Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work for Achieve Salford and Trafford. The post holder will form part of a busy Assessment Team, working as a Team Leader to support the engagement and retention of service users accessing support, promoting their recovery, offering one to one support and negotiating achievable recovery plans with service users and their family and carer's where appropriate.
Main duties of the job
The post holder with have excellent knowledge regarding a range of substances and treatment options available and demonstrable experience in case management of service users with complex needs associated with substance misuse and be able to manage their time effectively and ensure timely submission of service data and professional reports.
As Team Leader you will support the Team Manager in providing an effective and efficient service by taking a lead role in service developments within your area of specialism and managing a designated group of staff.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) is one of the leading mental health trusts in the UK.
Serving a population of 1.2million people, across one of the most exciting and affordable cities in Europe, GMMH provides community and inpatient mental health care, alongside prison in reach, substance misuse services, a specialist centre for mental health and deafness and inpatient perinatal mental health care.
The Trust employs around 5700 people, who make a difference across 130 locations. Staff at GMMH work to improve lives with a culture based on five core values:
- We are caring and compassionate
- We inspire hope
- We work together
- We value and respect
- We are open and honest
GMMH is one of the most active research trusts in the UK, with one of the highest levels of recruitment to clinical trials for mental health.
We have been rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Our substance misuse services and leadership were rated as 'Outstanding'
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure self and the team maintain quality standards in every area of work in accordance with regulations, and to identify and manage risk within own area of responsibility.
- To be aware of key performance indicators for the service and to ensure the systems are in place to enable staff to achieve them.
- To ensure that performance monitoring takes place within own area of responsibility, in accordance with internal and external requirements to enable ongoing service evaluation and review.
- To lead on service developments within your designated area of responsibility, or as delegated by the Team Manager.
- To actively promote service user and carer involvement in the planning and delivery of services.
- To provide supervision and line management to a team of practitioners ensuring high quality service delivery.
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Excellent pension
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Wellbeing programme
Blue Light Card Discounts
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure self and the team maintain quality standards in every area of work in accordance with regulations, and to identify and manage risk within own area of responsibility.
- To be aware of key performance indicators for the service and to ensure the systems are in place to enable staff to achieve them.
- To ensure that performance monitoring takes place within own area of responsibility, in accordance with internal and external requirements to enable ongoing service evaluation and review.
- To lead on service developments within your designated area of responsibility, or as delegated by the Team Manager.
- To actively promote service user and carer involvement in the planning and delivery of services.
- To provide supervision and line management to a team of practitioners ensuring high quality service delivery.
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Excellent pension
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Wellbeing programme
Blue Light Card Discounts
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification or educated to degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience in a health or social care setting
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant post qualification experience working with service users in a health or social care setting
- oExperience of assessing service users needs and working in partnership with them and other services to set and monitor individual goals
- oExperience of inducting and mentoring junior members of staff
Desirable
- previous leading on a piece of work
Knowledg
Essential
- oKnowledge of the physical, psychological and social effects of substance misuse and appropriate interventions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification or educated to degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience in a health or social care setting
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant post qualification experience working with service users in a health or social care setting
- oExperience of assessing service users needs and working in partnership with them and other services to set and monitor individual goals
- oExperience of inducting and mentoring junior members of staff
Desirable
- previous leading on a piece of work
Knowledg
Essential
- oKnowledge of the physical, psychological and social effects of substance misuse and appropriate interventions
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).
Additional information
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).
