Community Mental Health Team Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Team Manager for the York and Scarborough perinatal mental health team .

The team aims to meet the needs of the local population who present with complex perinatal mental health needs. The team provide assessment and intervention for people who have mild through to severe and enduring mental health needs. We also work alongside community services within the area.

We are looking to appoint an existing team manager or from experienced practitioners looking to expand their professional development in operational team management. You will be also joining an established peer group of perinatal mental health leadership across the 2 teams in NY&Y.

Applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis., The successful candidate with the support of their leadership team will improve the lives of people with mental ill health through effective leadership, management and service development to enable the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and well-being for all service users.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering excellent mental health services and can support and enable the team to achieve their potential. Key responsibilities will include supervision and appraisal for the team, performance including key performance indicators, recruitment and management of staff, ensuring that people have timely access to our services and receive treatment in line with our pathways. You will need to have excellent relationship building and engagement skills and be capable of managing varied work demands based on the changing needs of the service. You will understand and embrace the challenge of delivering a service which is both high in quality, efficiency and sustainability.

Although the main duties of the role are to ensure the operational effectiveness of the team, you will still have the opportunity to involve yourself in direct clinical work, in line with the needs of the service.

This is an exciting time to join the team at a point of ongoing developments linked to the community mental health transformation agenda.

You can expect ongoing commitment and support to your Continuous Professional Development and robust Supervision, Appraisal and Training.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.