Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with mental health needs and have a keen interest in eating disorders? Do you have strong leadership skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality care? If you're ready to make a positive impact and lead a team that positively impacts the lives of children and their families, apply today! We'd love to hear how you could contribute to our vision of delivering exceptional care for children and young people with eating disorders. Come and join our dedicated and compassionate team as a Community Team Manager.
As the Community Team Manager, you will lead a dynamic and experienced multidisciplinary team, providing specialist care to children and young people who are struggling with eating disorders. You'll be at the forefront of shaping the direction of the service, driving performance and quality improvements, and ensuring that every young person and their families receive the compassionate, evidence-based care they deserve.
This role can be considered on a 12-month fixed term or secondment basis.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Main duties of the job
1. Operational Oversight: Manage the operational delivery of services, ensuring that clinical and non-clinical activities align with Trust policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
2. Performance Monitoring: Monitor the team's performance, ensure that objectives align with Trust goals, and contribute to the development and review of service-wide policies and procedures.
3. Staff Management: Lead and supervise team members, ensuring regular training, supervision, and personal development planning. Ensure team members are competent and have the necessary resources to perform their duties effectively.
4. Clinical Support: Participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) decisions regarding care plans and ensure care is delivered with a patient-centred approach, involving service users, families, and carers.
5. Accountability: Maintain accountability for personal and team actions, ensuring professional codes of practice are followed.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Job responsibilities
If you are interested in joining this exciting and motivated team, please take a look at the detailed Job Description for more information about this post. We welcome requests for further information. Please don’t hesitate to call us to discuss anything about the team or the roles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent, or HCPC registered
Experience
* Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management/supervision experience.
* Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development.
* Experience with risk assessment and ongoing management.
Skills
* Effective analytical and decision-making skills.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum/ pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours
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