Service Manager and Lead Practitioner, Birmingham
Client:
Location:
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
19a331ad831b
Job Views:
60
Posted:
22.01.2025
Expiry Date:
08.03.2025
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced mental health practitioner with the knowledge and skills required to maintain and continue to develop SGW’s provision of brief, evidence-based mental health interventions. As Lead Practitioner the post-holder will deliver structured one-to-one sessions, group workshops and weekly drop-in support. As Service Manager they have overall responsibility for these interventions, including leading our service delivery team.
Key Responsibilities
Lead Practitioner
• Deliver short courses of 4+, 50-minute one-to-one mental health support sessions (face-to-face, video, and telephone), based on a range of CBT-informed and related evidence-based self-help skills and strategies (e.g., behavioural activation, cognitive restructuring, worry management, circumscribed exposure work, somatic quieting/relaxation, sleep hygiene, mindfulness, and related cognitive defusion techniques).
• Stay informed and equipped to offer accurate and timely signposting and onward referrals.
• Deliver and supervise weekly Drop-In sessions, based at St Germain's Community Hub, including supervision of Listening Volunteers.
• Design and deliver Drop-In workshops that provide group interventions for common mental health difficulties, as well as topics specifically requested in coproduction groups.
• Accountable to clinical supervisor (Consultant Psychologist).
Service Management
• Management, delivery and continual development of the mental health support offer, including a model for short courses of structured one-to-one sessions, community-based drop-in support, and group workshops.
• Work closely with the CEO to recruit and manage staff and volunteers, including induction, training, and line management of Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs), e.g., training EWPs to deliver low intensity, CBT-informed interventions.
• Maintenance and development of effective and benchmarked monitoring and evaluation of service impact, so that outcomes are accurately recorded, and impact demonstrated to funders.
• Recruiting and facilitating service user coproduction groups.
• Internal safeguarding lead, responsible for reviewing safeguarding, suicide, and self-harm risk mitigation policies and procedures.
• Ensure data management systems are effective and compliant with GDPR, including maintenance of CharityLog, the service’s cloud-based case management system.
• Build and maintain signposting resource directories and ensure the team stays informed of relevant services/eligibility criteria.
• Establish and maintain relationships with GP-based practitioners and other statutory and VCFSE referral agents.
• Actively promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across all aspects of the role to ensure SGW remains a safe and inclusive environment for staff and service users.
• Continuous improvement of the service to provide a safe, inclusive, fast response, open-access service for adults with mental health difficulties, ensuring effectiveness to meet a gap between primary care provision and longer-term/high-intensity secondary services, primarily through the delivery of evidence-based, low-intensity psychological interventions.
General Responsibilities
• Work with the CEO and the Board of Trustees to develop the infrastructure of the service, including reviewing and maintaining policies, ensuring all contact with service users is recorded in an accurate and timely fashion using CharityLog, managing risk (including safeguarding), and collecting data against evaluation measures.
• Promote the service to generate engagement.
• Triage risk and mental health needs of service users to ascertain the level of support required.
• Work with the St Germain’s staff team to ensure the service is integrated into St Germain’s holistic mission strategy.
• Work with the CEO to maintain strong local partnerships, e.g. with the local Early Help Network, social prescribers, and other referral agents.
• Support and develop volunteers.
• Collaborate with other team members involved in delivering St Germain’s Community Hub offer.
• Undertake personal development training as required.
The postholder is required to be in sympathy with the doctrine and practices of the Church of England. As this post involves working directly with vulnerable adults, an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service including a check of barred lists is required.
For the full job and person specification please follow this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13emPlAaSQWi6UDJcHheESQPpncI-G0WA/view?usp=sharing
Please submit a copy of your CV and cover letter. The cover letter should detail why you would like to work for St Germain's, as well as outlining how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the person specification.
Published: 26th July, 2024
Updated: 29th July, 2024
Author: Lyndsey Sinclair-Fallis
Location: St Germain's Church, City Road, Birmingham, B17 8LE
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