Mental Health Team Leader - Brynmawr, United Kingdom - TristoneNash

TristoneNash

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Brynmawr, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

TristoneNash are pleased to be supporting a reputable Housing Association that is going from strength to strength as they look to recruit for a new service, working closely with their already established and award-winning Mental Health and Wellbeing team.

We are looking for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Team Leader with passion and drive to join the team, enabling patients to thrive and work towards an independent future.

This role will support delivery of a 24/7 support service in partnership with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB). The service will support patients transition from secure hospital residential settings into a supported community setting. The service will also aid the transition from CAMHS into Community Mental Health Teams. Eventually, the service will aid the individual to then transition into independence within the community.

The support provided will be responsive to individual need and delivered in partnership with the Intensive Case Management Team at ABUHB.

The service will be based between Blaina Gwent and Brynmawr, Gwent.

Accountabilities:

To be responsible for overseeing all Care Inspectorate Wales related governance and audit requirements, with the support of the Complex Needs and Specialist Support lead. This includes completion of weekly medication and paperwork audits and leading on subsequent action points, preparing for Registered Individual and Care Inspectorate Wales audits, preparing reports for the Registered Individual and assessing staff's suitability as per Care Inspectorate Wales qualifications.
Be a role model for the service's psychologically led culture, ensuring emotional, physical, and psychological safety of staff and service users in every contact.
Responsible for completion of overall service reports with the support of the lead.
Responsible for oversight of all service delivery actions and outcomes and consistently driving service improvement.
To lead on collecting, monitoring, and presenting service measurements and evaluations.
To lead on service promotion, presentation and sharing of good practice.
To assist the lead in monitoring the service's budget, including sending invoices, reviewing monthly expenditure, and ensuring service efficacy wherever possible.
To lead on recruitment, staff training and staff performance support, where required.
Ensuring that the service is responding appropriately to all incidents and crises, ensuring that any relevant event is escalated to appropriate areas in a timely and effective manner, staff are supported throughout, and individuals' safety is of paramount importance.
To assist the lead with risk assessments, referral assessments, and transition of cases. The post holder must be comfortable to liaise at high levels with other agencies like crisis, Police, CMHT's, Hiraeth, local authorities and others.
To deliver quality training to the staff in support of the service lead, Hiraeth and the individual's specific needs.
Sharing on call responsibilities with wider management team. This includes providing direction, debriefs, instructions and reassurance where required. The post holder must be comfortable to manage emotionally charged situations and crisis in a psychologically influenced and safe manner.
To supervise seniors of the service in all areas. Responsible for the overall management of service staff.
Possess (or be willing to gain) Care Inspectorate Wales Values and Principles certificate and a Health and Social Care Level 5 NVQ.

Requirements:

Have an NVQ Level 5 in Health and Social Care, or be willing to work towards this whilst in post.
Training in medication administration will be supplied.
An ability to build trusting therapeutic relationships with those people who use the service. You will understand the value of setting safe boundaries and expectations and be able to do so whilst modelling positive relationships, care, kindness, and compassion.
Understanding of PIE, ACEs, and strength/restorativebased approaches.
Experience of representing and advocating needs of service user and staff needs.
Experience of working with individuals with complex mental health needs, disrupted attachments and interpersonal difficulties and challenging behaviour.
You will have a good understanding of the wide range of community and third sector organisations operating across Gwent and be proactive in establishing links with these.
You must have a full driving licence and be prepared to travel as part of this role.
Although this role is generally Monday
Friday, 8am4pm or 9am5pm, you must be willing to work oncall or on the rota if the service requires it.

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