Operational Team Manager - Wirral CYP Mental Health Services

Within this role the successful applicant will be expected to work with a wide range of multidisciplinary professionals and demonstrate a high level of communication skills in a range of different environments, such as reporting to NHS England at regional and national meetings, induction of new staff, meeting with neighbouring services and partner agencies as well as providing line management supervision to staff and dealing with all aspects of recruitment, budget management and being involved in service development.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or developing manager to join Wirral Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), to support the clinical leads and coordinators to operationalise and manage various elements of the MHST project, including the development and implementation of our newest MHST that will be working with 8 secondary schools. Applicants will have experience of planning and developing team functioning activities, including HR and budgeting. They should have demonstrable project management skills, with experience of successful completion of projects, and have experience of managing high performing teams who deliver services successfully and to a high quality.

Mental Health Support Team in schools are a government initiative aimed at providing high quality, low intensity evidence-based support to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, and while it is not essential that applicants have worked in young people mental health services, a good level of understanding of the initiative is expected.

Ideally this is a permanent full-time post but part-time flexible working will be considered.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.