Team Manager - Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service (MHTR)

NHS; Preston; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading foundation trust seeks a full-time Team Manager for the Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service in Preston. The role involves supporting the service model, leading teams, and driving clinical excellence while focusing on service improvements and collaboration with mental health stakeholders.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Continuing professional development

Qualifications

• 24 months band 6 or equivalent experience.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Participation in clinical care improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support the MHTR service model and ensure high-quality delivery.
• Lead clinical governance and performance management.
• Deliver an effective MHTR service with collaboration across services.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Clinical care improvement

Education

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Registered Social Worker

Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Team Manager - Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service (MHTR)

The closing date is 30 May 2025

The Mental Health Treatment Requirement service is looking for a full-time operational team manager based at The Parlick Centre, Guild Lodge Preston. This is an exciting opportunity within a newly commissioned team based within the Forensic Community Service.

Many offenders experience mental health and substance misuse problems, but the use of treatment requirements as part of a Community Order (CO) or Suspended Sentence Order (SSO) remains low. Improved partnership working can increase the use of treatment requirements, particularly as an appropriate alternative to short custodial sentences.

The three treatment requirements are: Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs), Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) and Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATRs).

A Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) is a psychological intervention (non-medicating) and is one of three possible treatment requirements, which may be made part of a Community Order or Suspended Order sentence.

Individuals are assessed using different psychometric assessment tools by the MHTR practitioner. Suitability for the MHTR is determined by the professional opinion of the Clinical Lead.

Flexible working requests can be considered.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact:

• Juliette Hargreaves - Forensic Community Service Manager - [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to support the MHTR service model under the direction of the Service Manager, and Associate Director of Operations, Specialist Services.

The service model forms part of the established network of Specialist Services offered throughout the LSCFT footprint.

The post holder will work with Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) and the Clinical Lead, and have responsibility for the delivery of high quality and high performing teams to a defined population.

To ensure that staff in the teams have opportunities for continuing professional development, to provide best practice and meet the requirements of registering bodies, and to drive improvements in standards of clinical practice and patient care in line with the NHS modernisation and Public Health agendas.

To work with PWPs and the Clinical Lead to actively lead in the delivery of the clinical governance, quality improvement and performance management agenda.

Under the direction of the Service Manager, the post-holder is to provide strong operational management support, participating fully in the delivery of Primary MHTRs across Lancashire & South Cumbria.

The post holder will seek to deliver an effective MHTR service based upon collaboration and partnership working with the Judiciary and Probation Service.

About us

The post holder will drive service improvements forward by participating in research and local and national service developments within the MHTR national agenda.

In addition, the post holder is expected to provide a line management function to the PWPs within the team. The post holder will deputise as and when required for the Service Manager.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)
• Registered Social Worker
• Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Knowledge

• Expert knowledge on mental health issues and how these impact on the individual, carers and the wider community.
• Expertise in current best practice in Adult Mental Health, and awareness of relevant government directives and legislation
• Specialist knowledge and application of mental health assessments and interventions using expert level clinical reasoning

Experience

• At least 24 months band 6 or equivalent experience or above.
• Recent relevant experience of leading a team.
• Able to demonstrate a history of participating in clinical care improvement initiatives.

Skills

• Able to demonstrate a history of leading on clinical care improvement initiatives
• Effectively produce detailed reports/written work to a high standard and on time
• Ability to analyse problems, gather relevant information and exercise sound judgement in reaching the most appropriate conclusions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearper annum (subject to confirmation)