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Main area: Forensic Community Grade Band 7
Contract: Permanent (Option for a 12 month secondment for the right candidate)
Hours: Full time, Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri, excluding Bank Holidays)
Job ref: 246-SEC6835054-A
Site: Cedar House, Town: Ipswich
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Gross per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care—seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality-driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles; please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CVs alone will not be accepted.
We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at recruitment@nsft.nhs.uk.
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Job overview
The Suffolk Secure Services Forensic Community Mental Health Team provide recovery-focused community care for offenders who have been, or are being, discharged from a secure unit.
In 2021, our community services were awarded some collaborative funds to focus on service user progression and achieving the best for the service user by reducing the risks of re-admission to secure settings, reducing length of stay in secure settings and supporting with more community resources to aid recovery and step down from secure settings.
We are looking for a highly skilled, motivated, and passionate Band 7 Clinical Team Manager to join our Suffolk Team. This is a team with a wealth of experienced colleagues who are focused on recovery and making a difference, thereby positively impacting the quality of life for our service users.
The right candidate will lead and motivate the team, continue the excellent work already ongoing with our service users, and develop further opportunities for the team. We have recently had a very successful QSR and we would like you to continue with those improvements to achieve an overall rating of outstanding from the CQC.
Main duties of the job
We are openly welcoming people from a diverse clinical background who possess vast experience in different areas of mental health. Your wealth of skills and expertise in mental health will be valued, and career progression will be supported within our line management and appraisal structures.
Within this role, you will be involved in working alongside the MDT managing cases, holding an individual caseload, and working within the confines of a robust co-produced care plan that meets the individual service users’ needs whilst managing any risk factors for the individual or others. The multidisciplinary team is recovery-focused and works with a mixed caseload of male and female service users who have complex mental health needs. Working with carers, relatives, and other third-party agencies will be a crucial part of your role.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Benefits included with this role are:
* A comprehensive in-house & external training programme
* Career progression
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
By joining our team, you will be well supported to develop further your knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based interventions for the group of service users. Personal development will be supported through meaningful appraisal and via a bespoke training package (comprehensive in-house & external training programmes). On a monthly basis, you will be offered reflective practice sessions, mandatory clinical supervision, and line management supervision. You will also have an opportunity to actively take part in quality improvement projects within the service.
Please see attached Job description.
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Person specification
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent, or HCPC registered
* ILM Certificate in management or equivalent
* Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in area of clinical/therapeutic practice
Experience
* Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development.
* Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management/supervision experience.
* Experience with risk assessment and ongoing management.
* Previous experience of working with complex case management.
Other
* Ability to travel.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Lucia Hanning
Job title: Community Team Manager Norfolk and Suffolk
Email address: Lucia.Hanning@nsft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01603786782
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