Team Manager - Bolton Eating Disorder Service

We are keen to welcome to the team, a highly motivated individual with a drive to improve care for people with an eating disorder, and to lead the service which is based in Bolton. The post combines management of the service as well as working with individual service users and their families. You will provide clinical leadership for the team. You will work with the team and ED clinical staff from across the trust to continually improve services according to the developing evidence base. The senior leadership within CWP Eating Disorder services, consisting of other Team managers , Head of Clinical Service and the Consultant Psychiatrists provide a network to support your development of the service. You will conduct assessments and provide treatment for a small caseload for people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or the atypical variants of these. The Team also provide treatment for ARFID.Working for our organisation 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., Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it. Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which are 'the 6 Cs' Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. The supporting information section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/completing-application-guidance. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email - [email protected] or by calling . If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the 'essential' criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer 'YES' to the question: 'Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?' Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a 'Silver' award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS). The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

The post is an opportunity to lead the Bolton Eating Disorder service in delivering excellent care for people with an Eating Disorder in the Bolton area. CWP is a leading provider of Eating Disorder services in the North West delivering Community services from 6 locations as well as providing the only NHS Inpatients Eating Disorder beds in the North West. This is an exciting time to work in eating disorder with CWP acting as Lead provider in the "Empowered" NW Adult Eating Disorder Provider Collaborative which will inform and drive service improvements in the coming years. As significant support is available from a close team , as well as peer support from the managers of CWP's other community Eating Disorder services, we encourage people with strong experience of working in mental health, even if with limited experience in eating disorder, will consider applying.

• We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000
The relocation package is for anyone who is joining CWP in a clinical role at Band 5 or above, who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership.