Community Team Manager

Job summary

We are pleased to share with you that our Norfolk and Waveney Eating Disorders services are looking for a community team manager to join the service line! This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative service, we pride ourselves on high quality evidence based care. The Lighthouse service is our day treatment centre for children and young people who require intensive day treatment, we are one of few services in the country who offer day treatment and are incredibly proud of this local offer. We have excellent staff retention rates and have worked hard to recruit to all of our vacancies over recent years. The team have no waiting lists and offer NICE concordant treatment from the point at which they are assessed. Staff access specialist training opportunities, regular supervision and opportunities to develop in their career.

The mission of the Norfolk & Waveney Community Eating Disorders service is to build meaningful, therapeutic relationships with young people and their families. Instilling hope, enabling change, and supporting recover - if this mission is something you want to work alongside please reach out to Danielle Cooper for more information danielle.cooper@nsft.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day running of the central and day treatment team, we are looking for candidates who are passionate, dynamic and will need to have excellent interpersonal skills. Eating disorders experience is not essential.

A few words from our current team manager -

'Hello, My name is Nyssa and I am currently the CTM for the Eating Disorder Team in Central Norwich and for the Eating disorder intensive treatment team.

I am progressing in my career and wanted to tell you about why this is such a rewarding role. The teams are a multi-disciplinary, highly specialised and committed group where no two days are the same, with incoming referrals, triage and duty in the community team, and day to day therapeutic intervention and meal support in the day treatment programme. I have enjoyed the patient contact with those in the day programme, whilst also taking on the more operational side of team management.

The team are committed and kind, and are looking for a manager to steer them in accreditation with the QNCC aswell as support projects around Carer and Sibling engagement, it is an exciting time in Eating disorder care, with national changes in pathways for young people.'

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Lighthouse Centre

Drayton Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Lighthouse Centre

Drayton Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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