Outreach Team Manager

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking 'what matters to you'.
We're passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us ., Our service focuses on delivering admission avoidance, supporting safe discharge from a Tier 4 in-patient admission. We have a fantastic success rate of supporting children and young people in their recovery at home to ensure they receive the treatment they need and have received additional funding for service expansion.
We are looking for a dynamic and committed Team manager to work alongside the Outreach operational lead and other senior staff in CAMHS to establish effective multi-disciplinary working with CAMHS and partner system. You will be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for all staff, fostering a positive learning environment, + Provide managerial and clinical leadership to the CAMHS Outreach Team providing day to day management leadership and line management to staff, including non-clinical staff, to promote and develop excellent high-quality safe crisis care
+ Have a key role in the development of this team, and support children and young people to access crisis support and brief intervention.
+ To support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for all staff, fostering a positive learning environment.
+ Undertake clinical requirements such as providing specialist urgent psych-social clinical risk assessments and safety planning for children and young people and their families and parents/carers. The post holder will work closely with parents/carers alongside the existing network of professionals such as schools, Children Social Care and Core CAMHS for a joint understanding and management of risk to ensure the child or young person's safety.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification., + Provide clinical and line management supervision to the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that children and young people receive excellent quality standards of care, including non-clinical staff.
+ Deputise for Outreach Operational lead as and when required.
+ Be professionally responsible for the work delegated to other members of the team and be responsible for supervising their practice, including, overview of caseloads, planning complex activities which require the formulation and adjustment of care plans.
+ Lead on appraisals, monthly operational supervision quarterly CAMHS job planning, performance monitoring as well as the clinical and professional development of staff within the team.
+ Participate in the recruitment and selection process of staff and ensure completion of the trust and local induction process.
+ Provide effective management of absence including sickness within the team in line with Trust policy

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
+ 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
+ 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
+ 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
+ 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
+ Free car parking at many of our sites
+ 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
+ A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
+ A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
+ Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
+ Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
+ Recognition and long service awards
+ Fast Track physiotherapy
+ Our Wellbeing line
+ Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.