Clinical Team Leader

Job overview

“I love working in CAIST for the difference we can make in a young person’s and their family/carer’s life, through their most difficult times.” Come and join our award winning team!

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our Award Winning Under 18’s Crisis Service as a Clinical Team Leader supporting young people and their families across Norfolk and Waveney.

This role is primarily based in Norwich, however on occasion you may need to travel to different sites, so being able to travel independently is essential.

The CAIST (Crisis, Assessment & Intensive Support Team) service is a vibrant and dynamic service that has 3 teams based across Norfolk & Waveney and currently offers an 08.00 to 20.00 service, 7 days a week.

The team offers community based intensive support to children, young people & their families. CAIST aim to establish trusting therapeutic relationships, to reduce risks when children & young people may be experiencing high levels of distress.

When you join CAIST, you can expect your role to be varied and diverse – no two days are ever the same! You’ll be a valued and supported member of our multi-disciplinary team consisting of Clinical & Forensic psychologists, Safeguarding Lead, Speech & Language, Occupational and Music Therapists, Nurses, Social Workers and much more.

Main duties of the job

Don’t just take our word for it, hear what one of the team said about working with us:

“The team consists of a variety of great individuals from all backgrounds and skills, who feel passionately about supporting young people and what we do; this is demonstrated in the hard work and passion for the job.

Despite being challenging at times, working within the CAIST team is incredibly rewarding. Skill development and progression is encouraged to continually evolve and expand the service and I feel proud to be a part of such an amazing team.”

Whilst experience in working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health.  We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome new ways of thinking.

We are looking for people to join us with enthusiasm, optimism, fresh ideas and energy.

We are looking for a dedicated mental health professional with either a Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other psychotherapy  qualification. We would love to hear from you if you have experience in managing people and teams as well as working with people who suffer with mental health difficulties, and you have at least 12 months post qualification experience in a mental health setting or similar.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

ROLE SUMMARY

• The Clinical Team Leader role is responsible for the operational management of a range of aspects of service delivery within the team and for clinical/management supervision of professional staff.
• To ensure a responsive, high-quality service is provided to clients, their families and carers within the clinical environment. Maintain compliance with key performance indicators.
• They will allocate work to relevant services and monitor the team’s contribution to the overall objectives of the Trust.
• The Clinical Team Leader will provide professional governance and leadership within their area.
• They will deputise for the Deputy Service Manager as required.
• They may hold a client caseload.