Paediatric Mental Health Champion

The Mental Health champion will deliver four key functions: Build team confidence and morale across the department • Departmental case-based discussions, debriefing around complex and challenging cases, and mental health support for staff. • Providing peer supervision and shadowing opportunities Encourage uptake of training • Ensuring staff within the department are trained in mental health first aid. • Integrating education opportunities with children and young people's mental health colleagues wherever possible to enhance the learning and strengthen working relationships. • Advocating for access to and availability of appropriate training in recognising and supporting the mental health needs of children and young people • Dissemination of relevant external learning by staff members across the department Facilitate joint working across mental health and physical health • Working with paediatric clinical leads and executive leadership to encourage 'parity of esteem. • Working with children and young people's mental health clinicians to support the provision of physical healthcare in mental health settings. • Building supportive and collaborative relationships with colleagues in local children and young people's mental health teams and with local authority services, such as social services. This would facilitate joint assessment and management of children and young people presenting to paediatric services with mental health needs. • Networking with others in similar roles across local systems, regionally and nationally, to enhance dissemination of information from NHSE, Royal Colleges and professional bodies; sharing of good practice and feedback 'from the ground' to facilitate problem solving and further development nationally. • As needed, working with NHS provider trusts of children and young people's mental health care and Provider Collaboratives to develop new pathways for children and young people; this may include the development of admission and discharge pathways and supporting joint escalation policies. Provide leadership and link into trust governance structures • Influencing departmental attitudes, clinical pathways for children and young people, and education programmes for medical/nursing staff • Working cohesively with the clinical director of paediatric services and the paediatric ward matron or children's nursing lead • Linking into wider ICB and wider trust governance structures, including mental health and Provider Collaborative governance structures Job description Job responsibilities The Mental Health champion will deliver four key functions: Build team confidence and morale across the department • Departmental case-based discussions, debriefing around complex and challenging cases, and mental health support for staff. • Providing peer supervision and shadowing opportunities Encourage uptake of training • Ensuring staff within the department are trained in mental health first aid. • Integrating education opportunities with children and young people's mental health colleagues wherever possible to enhance the learning and strengthen working relationships. • Advocating for access to and availability of appropriate training in recognising and supporting the mental health needs of children and young people • Dissemination of relevant external learning by staff members across the department Facilitate joint working across mental health and physical health • Working with paediatric clinical leads and executive leadership to encourage 'parity of esteem. • Working with children and young people's mental health clinicians to support the provision of physical healthcare in mental health settings. • Building supportive and collaborative relationships with colleagues in local children and young people's mental health teams and with local authority services, such as social services. This would facilitate joint assessment and management of children and young people presenting to paediatric services with mental health needs. • Networking with others in similar roles across local systems, regionally and nationally, to enhance dissemination of information from NHSE, Royal Colleges and professional bodies; sharing of good practice and feedback 'from the ground' to facilitate problem solving and further development nationally. • As needed, working with NHS provider trusts of children and young people's mental health care and Provider Collaboratives to develop new pathways for children and young people; this may include the development of admission and discharge pathways and supporting joint escalation policies. Provide leadership and link into trust governance structures • Influencing departmental attitudes, clinical pathways for children and young people, and education programmes for medical/nursing staff • Working cohesively with the clinical director of paediatric services and the paediatric ward matron or children's nursing lead • Linking into wider ICB and wider trust governance structures, including mental health and Provider Collaborative governance structures