To work in collaboration with the Community Mental Health Services Manager, to ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery. To work as part of the Mental Health Directorate to deliver the services required under the National Service Framework for Mental Health

To provide day to day management, leadership and supervision to a multi- disciplinary community mental health service team.

The Team Leader will manage nurses, social workers, occupational therapists and other staff, ensuring that the needs of service users are met through the effective deployment of these staff. S/he will also maintain a clinical role and/ or a caseload dependant on sector need.

The Team Leader will contribute at a local level to the development and implementation of policies and procedures.

The Team Leader may on occasion deputise for the Community Mental Health Services Manager in his or her absence, as agreed with the Service Line Leader.

The Team Leader will ensure, in collaboration with other professional colleagues that professional practice meets standards as set by HPFT and/or professional statutes and bodies.

Main duties of the job

Plan, prioritise and manage the delivery of a health and social care assessment, care management and treatment service to service users within the designated community mental health service area, including overseeing referrals and ensuring that there is an even and appropriate distribution of work across the team, based on the experience of team

Oversee referrals and the allocation of service users to workers, ensuring that caseloads are monitored and managed and care packages are maintained under the auspices of

Ensure that there are adequate staff numbers organised appropriately around service user needs and to incorporate this into rota

Ensure that risks relating to service users, unmet needs and to the work environment are assessed and managed appropriately, ensuring that all team members know and understand their role in risk

Provide operational supervision and, in conjunction with the Senior Social Worker and Clinical Nurse Specialist, ensure the provision of clinical caseload supervision to all team Where necessary to make arrangements for appropriate professional supervision to be available to all team members.

Implement and monitor relevant operational policies and protocols, team systems and processes for the effective operation of his/her

Ensure quality care standards and procedures which support the aims of Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust and the ethos of the Recovery

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the

With a workforce of c. 3,000 and an annual income of c. �200m, the Trust is organised across three Strategic Business Units and provides integrated health and social care services through a large network of community and inpatient settings, serving diverse communities across Hertfordshire, Norfolk, North Essex and Buckinghamshire. As a University tTrust, HPFT continues to develop strong links with the University of Hertfordshire providing excellent learning and development opportunities, as well as strengthening our clinical research

Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT following our CQC rating of Outstanding

awarded to us in April 2019. We are on our Good to Great journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and ultimately deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management and Professional Leadership

Plan, prioritise and manage the delivery of a health and social care assessment, care management and treatment service to service users within the designated community mental health service area, including overseeing referrals and ensuring that there is an even and appropriate distribution of work across the team, based on the experience of team

Oversee referrals and the allocation of service users to workers, ensuring that caseloads are monitored and managed and care packages are maintained under the auspices of

Ensure that there are adequate staff numbers organised appropriately around service user needs and to incorporate this into rota

Ensure that risks relating to service users, unmet needs and to the work environment are assessed and managed appropriately, ensuring that all team members know and understand their role in risk

Provide operational supervision and, in conjunction with the Senior Social Worker and Clinical Nurse Specialist, ensure the provision of clinical caseload supervision to all team Where necessary to make arrangements for appropriate professional supervision to be available to all team members.

Implement and monitor relevant operational policies and protocols, team systems and processes for the effective operation of his/her

Ensure quality care standards and procedures which support the aims of Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust and the ethos of the Recovery

Monitor the service caseload ensuring that the teams activities are targeted to clients/patients, fulfilling the agreed

Maintain the requirements of CPA, ensuring that the team members are able to assume Care Co-ordination of 9

Ensure the continued professional development of all team members through annual individual performance

Maintain the Team Leaders own professional registration and development

Collaboration with the Service Manager , to undertake the timely recruitment selection, appointment and induction of team

Implement systems of financial management to safeguard client's property ensuring they comply with the Standing Financial instructions of the Trust.

Effectively manage all aspects of the teams time i.e. Duty Rota, Time worked, Annual Leave via the E Roster

Monitor and manage, in conjunction with the Community Mental Health Services Manager, all staff sickness and

Act for or on behalf of the Community Mental Health Service Manager as required from time to time in accordance with local agreements

Where the Team Leader is an Approved Mental Health Professional to be prepared to participate in local AMHP rota where

Person Specification

Qualifications:

Essential

• Evidence of current registration with NMC, GSCC or HPC.
• RMN/DipSW/CQSW/OT qualification.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

Essential

• Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, theory and policies relating to mental health such as The Care Act , Mental Health Act, the Personalisation agenda, Social Inclusion etc.
• Clear understanding of the needs of people with mental health difficulties.

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 5 years post qualifying experience of working with people with mental health problems in the community.
• Experience of providing clinical and management supervision.

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colne House, Watford, Herts, WD18 0JP

Colne House, Watford, Herts, WD18 0JP

Watford

WD18 0JP

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