Wellbeing Team Leader

NSFT Jobs; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

comprehensive training programmes

career progression

27–33 days annual leave plus bank hols

staff physio service

NHS discounts

Job summary

NSFT is offering a Team Lead role within the Wellbeing Suffolk Service, spanning Step 2 and Step 3. The post requires an inspiring leader with a strong clinical background in mental health to help achieve service goals.

The successful candidate will have experience in Primary Care settings as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, CBT therapist or Mental Health Practitioner. On-site 2–3 days per week with supervision and leadership development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical background in mental health
• Good understanding of Primary Care challenges
• Experience as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, CBT therapist or Mental Health Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Line Management of staff
• Care pathway monitoring - monitoring of waiting lists
• Balancing workloads
• Dealing with HR issues / complaints / concerns
• Projects
• Working within senior leadership team
• Liaising with staff from inside and outside of our service
• Patient contact

Skills

Clinical mental health background

Line management

Primary Care collaboration

Education

Mentally health practitioner qualifications

Tools

HR processes

Job description

Due to a recent service expansion, we are able to offer another Team Lead role in the Wellbeing Suffolk Service. This post will be working across Step 2 and Step 3. To best work in the existing team, post holders will need to be passionate, motivated, and inspirational leaders with a real drive to support the service goals.

The Team Lead position provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual with a strong clinical background in mental health and a good understanding of the challenges of working in Primary Care as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist or Mental Health Practitioner.

As a service, we offer a range of psychological, employment and community interventions across Suffolk. At Step 2 this includes high volume evidence-based practice in the form of one-to-one guided self- help, predominantly delivered by telephone, psycho-educational groups and computerised CBT. At Step 3 we offer individual and group CBT, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Couples Therapy for Depression, Counselling for Depression and EMDR.

You will be offered robust supervision and access to the NSFT Leadership Academy, providing opportunities for Coaching, Mentorship and Leadership training. The Service has strong links with the University of East Anglia and a keen interest in research at all steps.

Please note there will be an expectation of working on site for 2-3 days per week.

• Line Management of staff
• Care pathway monitoring - monitoring of waiting lists etc
• Balancing workloads
• Dealing with HR issues / complaints / concerns
• Projects
• Working within senior leadership team
• Liaising with staff from inside and outside of our service
• Patient contact

Benefits

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jayne Mullett Job title: Deputy Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01473 296110

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