Team Manager

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Team Managerto provide effective operational leadership across Devon Community ForensicServices, including the Specialist Community Forensic Team, ForensicPersonality Disorder Service and Forensic Intellectual and NeurodevelopmentalDisorder Team. Working closely with the LDU Service Manager and senior clinicalcolleagues, you will support safe, high-quality, evidence-based care for peoplewith complex forensic mental health needs.

This is a varied and influentialrole, combining line management, service development, resource management andcomplex clinical support. You will help ensure services are responsive,well-governed and focused on supporting recovery, reducing unnecessaryout-of-area placements, enabling timely discharge from secure care andpromoting successful reintegration into the community.

The post requires strongleadership, communication and change management skills, alongside the abilityto work collaboratively with health, social care, criminal justice, housing,voluntary sector and regional forensic partners.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the operational management andcontinued development of Community Forensic Services, deputising for the LDUService Manager when required.

Key duties include providing professionalleadership and line management to staff; overseeing supervision, appraisal,recruitment, retention, training and safe staffing; managing resources withinagreed budgets; and monitoring service performance, quality, governance,safeguarding, complaints, incidents, audits and key performance indicators.

Youwill contribute to service design, improvement and implementation, ensuringcompliance with commissioning standards, CQC requirements, Trust policy andrelevant legal frameworks. The role includes supporting complex clinicaldecision-making, risk management, care pathway development, assessment andcaseload oversight, while promoting partnership working to reduce socialexclusion and improve community reintegration.

You will chair and attendclinical, governance and team meetings, communicate complex and sensitiveinformation effectively, support staff and student development, maintain highstandards of record keeping, and build strong relationships with internalteams, regional forensic services, commissioners and external agencies.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post qualification experience in a relevant field
• Experience of working with people with complex co morbidity
• Significant experience in managing a diverse workload with competing priorities
• Experience of managing a team

Qualifications

Essential

• Occupational Therapist, Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Social Worker or Psychology professional qualification (e.g. Clinical/Forensic Psychologist, Psychotherapist)
• Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC
• Management/Appraisal/Supervision training
• Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in own professional area and / or leadership Evidence of continued professional development
• Membership/Participation in regional/national special interest groups Excellent presentation skills
• Practice educator/ mentor

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• An understanding of government policy / strategies with regard to services for people with personality disorder
• Mental Health Act/ Mental Capacity Act/Criminal justice services legal frameworks
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic
• Ability to manage complex risk
• Ability to be mobile across a geographical area

Desirable

• Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
• Knowledge of change methodology, implications to this and approach to team management

Person Specification
Experience

Essential

• Significant post qualification experience in a relevant field
• Experience of working with people with complex co morbidity
• Significant experience in managing a diverse workload with competing priorities
• Experience of managing a team

Qualifications

Essential

• Occupational Therapist, Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Social Worker or Psychology professional qualification (e.g. Clinical/Forensic Psychologist, Psychotherapist)
• Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC
• Management/Appraisal/Supervision training
• Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in own professional area and / or leadership Evidence of continued professional development
• Membership/Participation in regional/national special interest groups Excellent presentation skills
• Practice educator/ mentor

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• An understanding of government policy / strategies with regard to services for people with personality disorder
• Mental Health Act/ Mental Capacity Act/Criminal justice services legal frameworks
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic
• Ability to manage complex risk
• Ability to be mobile across a geographical area

Desirable

• Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
• Knowledge of change methodology, implications to this and approach to team management

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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Langdon Hospital

Exeter Road

Dawlish

Devon

EX7 0NR

United Kingdom

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