Deputy Team Manager/High Intensity Therapist
Posted 3 days ago by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Negotiable
Undetermined
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Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Deputy Team Manager/High Intensity Therapist role in Coventry is a pivotal position within the Talking Therapies Operational Management Team, focusing on operational management and leadership within a designated area. The role involves supporting the Team Manager in service development, maintaining a small caseload, and delivering psychological interventions for clients with complex anxiety and depression issues. The position also emphasizes promoting a culture of empowerment and accountability among staff while ensuring adherence to national guidelines and best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support operational management and effective leadership of a designated geographical area.
- Maintain a small caseload (ideally 40% of a full-time contract) and deliver psychological interventions.
- Assist the Team Manager in project work and lead initiatives where appropriate.
- Represent the service area at local meetings in the absence of the Team Manager.
- Provide strong visible leadership and ensure clarity of expectations among staff.
- Promote a culture of empowerment and accountability for service improvement.
- Support the development and implementation of reporting arrangements within the service area.
- Review workforce needs in the absence of the Team Manager to ensure optimal service delivery.
- Ensure staff provide high-quality care and adopt best practices.
- Promote governance and risk management as a shared responsibility.
- Implement effective systems for recording and monitoring governance and risk information.
Key Skills:
- Experience in operational management within a healthcare setting.
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
- Ability to deliver psychological interventions for anxiety and depression.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of national guidelines and best practices in mental health services.
- Experience in project management and service development.
- Understanding of governance and risk management principles.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Coventry
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Talking Therapies Deputy Team Manager- Coventry Permanent Post- Full Time This post is a key member of the Talking Therapies Operational Management Team, with responsibility for supporting operational management, including effective leadership and supervision of a designated geographical area. The post holder will also support the Team Manager in ensuring the service is developed in accordance with National guidelines. The post holder will retain a small caseload (ideally 40% of a full-time contract which may vary in accordance with service need) and will deliver a high level of psychological interventions with designated clients who have a range of complex Anxiety and Depression related problems.
Support Team Manager in project work and lead where appropriate Represent the service area at local meetings in the absence of the TM Provide strong visible leadership Support the Team Manager in the introduction of new and innovative business management strategies Ensure that all staff in the service area are clear about what is expected and are working together in successful teams Promote a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for service improvement at local level Support Team Manager in developing and implementing reporting arrangements within the service area In the absence of the Team Manager review the service area workforce to ensure it has the right numbers of the right level of knowledge skill and expertise skill to deliver services Ensure that staff within service area are providing optimum quality of care Support the Team Manager in ensuring the team is adopting best practice to support the Trusts objective Promote a culture where governance and risk management are seen to be everyone’s responsibility Ensure that safety is at the centre of service area planning, analysis and delivery Support the Team Manager in implementing effective systems to record and monitor governance and risk information CWPT NHS Talking Therapies is a progressive service which encourages professional development, supervision and peer support with an identifiable career pathway for PWP’s to develop into more specialised or senior roles. We work closely with members of the local community, service Commissioners, GP’s, secondary care services and various voluntary sector agencies. Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tracey Hurley Job title: Locality Manager Email address: Tracey.Hurley@covwarkpt.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07795542827