Deputy Team Manager - South Getting More Help (Abingdon)

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking a Deputy Team Manager for their Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in South Oxon. This role involves supporting the clinical and operational aspects of the team, conducting mental health assessments, and developing care plans for young people. The position offers opportunities for career progression, a supportive team environment, and a range of benefits including 27 days annual leave and access to a competitive pension scheme.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

Access to tailored learning and development

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

NHS Discount across a range of shops

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)

Qualifications

• Must hold a relevant professional qualification in mental health services.
• Experience in conducting mental health and risk assessments.
• Ability to develop evidence-based care plans.

Responsibilities

• Support the Clinical Team Manager with clinical and operational duties.
• Conduct mental health and risk assessments of children and young people.
• Manage a small clinical caseload and support the ongoing service development.

Skills

Leadership

Mental Health Assessment

Team Collaboration

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

Clinical Psychologist

Family Therapist

Psychotherapist

Job description

Are you a hard-working, experienced clinician?

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Do you want to develop your leadership skills?

We are looking for a Deputy Team Manager for South Oxon Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). You could be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist or Psychotherapist; you will be supporting the Clinical Team Manager by undertaking both clinical and operational duties to ensure that we continue to deliver a high quality service to our children and young people.

We're an established team, growing with new investment into new roles. We are currently developing our service to improve the accessibility, responsiveness and excellent care that we provide to children, young people and their families.

You will be part of a dynamic local leadership team that meet frequently and work closely together; we're a supportive team with regular managers meetings and opportunities for coaching or mentoring.

In this role, you'll be expected to undertake mental health and risk assessments of children and young people within the Getting More Help Team.

You'll be working collaboratively with CYP families/other agencies and develop holistic plans of care which are evidence based.

You'll also hold a small clinical caseload which consists of key working and providing evidence based support. At present, we are achieving this on a hybrid basis, with a mixture of office working and working from home.

Another key component of this role, is to support the clinical team manager with operational duties, which includes deputising in their absence, undertake staff supervision, and case management, and support with ongoing service development - from the creation to implementation.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Maria Bourbon Job title: Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07776 225578

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.