Wellbeing Team Leader - Norfolk, United Kingdom - Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust

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Norfolk, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

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 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

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

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YOUR APPLICATION

Job overview:

We are looking for a passionate, motivated, and inspirational leader to work within our Step 2 Leadership Team at various locations in Norfolk and Waveney.

This position provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician with a strong background in mental health and a good understanding of the challenges of working as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Counsellor, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, or Mental Health Practitioner.

If you have the vision, drive and experience to offer dynamic leadership to a group of hardworking clinicians, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job:

You will be responsible for the day to day operational leadership of a team of clinicians, including line management, project work, and service development.

You would ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, and motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement.

As a service, we offer a range of psychological, employment and social interventions across Norfolk & Waveney.

Working for our organisation:

Norfolk and Waveney Wellbeing Service Strategy

Our Vision:

To improve all aspects of people's lives in the community of Norfolk and Waveney through a service that people feel proud to be part of.

Our Mission:

To be a locally and nationally recognised and well-respected Talking Therapies service, that champions the bio-psycho-social model of health and wellbeing and holds the people of Norfolk and Waveney at the heart of everything we do.

Core Principles/Values:

Creating an environment of respect, honesty, curiosity, learning, inclusivity and compassion
Facilitate opportunities for the people of Norfolk and Waveney, including marginalised groups, to be involved in developing all aspects of our service.
Create and utilise best practice
Embracing staff and client experience, insight and data/information to inform all quality improvement
Caring about everyone's experience of the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

The Wellbeing Team Leader role is responsible for the operational management of a range of aspects of service delivery within the team and for managerial supervision of professional staff.

To ensure a responsive, high quality Talking Therapy service is provided to clients, their families and carers within the clinical environment.

Maintain compliance with key performance indicators.

They will allocate work to relevant services and monitor the team's contribution to the overall objectives of the Trust.

The Wellbeing Team Leader will provide professional governance and leadership within their area. They will deputise for the Deputy Service Manager as required. They may hold a client caseload.

Work location

We are offering a combination of remote and face-to-face treatment options and applicants for this role would need to be able to work at locally based positions within Norfolk for some of the working week.

We would therefore be interested in hearing from you if you would like to work a combination of remote and face to face working in Norfolk and Waveney.

For future face-to-face working options, being able to drive will be essential.

Person specification:

Qualification:

Essential criteria:

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Qualification Or Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and BABCP Accredited. Or Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and BACP Accredited. Or Nursing degree or equivalent or Dip OT or Core Profession

Desirable criteria: