MHST Team Manager
We are looking for a team manager to form a key part of the Solar Mental Health Support Team (MHST), offering the chance to manage one of our geographical clusters in the Solihull MHST. If you're looking for a new challenge in your work life and would love to have a positive impact on the mental health agenda in Solihull, whilst improving outcomes for children, young people and families then we could be looking to hire you.
We are looking for an incredibly vibrant, creative, and experienced staff member who is just as passionate about the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people as we are.
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We have an exciting role providing an opportunity to develop as manager whilst contributing to the delivery of evidence-based services and the mental health agenda within Solihull.
As a team manager you will work as part of the Solar service, working in partnership with the local schools, community organisations and other wellbeing services to develop a whole schoolapproach to mental health and wellbeing, building on what is being done already. We achieve this goal through offering a range of services, including:
- Improving access to mental health support and services
- Delivering training and workshops for schools, school staff, young people and parents
- Individual and group interventions for children and young people experiencing difficulties with managing emotions
As a manager in this team, you will work in school, community and healthcare settings, providing you with a wealth of experience and skills. Solar is a well established, nationally talked about service and we are really excited to be developing our whole community approach.
You will be at the forefront of development in the MHSTworking with the other managers, ensuring that the service is responsive to local area needs and continues developing in line with transformation plans. We welcome candidates who are incredibly collaborative and have experience working in partnership with children, young people and families to shape and grow services.
Solar is a partnership project between Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) and Barnardo's. We work together to provide emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people in Solihull who are aged between 0-19, based on the principle of children and young people only needing to tell their story once. Solar utilise one clinical record and a single user led care plan, ensuring children and young people shape the service that they receive.
Rated “good” by the CQC in January 2018, the service was peer reviewed by West Midlands Quality Review Service who said they “were impressed with the level of integration across the services - the feedback from service users and their families and carers was that the pathway was seamless between the various services.”
This is an exciting opportunity to be based within a dynamic NHS service but employed and supported by a charity with a long history of working with and for children and young people (over 150 years!). Solar is a multi-disciplinary service which provides a rich learning environment for all staff. Our work is holistic, and evidence based, and we actively encourage the participation of children and young people in their assessment, care plan and treatment.
What are the essentials that we need from you?
- To have at least 4 years experience working with children and young people in a mental health setting. (E)
- At least 1 year experience of management or leadership (E)
- To have experience working with children and young people who have learning disability or neurodevelopmental conditions. (D)
- To be a fully qualified clinician e.g., Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, Counsellor, Social Worker, LD Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Psychotherapist. (E) We may consider applicants who do not have a core qualification, provided they have and can evidence significant (4+ years) experience in CAMHS and can evidence experience working with children and/or young people who have a learning disability and/or neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Experience in working with families. (E)
- Experience in working in or with educational/community settings (E)
- Experience in planning and undertaking individual/group work interventions (E)
- Ability to proactively manage a busy and complex diary in a fast-paced work environment (E)
- Hold a supervision qualification (D)
