Deputy play and youth services manager
The Play and Youth Services Team are a large multi skilled workforce consisting of Registered Health Play Specialists, Youth Support Co-ordinators, Youth workers and young adult support coordinators working trust-wide with 025-year-olds. The service is led by the Lead for Therapeutic Play, Recreation and Youth Services, 2 Deputy play services managers and Team leaders who have a duel clinical and leadership role.
You will have support and encouragement to continue to develop and learn within the team including access to ongoing learning, development and training opportunities. As a member of the play and youth Services leadership team you will work closely with the trust lead for therapeutic play and youth services and the wider senior leadership team in the division to support opportunities for play.
You will be supported to grow and develop as part of a learning and improving team. Active Registration with Society of health play specialists as a health play specialists is a requirement for this role or international equivalent. The Play and Youth Services Team are a large multi skilled workforce consisting of Registered Health Play Specialists, Youth Support Co-ordinators, Youth workers, young adult support coordinators, play and activity workers and psychological well-being practitioners.
The team work trust-wide with 025-year-olds. The service is led by the Lead for Therapeutic Play, Recreation and Youth Services, a Deputy play services manager and Team leaders who have a duel clinical and leadership role. You will have support and encouragement to continue to develop and learn within the team including access to ongoing learning, development and training opportunities.Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values, and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them. Kindness safety teamwork improving Our Team is a supportive cohesive team who strive for providing top quality support and experiences to BCYP.
Annual Leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust *In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.Come and join our team! We have an exciting and rare opportunity to join the UCLH therapeutic play and youth services leadership team. We are looking for an enthusiastic experienced registeredhealth play specialist to join our play and youth services team in a leadership role.
We are expanding our award-winning team with a new deputy play and youth services manager role. You will join two other part time deputies and team leaders in leading the day-to-day service. You will support service delivery, staffing rotas, health roster and managing the referral service.
You will have a key role in service development and leading on practice development and improvement projects for BCYP and wider team. This Senior role will be part of the UCLH Therapeutic play and youth services leadership team. Experience in leadership and supporting staff is an advance, but if this is your first leadership role you will be fully supported to gain new skills and learn within our kind and nurturing team.
As an experienced practitioner with extensive experience of working with babies children young people in a variety of clinical settings you will be an advocate for BCYP accessing therapeutic play and recreation during their treatment at UCLH As one of three deputy play and youth Services managersyou will Co-lead one of the three sub teams that form our larger play and Youth Services team these sub teams currently consist of daycare an outpatient service children/young people and young adult cancer services inpatient services As a member of the play and youth Services leadership team you will work closely with the trust lead for therapeutic play and youth services and the wider senior leadership team in the division to support opportunities for play.
You will be supported to grow and develop as part of a learning and improving team. Active Registration as a health play specialists is a requirement for this role or international equivalent. This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024.Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found athttps://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202425