Team Manager - Healthy Little Minds Service

We are excited to share an opportunity within iCAMHS for a Team Manager position in our Healthy Little Minds team. We are seeking an inspirational and compassionate leader who understands the complexities of parent - infant relationship.

This role offers the opportunity to lead a specialist infant mental health service grounded in relationships, early intervention, and a strong commitment to supporting parents,carers and infants at the earliest stage of life. The Team Manager will ensure high quality, compassionate, and inclusive practice, working in close partnership with families, commissioners, and a wide range of professionals to promote secure attachment and positive outcomes for infants.

Job description

1. Job purpose

To provide operational management of the Healthy Little Minds service, that will be embedded into the current care pathways to provide the support and treatment for parents/carers and infants aged 0-2 years.

Promoting positive Infant mental health will focus on parent/carer- infant relationship, inclusive of early intervention prior to birth, in the form of assessment, risk management, formulation, direct evidenced based practice interventions, group interventions and professional consultation.

This work focuses on supporting positive relationships and strong attachments between infants and their parents/carers. Key partnership work will be required with Childrens Services; Nursery/Education, Educational Psychologists, Midwifery and Health services, Early Help and other services within CAMHS and voluntary agencies.

The post holder will work in close partnership with commissioners and with parent/carer volunteers with responsibility for adhering to the contract requirements.

2. Principal duties and responsibilities

1. Lead the operational management of the Healthy Little Minds service, ensuring early identification of infants mental health needs, parent/Infant relationships and additional needs through effective screening and delivery of quality services within a range of open access, targeted sessions and project work.

2. Provide operational leadership and full line management of the team and service, including, but not limited to recruitment, supervision, training, performance management, Individual wellbeing, Health and Safety, finance, data management and reporting, adhering to NCC manager expectations and policy and procedures.

3. Work with the Healthy Little Minds stakeholder group, co-produce and co-develop the service with parent volunteers and embed a partnership approach to development of the service. Work in close partnership with commissioners to ensure that the service is developed in accordance with the expectations of the commissioners, clearly communicating any barriers or challenges as soon as they arise.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Degree/Post graduate qualification related to Mental Health with proven knowledge, skills and experience in case work and experience of supervising/managing complex clinical cases, safeguarding and risk within a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of learning or qualification(s) in the field of child development /infant mental health/ attachment and management /leadership skills

Experience

Essential

• Evidence extensive experience of managing and responding to safeguarding concerns and emotional wellbeing risks
• Ability to communicate effectively, at all levels both orally and in writing particularly to provide professional advice and chairing of multi-agency complex meetings.

Be diplomatic and approachable

Experience of working with children with attachment disorders or mental health presentations

Effective influencing skills

Experience of co-production, participation and project management skills

Able to develop positive working relationships with colleagues and others both internal and external.

Ability to produce documents / reports / presentations using a wide variety of software including word and excel etc.

About the employer

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Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.