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**** COVID-19 - Please note that during this time all interviews will be conducted remotely. If successful you will also initially be working remotely in line with guidance from Scottish Government***
Secondment/Fixed Term Opportunity until 31st March 2021*
For NHS employees considering this post, please note that appointments will only be considered on a secondment or SLA basis, in the first instance.
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow
Up to 1.0wte – may be offered on sessional basis
We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative health care professional to lead educational developments for multidisciplinary staff working in Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing.
NES is the lead for the Workforce Development subgroup of the C&YP Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme Board and has been tasked with extending CAMHS capacity in support of transforming Scotland’s approach to children and young people’s mental health in Scotland following recommendation by the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce.
You will assist the Head of Programme – CYP Mental Health and Wellbeing in supporting a large portfolio of SG agreed work within the Children’s speciality area.
This role will include leading on the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of a range of learning programmes on behalf of NES, and through liaison with relevant stakeholders. A major focus will be to commission and deliver training on evidence based psychological interventions and supervision programmes for workers in CYP’s mental health. The postholder will also review and develop both existing and new online resources suitable for a range of child services workers.
You will be educated to Masters Level, or equivalent, and have considerable experience of working in Children’s services. Experience of delivering and developing training materials will be essential, along with experience of managing project/planning deadlines. You should have substantial experience of delivering evidence based psychological interventions/ therapies to children, young people and families as well as experience of supervising colleagues. You will be able to demonstrate flexibility, high-level communication skills and a commitment to engagement in partnership working with a range of multi-professional and multi-agency stakeholders.
This post will be based in either Edinburgh or Glasgow, and regular travel throughout Scotland will be required due to the nature of this post.
This post (up to 1.0wte) is available on a temporary basis up to March 2021.
If you are interested in this vacancy and would like further information, please refer to the below Job Information Pack which includes a copy of the Job Description, Person Specification and Conditions of Service.
*For NHS employees considering this post, please note that appointments will only be considered on a secondment or SLA basis, in the first instance.
Applicants who wish to apply on a secondment basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer including both their line manager and service manager) at the earliest opportunity.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.
Informal enquiries are welcomed by Marita Brack via email: marita.brack@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Closing Date: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Interview Date: Week commencing 29th June 2020 (via Teams).