Job summary We are recruiting for 1 full time permanent Team Lead to join the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies Service.
Welcome!
The Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS Talking TherapiesService is a busy caring team consisting of Administration staff, PWPs, CBT Practitioners, and Counsellors.
We deliver Talking Therapies to the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin which has exciting, diverse and growing modern towns, surrounded by the stunning Shropshire countryside.
Our NHS Talking Therapiesteam is a great places to work.
We have recently redefined our service offer, including a new leadership structure, and we need your help with the continued development of the new ways of working.
Working as part of the operational leadership team, you will provide line management to a group of Step 2 / Step 3 staff, and will have the opportunity to be actively involved with the service changes and developments through project work.
You will provide all aspects of line management support for a group of Step 2 / Step 3 staff within the Service You will work closely with the Strategic Operational Lead and Service Operational Lead to ensure that the Service KPI's are met Main duties of the job You will managerially lead the Step 2 / Step 3 staff of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies Service.
This will include appraising staff and providing line management supervision whilst adhering to the key principles of the NHS Talking Therapies programme contained in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual You will provide all aspects of line management to Step 2 / Step 3 clinicians (trainee & qualified) within the service.
You will be responsible for ensuring that service and individual performance targets at Step 2 / Step 3 are met, identifying and resolving underperformance and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve results.
You are not expected to have a clinical caseload, although a small caseload could be negotiated to meet the minimum requirements for professional registration/ Accreditation within one core modality.
You will be working with Staff, Service Users and Carers from different cultural backgrounds, ages, difference and diversity, and should be committed to culturally sensitive practice and offering equality of opportunity.
About us By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; Supporting your career development and progression Excellent NHS Pension scheme Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave Options for flexible working Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k Free car parking at all trust sites Free flu vaccinations every year Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met) And more.
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description Job responsibilities For more information relating to this position, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Post graduate diploma or equivalent qualification in Counselling / Qualification from High Intensity NHS Talking Therapies Course (Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent) Accredited with BABCP/UKCP/BACP/NCS NHS Talking Therapies approved supervision training for High Intensity workers or equivalent portfolio of experience Qualification from PWP NHS Talking Therapies Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate / Graduate Certificate / Apprenticeship Qualification) Registered Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with BABCP or BPS NHS Talking Therapies approved supervisors training for Low Intensity workers or equivalent portfolio of experience Desirable Leadership training and qualification ILM Experience Essential Extensive NHS Talking Therapies experience and evidence of working with a range of problems Experience of supervising NHS Talking Therapies staff and/or trainees Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes Ability to meet own agreed/specified service targets Demonstrates high standards in written communication Experience of liaising with other professional groups Desirable Experience of appraising clinical staff on an annual basis.
Experience of reviewing staff performance and effectively challenging under performance Experience of providing line management to clinical staff Skills Essential Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to staff.
Able to develop good relationships with members of staff Ability to make judgements involving the analysis and interpretation of complex facts or situations Excellent communication and presentation skills Demonstrates significant knowledge and understanding of the aims and objectives of the NHS Talking Therapies programme.
Understands the importance of the commissioning process and achieving agreed targets.
Desirable Able to carry out risk assessment of work space