Support Teams and CAMHS.

Please note: these posts are fixed term for 12 months however should the funding position change the posts will be made substantive. The posts are full-time posts Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, however other working patterns can be considered and base can be negotiated.

You will need to have the ability to travel between education settings and bases, some of which are in rural areas. Hybrid working is also expected. This post is currently subject to job evaluation.

For any further information please contact Hayley Slater 07870916609 hayley.slater@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Healthy Minds Service - delivers early and preventative mental health intervention for children, young people and their families by:-

• Providing training and support to universal services, particularly schools to enable staff to have the skills and confidence to manage the emotional wellbeing needs of the children and young people in their care.
• Providing individual and group work for children and young people and their families/carers using evidence based brief therapeutic tools and models.
• Offering consultation, advice and signposting that will ensure, where appropriate children, young people and their families are referred to services that will meet identified needs.
• Contributing to development of clear referral pathways that support the emotional health and wellbeing of children young people and their families.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life .Visitbeinlincolnshire.com to find out more .

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Childcare Vouchers

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Undergraduate degree qualification specific to area of practice e.g. health, social work or teaching qualification (or can demonstrate equivalent experience) and/or registered with the appropriate professional body, such as the HCPC or NMC
• Evidence of continued professional development in clinical and management practice
• Post-Registration/qualification experience within core profession

Desirable

• Leadership or management qualification
• Masters Degree

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children or adults with mental health needs
• Experience of managing staff and good leadership skills
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Sound knowledge of clinical / risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality
• Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act

Desirable

• Experience of working with looked after children
• Experience of working in an educational setting
• Research and audit experience
• Experience of developing services

Skills

Essential

• Prioritisation and resource allocation, planning and organisation skills
• Able to communicate complex and at times highly sensitive information to a variety to stakeholders
• Must demonstrate a working knowledge of health, education, social services and the voluntary sector and have the ability to work in partnership with other professionals from a range of multi-disciplinary backgrounds
• Demonstrate the application of values to mental health practice including the ability to identify, challenge and where possible redress discrimination and inequality
• IT skills
• Analyse and interpret data/or information
• Budget management
• Self- motivated with excellent people management skills

Desirable

• oAble to demonstrate knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology and contribute in the audit process

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Base negotiable

Lincoln

LN1 1FS

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