Job Description

About Buckinghamshire CAMHS

Barnardo\'s works in partnership with Oxford Health Foundation Trust to deliver a range of services to support children and young people within CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service). As part of this contract, Barnardo\'s deliver\'s the following support to children, young people and their families:

• Contact Support Workers are a key part of the Single Point of Access and are the gateway to CAMHS. They take calls and referrals from parents and professionals, forward calls from people seeking advice, liaise closely with a range of professionals and our colleagues within OHT.
• Buddies deliver short term evidence-informed interventions to support children and young people with a variety of mild - moderate mental health conditions, such as anxiety and self-harm. Some buddies also work in other pathways alongside clinicians and deliver more specialist and longer-term input, under the guidance of trained clinicians. We also deliver a range of groups to support children and young people or their parents
• Children\'s Wellbeing Practitioners deliver Basic Screening Assessments to assess the suitability of a Child or Young person for a short-term piece of support (6 to 8 weeks). These more specialist staff also provide longer term support (10 weeks) for more Children and Young People with complex conditions such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorders.
• Counsellors and Play Therapists support children under the age of 10 for whom talking therapies are not appropriate.
• Volunteers provide a range of support for Children and Young People and their Parents. They are fully involved in planning parents support groups, whilst some offer short term 1:1 step down support when buddies finish their work.
• Participation Lead works closely with groups of CYP so that they are involved in reviewing and feeding back on specific aspects of the service. They also work closely with partner agencies and attends events with young people to promote mental health and emotional well-being. They are also responsible for recruiting, training and arranging opportunities for our active volunteers that are in line with their experience and interests.
• Team managers support our staff by providing safeguarding support, monthly case management and line manager supervision. Staff are also supported by our clinical lead who provides monthly clinical supervision and time for reflection.

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About the role

We are seeking a passionate, clinically qualified individual to lead the next phase of our work within Buckinghamshire CAMHS. The ideal candidate would be tenacious, child and young person centred in their approach and capable of leading a large team in line with Barnardo\'s Basis and Values and expected leadership behaviours.

For more information about the role, please see the Addtional Information Sheet attached.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possibl

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo\'s . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo\'s as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo\'s pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo\'s believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo\'s. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo\'s stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo\'s Learning and Development offer

*T&C\'s apply based on contract

About Barnardo\'s

At Barnardo\'s we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

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