Job summary
Due to promotion, we are looking to recruit/second a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Team Leader to join our Specialist Family Eating Disorder Service (SFEDS) until October 2025.
SFEDS works with young people aged 10-18 with Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa and their families, and supports recovery through Evidence Based Interventions such as Maudsley Family Therapy models, group work, and CBT-E.
You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team which is comprised of a service manager, psychiatry, paediatrics, Family and Systemic Psychotherapists, Clinical Psychology and Assistant Psychologists, Occupational Therapy, Nurses, Support Workers, Dietitian, and Social Workers with support from administration team. Our team is responsible for covering all of Sussex, operating as a hub and spoke model. The hub is moving to Aldrington House, Hove with spoke sites in Horsham, hove and Hailsham.
Main duties of the job
As the Team Leader, you will lead and manage the day to day running of the service, supporting both the clinical team. You will also hold clinical responsibility in ensuring there is sufficient resource to cover the service treatment and intervention's for families/carers and young people in line with evidence based treatment.
You will coordinate and lead
The Home Intervention Team
Management of referrals to the service
- Performance monitoring and management
- Line Management and supervision of staff
- Development of a research framework, including evaluation and audit in order to provide an evidence-based treatment model
- Support to review in the development and review of the operational policy
- Recruitment and retention
About us
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Working in Sussex:
With a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed
Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
Easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key staff survey results include:
70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
In order to be a successful you will be:
- A Registered Mental Health Nurse OR Qualified Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Psychologist
- Comfortable in providing intervention and treatment for young people with eating disorders
- Experienced in coordinating and managing a team
- Happy and able to travel across Sussex for home visits
It would also be advantageous if you have:
- Experience within an CAMHS Service and / or Eating Disorders but not essential.
SPFT supports Flexible Working arrangements; staff can apply for this in line with the policy and in agreement with your line manager.
This is a full time post, part-time hours can be considered Minimum 22.5 hrs per week.
Staff are required to be on site for 60% of their working week.
MAIN DUTIES
To coordinate and lead team functioning with particular focus on;
-
- Management of referrals including delivery of care
- Performance monitoring and management
- Line Management and supervision of staff.
- Lead on development of a research framework, including evaluation and audit in order to provide an evidence-based treatment model
- Support to review in the development and review of the operational policy
- To carry a clinical caseload as agreed with service manager and to take a lead on management of complex cases and supporting staff in management of such
- To coordinate recruitment and selection of staff within the team, leading on decisions as designated by the service manager.
- To respond to
- Incidents as appropriate and support any subsequent investigation
- Safeguardings as appropriate
- complaints
- communications regarding team issues
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Pratima Hurrymun
Job title: Interim Service Manager, SFEDS
Email address:P.Hurrymun@nhs.net
Phone number: 07471032027
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
In order to be a successful you will be:
- A Registered Mental Health Nurse OR Qualified Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Psychologist
- Comfortable in providing intervention and treatment for young people with eating disorders
- Experienced in coordinating and managing a team
- Happy and able to travel across Sussex for home visits
It would also be advantageous if you have:
- Experience within an CAMHS Service and / or Eating Disorders but not essential.
SPFT supports Flexible Working arrangements; staff can apply for this in line with the policy and in agreement with your line manager.
This is a full time post, part-time hours can be considered Minimum 22.5 hrs per week.
Staff are required to be on site for 60% of their working week.
MAIN DUTIES
To coordinate and lead team functioning with particular focus on;
-
- Management of referrals including delivery of care
- Performance monitoring and management
- Line Management and supervision of staff.
- Lead on development of a research framework, including evaluation and audit in order to provide an evidence-based treatment model
- Support to review in the development and review of the operational policy
- To carry a clinical caseload as agreed with service manager and to take a lead on management of complex cases and supporting staff in management of such
- To coordinate recruitment and selection of staff within the team, leading on decisions as designated by the service manager.
- To respond to
- Incidents as appropriate and support any subsequent investigation
- Safeguardings as appropriate
- complaints
- communications regarding team issues
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Pratima Hurrymun
Job title: Interim Service Manager, SFEDS
Email address:P.Hurrymun@nhs.net
Phone number: 07471032027
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision to staff
- Experience of managing staff
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the key drivers behind the Care Group Policy
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with service users, families and professionals
- Ability to present information clearly
- Able to hold professionals and peers to account
- Ability to travel across sites
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision to staff
- Experience of managing staff
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the key drivers behind the Care Group Policy
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with service users, families and professionals
- Ability to present information clearly
- Able to hold professionals and peers to account
- Ability to travel across sites
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
