Job Description

Integrated Mental Health Team Manager (B7)

Permanent

Bristol

Would you like to lead a new team to help people easily access the mental health support they need? If so, we would love to hear from you.

In Bristol we are redesigning our community mental health services to help people get the care they need, quickly and close to home. We are developing a new care model, bringing Primary and Secondary care, our Local Authority and Voluntary sector services together into new Integrated Mental Health Teams.

We are seeking Team Managers to lead our three new teams in Bristol. Each will work closely with a wide range of partners, including Experts by Experience, and inspire the team to deliver a high quality and effective service for people affected by mental illness. They will work with partners to provide trauma informed and culturally inclusive care that supports of all of BNSSG’s communities, particularly those experiencing the greatest inequalities. Team Managers will also ensure that excellent clinical standards are maintained within the team.

If you are committed to improving the lives of people affected by mental illness, please get in touch with BNSSG Community Mental Health Programme Director, Victoria Bleazard, to discuss this role onVictoria.Bleazard@nhs.net

AWP is passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing. Our staff are pivotal in everything we do and we are committed to involving them fully in the development of the Trust and our services. We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, and people living with disabilities – we are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’ offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

AWP

The postholder will lead an Integrated Mental Health Team, working closely with a wide range of partners, including Experts by Experience. They will inspire the team to deliver a high quality and effective service for people affected by mental illness – ensuring quicker access to clinical, psychological and social support, close to home.

The postholder will have strong partnership and influencing skills as they bring NHS, social care and Voluntary and Community leads together to meet the breadth of people’s needs. They will work with partners to provide trauma informed and culturally inclusive care that supports of all of BNSSG’s communities, particularly those experiencing the greatest inequalities.

The postholder will ensure excellent clinical standards are maintained within the team. Effective caseload management will be underpinned by robust and effective individual and team supervision processes. Working within the Care Programme Approach principles and framework, the postholder will demonstrate, in their day to day clinical work, an area of advanced practice (e.g. CBT, Non-medical Prescribing). The role may necessitate working extended hours.

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