Clinical Manager (INTERNAL ONLY)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two existing staff members to join the BICS Management Team in Clinical Manager roles. We are keen to recruit to the substantive post sitting within our South Hub multidisciplinary team and leading on groups and workshops across BICS alongside an opportunity to take on a fixed term interim role to join the existing Clinical Managers in one of the BICS Early Help multi-disciplinary teams.

If you have management and/or supervisory experience and are looking for an opportunity to stretch yourself and develop additional skills on a secondment basis this could be the role for you. We are looking for an experienced clinician to jointly lead a dynamic multidisciplinary team of clinicians providing mental health and wellbeing services to children young people and families in Barnet with a focus on the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) component of this MDT as we expand our MHST provision.

You will have a proven track record within child and adolescent mental health; sound knowledge and experience of cognitive behavioural therapies and other evidence-based therapies; sound knowledge of the functions of an MHST; and the experience and ability to provide high quality clinical supervision and line management to the team. Working in partnership with key stakeholders and partners you will bring your creativity flexibility and enthusiasm to jointly lead on the MHST provision wider MDT service development evaluation and improvement to ensure that children and young people in Barnet benefit from integrated responsive and accessible mental health and wellbeing services. You will have the continued support of the wider BICS management team as you step into this role as well as the opportunity to apply and enrol through UCL on their Leadership in CYP mental health services post graduate certificate which begins on the 14th January 2025 (deadline to apply through UCL is 9^th January 2025).

Children and Young Peoples Psychological Trainings: Leadership in CYP Mental Health Services PG Cert Prospective Students Graduate - UCL University College London

Barnet is one of the most diverse boroughs in London which provides opportunities and challenges that are rewarding both professionally and personally. We are focused on making Barnet an even better place to live for all families; we call this ambition Family Friendly Barnet. At the heart of this vision is our aim of helping families children and young people to become resilient so they can thrive and achieve. This role sits within our integrated clinical service BICS and is an excellent opportunity to use your clinical skills within this local authority setting.

We value and encourage your continuing professional development and will support you with experienced supervision from the Assistant Head of Service and peer support from Clinical Managers and other senior practitioners within BICS. We offer excellent specialist CPD and training opportunities and have established strong working relationships with colleagues across Barnets Family addition you will have ample opportunities to work with partner agencies such as Barnets Tier 3 NHS Specialist CAMHS schools and other community and voluntary services. We also have links with the London Clinical Psychology and Systemic Training Schemes.

Professional Membership/Qualification

Essential

Post-graduate level qualification in relevant therapeutic modality.

The post holder will have current UK professional registration where appropriate to their profession.

Desirable

Advanced Supervision / Management qualification at graduate level and relevant to post as Clinical Manager. (Could include supervision and/or leadership training).