EIP Team Leader

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity within the Early Intervention in Psychosis service has arisen for an innovative, motivated, and enthusiastic Team Leader to join our District EIP service. We are looking for someone with a passion for high quality care to play an active role in shaping care and support for service users, their families and carers.

Bradford EIP is a nationally recognised, top performing service, comprising of five teams. This vacancy is for our District team who are based close to the city centre and support the districts outside of the City centre locality. The successful applicant will be joining a supportive, forward-thinking service with a rich history for delivering high quality care through a Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual approach.

The role involves leadership responsibilities for an experienced, well-established team of specialist mental health professionals. The team leader will work closely with the senior management team to creatively shape and guide care to best fit our communities here in Bradford.

Bradford EIP is a supportive and creative environment; the Senior Team work closely to offer continuous guidance and support. We value the continuous development of all, Clinical Supervision and CPD is a high priority within the Team. In line with National EIP safer staffing practices, staff caseloads are protected to enable effective high-quality work.

We are hoping to interview for the role on the week of the 15th of July, however this may be subject to change.

Main duties of the job

Please note that this job description serves to provide an illustrative example of the duties and responsibilities the post holder may be expected to undertake during the course of their normal duties. It is not therefore an exhaustive list; the post holder will therefore be required to undertake other responsibilities and duties that are considered to be commensurate with the band.

Priority areas for this post will be agreed annually via the appraisal process.

Closing date: 8th July 2024

Shortlisting: 9th July 2024

We would welcome and encourage calls from interested candidates to answer any questions you may have. If you would like to discuss the role or visit the service, please do not hesitate to contact Mick Mesa Clinical Manager by calling 01274 221 021.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Additional cost of living payments for bands 1 - 7

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Date posted

21 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-24-6414056

Job locations

EIP District Team

10-16 St. Martins Avenue, Fieldhead Business Centre,

Bradford, West Yorkshire,

BD7 1LG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification in mental health nursing, social work, occupational therapy or clinical psychology.

Desirable

oEvidence of further formal management study and/ or qualification

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience in a senior care coordinator role with adults, young people and/or children with serious mental health problems.
Knowledge of the Legislation surrounding mental health and vulnerable adults.

Desirable

Experience of a leadership role in Early intervention
Experience of working in a specialist psychosis service
Experience of providing training in PSI (etc.)

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of psychosocial interventions (PSI) and experience of applying psychosocial principles in practice
Commitment to undertake PSI (or equivalent) training to degree/diploma standard.
Knowledge and understanding of the full range of professional groups in mental health

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification in mental health nursing, social work, occupational therapy or clinical psychology.

Desirable

oEvidence of further formal management study and/ or qualification

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience in a senior care coordinator role with adults, young people and/or children with serious mental health problems.
Knowledge of the Legislation surrounding mental health and vulnerable adults.

Desirable

Experience of a leadership role in Early intervention
Experience of working in a specialist psychosis service
Experience of providing training in PSI (etc.)

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of psychosocial interventions (PSI) and experience of applying psychosocial principles in practice
Commitment to undertake PSI (or equivalent) training to degree/diploma standard.
Knowledge and understanding of the full range of professional groups in mental health

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).