Team Leader / CBT Supervisor - Bury CAMHS

This post is an exciting opportunity for an experienced CAMHS Practitioner/CBT therapist to join Bury CAMHS and support the development of the CYPMH offer into our local communities. You will work in partnership with third sector organisations, early help services and our local multi-agency safeguarding hubs to ensure that our referral pathways are accessible, delivered in true partnership and ensure children ,young people and families that need mental health advice and support can get what they need quickly and easily., The postholder will be the team leader and supervisor of NHS and voluntary sector staff members within the Hub and will oversee the provision of low intensity therapeutic interventions for the mental health needs of children and young people accessing the service. The post holder will be qualified in CBT and CBT supervision or have an interest in pursuing accredited CBT supervision training. The postholder will have experiencing line managing mental health professionals, and will have the following responsibilities:

• To manage and develop the stepped care, low intensity CAMHS service for this age group.


• To manage CAMHS clinicians and provide supervision for team members undertaking assessment and a range of interventions / managing caseloads.


• To develop and implement therapeutic plans of care for children and young people with mental health needs.


• Supporting the service to deliver training and consultation to other children's agencies.


• To liaise with other agencies regarding the implementation of care plans and the management of risk for children and young people.


• To promote and support mental health awareness in agencies supporting children and young people.


Working for our organisation
You will be supported to achieve success by a highly motivated local across system leadership team who are committed to embedding a thriving culture within Bury. You will be a key member of the Bury CAMHS management team, receive excellent supervisory support both through clinical and managerial and we will work with you to support your development. We know that the support and development of our staff is fundamental in ensuring that those that need our services get the best possible experience., All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge).
An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month's salary.
If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary.
We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff).
Other important information
+ We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
+ Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status
+ This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs
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+ If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post
+ If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application
+ We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received
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You will help ensure that CAMHS Getting Help and Getting More Help support offers are developed and that those CYP that need help and treatment from access it smoothly and at the earliest opportunity. The role will be based in our MH thrive hub, which is an integrated team of voluntary sector employed professionals and CAMHS professionals. The role will involve leading and overseeing the therapeutic interventions offered to children and young people accessing the service. The post holder will be qualified in CBT and CBT supervision to ensure effective supervision of staff members offering low intensity cognitive behaviour therapy.
Your days will be varied and your work will be completed largely within our third sector MH thrive hub with focus on developing pathways of intervention for children accessing the service. This role will have high impact locally and in order to be successful you will need:
+ Strong CYP mental health knowledge and experience.
+ Experience of using training, supervision and consultation as a means of helping other professionals to support the mental health of CYP.
+ Good understanding and commitment to the CAMHS transformation agenda
+ Experience of leading others in ways that inspire innovation and excellence.
+ Values that match our own and always place CYP and families at the fore of all your practice

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
3. Access to Continued Professional Development
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values