Talking Therapies Deputy Team Manager

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS discounts

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a qualified and accredited CBT therapist with a PWP qualification to join our service as a deputy manager. The post holder will retain a small caseload and deliver high‑quality psychological interventions for clients with complex anxiety and depression.

They will also support the Team Manager in project work and lead on projects as appropriate. The role sits within our Talking Therapies service, providing clinical leadership, governance,

Qualifications

• Qualified and accredited CBT therapist with a PWP qualification.
• Experience in delivering psychological interventions to people with anxiety and depression.
• Leadership potential or experience in a supervisory role.

Responsibilities

• Represent the service area at local meetings in the absence of the Team Manager.
• Provide strong visible leadership within area of responsibility.
• Ensure staff understand expectations and work toward the Trust's vision.
• Promote a culture of empowerment and accountability for service improvement at local level.
• Review the workforce in the absence of the Team Manager to ensure the right numbers and skills.
• Ensure staff provide high quality care in line with national standards and NICE guidance.
• Support the Talking Therapies Team in adopting best practice.
• Promote governance and risk management as everyone’s responsibility.
• Ensure safety is central to planning, analysis and delivery.
• Assist the Team Manager in recording and monitoring governance and risk information and reporting to forums.

Skills

CBT Therapy

PWP Qualification

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified and accredited CBT therapist with a PWP qualification, to join our service as a deputy manager. The post holder will retain a small caseload and will deliver a high level of psychological interventions with designated clients who have a range of complex anxiety and depression related problems. Support Team Manager in project work and lead on projects as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Represent the service area at local meetings in the absence of the Team Manager.
• Provide strong visible leadership within area of responsibility.
• Ensure that all staff in the service area are clear about what is expected and are working together in successful teams to achieve in the Trust's vision.
• Promote a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for service improvement at local level.
• In the absence of the Team Manager review the service area workforce to ensure it has the right numbers of the right level of knowledge skill and expertise skill to deliver services in the most effective and efficient way
• Ensure that staff within service area are providing optimum quality of care in line with national healthcare standards including local healthcare targets and NICE guidance etc.
• Support the Team Manager in ensuring the Talking Therapies Team is adopting best practice to support the Trusts objective.
• Promote a culture where governance and risk management are seen to be everyone's responsibility.
• Ensure that safety is at the centre of service area planning, analysis, and delivery.
• Support the Team Manager in implementing effective systems to record and monitor governance and risk information and contribute to reports to the relevant forums.

Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.