Team Lead (Step 2) - Lambeth Talking Therapies | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in London is seeking an experienced Step 2 Team Lead to provide clinical supervision and manage a team. The ideal candidate will have qualifications in High Intensity therapy and strong IAPT supervision credentials. This role offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment, suitable for those looking to shape mental health care in Lambeth.

Benefits

Generous pay and pensions

Flexible working options

Career development opportunities

NHS discounts

Access to counselling services

Qualifications

• Qualified High Intensity therapist with IAPT experience.
• Track record of managing projects and improving services.
• Experience in clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead department and shape future direction of the service.
• Provide clinical supervision and maintain caseload.
• Develop policies and procedures for high quality care.

Skills

High Intensity therapy experience

IAPT supervision credentials

Project management

Strong communication

Education

Relevant therapeutic qualification

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced High Intensity CBT therapist ready to take the next step in your career? Lambeth Talking Therapies, one of London’s largest and most successful IAPT services, is seeking a passionate and skilled professional to join our management team as a permanent Team Lead for the Step 2 service.

This is your chance to shape the future of mental health care in Lambeth, working alongside a dynamic and supportive team committed to excellence, equity, and innovation.

The Role

As Step 2 Team Lead, you’ll:

• Lead a key department within the service, helping shape its future direction and driving delivery.
• Provide clinical supervision to High Intensity Therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners.
• Maintain a clinical caseload as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist.
• Take ownership of a strategic area such as performance, training, or capacity planning.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Lead and fellow Team Leads to ensure high-quality care and meet national targets.

The Person

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is a qualified and experienced High Intensity therapist.
• Has IAPT supervision credentials.
• Brings a proven track record of managing projects and improving services.
• Demonstrates energy, drive, and a commitment to delivering the best care.

Benefits and Working Arrangements

Lambeth Talking Therapies is a friendly, creative, social team. We support each other to work hard, and there are lots of opportunities to take on responsibilities and develop.

High-Intensity Therapists receive specialist CBT supervision and training delivered by senior staff as well as the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma – a national centre of clinical excellence and research innovation within SLaM.

This is a hybrid role with a requirement to work 1-2 days in the office and the rest of the time from home.

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date due to an exceptional response, so please apply as soon as possible.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, with a package dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support for a range of flexible options (e.g., part-time, job sharing).
• Career development and progression opportunities through mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease, accommodation (keyworker housing on selected sites).
• NHS discounts up to 10% from various retailers.

Other benefits include:

• Access to SLaM counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

Key Responsibilities

PLANNING, MANAGING AND EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES WITHIN LAMBETH TALKING THERAPIES

• Assessing the service need and current and future capacity requirements.
• Planning and managing the recruitment process to meet this need.
• Monitoring and evaluating service activity and outcomes.
• Managing the induction, training and development of staff.
• Developing and updating policies and procedures for the delivery of high quality clinical services.
• Commissioning and monitoring external provision of services as agreed.

TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with your team through the appraisal process, and monitor and support staff in their achievement.
• Foster a supportive and performance-focused team ethos through interaction, communication, meetings and supervision.
• Provide day-to-day line management for your team (annual leave, sickness, etc.).
• Ensure good two-way communication between staff and service management (monthly team meetings and informal links).

SERVICE LEADERSHIP

• Share responsibility for the direction and development of the service; lead team and whole team meetings.
• Provide regular reports on activity and performance; identify issues needing attention.
• Identify aspects of the service for improvement and initiate development projects.
• Take the lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery.
• Participate in the recruitment process of staff.
• Contribute to service user consultation and engagement in planning and developing services.
• Listen to and appropriately manage patient complaints.
• Participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.
• Contribute to a culture that values outcome measures and service user involvement to improve clinical practice.

CLINICAL

• Provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area contributing to treatment of clients with anxiety disorders or depression within an IAPT framework.
• Deliver NICE-recommended, formulation-driven psychological interventions for depression and anxiety disorders, adapting as needed for the setting.
• Assess and integrate social support, voluntary work and employment considerations into therapy.
• Provide highly specialist assessment and clinical formulation for clients with complex needs, including personality disorders, addiction and trauma.
• Provide psychological reports with relevant formulation, opinion and interventions to inform referrers and service users as appropriate.
• Deliver highly specialist evidence-based psychological treatments, monitor outcomes and adapt interventions.
• Collect and enter clinical outcome data; interpret outcomes to inform treatment planning.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and service policies; take full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions.
• Travel to community settings and across the Trust as required.
• Contribute to team functioning and a psychologically informed framework for the service area; take on specific roles as agreed.
• Communicate complex information sensitively with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals, considering barriers to communication.
• Keep clear, accurate and up-to-date records of clinical activity in line with service protocols.
• Assess and monitor risk and develop risk management plans; advise other staff on specialist care when needed.
• Respond professionally to emotionally distressing situations and support others involved.
• Provide services at various locations in Lambeth and refer patients who do not meet eligibility to secondary care services.
• Collaborate with IAPT team to ensure clear referral pathways and maintain a clinical caseload aligned with activity targets.

TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

• Receive regular clinical and professional supervision from senior psychologists/psychotherapists following BABCP/BPS/HCPC and Trust guidelines.
• Contribute to building knowledge and skills within Lambeth IAPT and stay updated on developments in psychology, CBT, and IAPT.
• Provide professional managerial and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, trainees, assistant psychologists and other junior staff, including live supervision.
• Deliver outcome-focused supervision to supervisees and participate in supervision groups.
• Provide service-level risk management, participate in on-call risk rota, and develop risk management plans.
• Offer specialist training to other professions as appropriate; plan and undertake teaching for pre- and post-qualification staff and other professionals; supervise psychological work of MDT staff as appropriate.

RESEARCH AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

• Assist in developing and maintaining a strong research culture using outcome measures to improve practice.
• Encourage critical evaluation of practice and undertake research; apply theory to support evidence-based practice.
• Disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and publications.
• Initiate, supervise and evaluate service development and audits; contribute to service improvements.

PROFESSIONAL

• Work autonomously and maintain standards of practice per HPC or BABCP guidelines and Trust policies; take responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions.
• Ensure Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS/BABCP/UKCP and Trust PD plans.
• Stay informed about advances in CBT, other therapies and the IAPT programme; work in accordance with CBT principles and governance policies.

GENERAL

• Participate in business and professional meetings within the IAPT service and Lambeth Directorate.
• Travel to GP practices, service meetings and other meetings as appropriate.
• Regularly work one evening as required.

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025.