Job summary
Welcome! The Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) services are busy caring teams consisting of Administration staff, PWPs, CBT Practitioners, and Counsellors. We deliver Talking Therapies to the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin which has exciting, diverse and growing modern towns, surrounded by the stunning Shropshire countryside.
Our NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) teams are great places to work. We are redefining the service offer, including a new leadership structure, and we need you to help us with this.
We are recruiting 2 x Step 2 Team Leads and 2 x Step 3 Team Leads - these posts are fixed term until 31/03/2024. Pending on changes to Service configuration this role may become permanent in the future.
Workingas part of the operational leadership team, you will provide line management to a group of either Step 2 or Step 3 staff, and will have the opportunity to be actively involved with the service changes and developments through project work.
Main duties of the job
- You will provide all aspects of line management support for a group of Step 2 / Step 3 staff within the Service
- You will work closely with the Operational Lead and Deputy Operational Lead to ensure that the Service KPI's are met
- The Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies Service is currently in the process of redefining the service offer and as a Team Lead you will have a key role in ensuring that the operational part of this is implemented within the wider service
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will managerially lead the Step 2 / Step 3 staff of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) services. This will include appraising staff and providing case management supervision whilst adhering to the key principles of the NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) programme contained in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual
- You will provide all aspects of line management to Step 2 / Step 3 clinicians (trainee & qualified) within the service.
- You will be responsible for ensuring that service and individual performance targets at Step 2 / Step 3 are met, identifying and resolving underperformance and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve results.
- You are not expected to have a clinical caseload, although a small caseload could be negotiated to meet the minimum requirements for professional registration/ Accreditation within one core modality. This will require an additional therapist Job Description to match the clinical role.
- You will be working with Staff, Service Users and Carers from different cultural backgrounds, ages, difference and diversity, and should be committed to culturally sensitive practice and offering equality of opportunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will managerially lead the Step 2 / Step 3 staff of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) services. This will include appraising staff and providing case management supervision whilst adhering to the key principles of the NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) programme contained in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual
- You will provide all aspects of line management to Step 2 / Step 3 clinicians (trainee & qualified) within the service.
- You will be responsible for ensuring that service and individual performance targets at Step 2 / Step 3 are met, identifying and resolving underperformance and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve results.
- You are not expected to have a clinical caseload, although a small caseload could be negotiated to meet the minimum requirements for professional registration/ Accreditation within one core modality. This will require an additional therapist Job Description to match the clinical role.
- You will be working with Staff, Service Users and Carers from different cultural backgrounds, ages, difference and diversity, and should be committed to culturally sensitive practice and offering equality of opportunity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma or equivalent qualification in Counselling / Qualification from High Intensity Talking Therapies (IAPT) Course (Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent)
- Accredited with BABCP/UKCP/BACP/NCS
- Talking Therapies (IAPT) approved supervision training for High Intensity workers or equivalent portfolio of experience
- Qualification from PWP Talking Therapies (IAPT) Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate / Graduate Certificate / Apprenticeship Qualification)
- Registered Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with BABCP or BPS
- Talking Therapies (IAPT) approved supervisors training for Low Intensity workers or equivalent portfolio of experience
Desirable
- Leadership training and qualification e.g. ILM
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Talking Therapies (IAPT) experience and evidence of working with a range of problems
- Experience of supervising Talking Therapies (IAPT) staff and/or trainees
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to meet own agreed/specified service targets
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Experience of liaising with other professional groups
Desirable
- Experience of appraising clinical staff on an annual basis.
- Experience of reviewing staff performance and effectively challenging under performance
- Experience of providing line management to clinical staff
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to staff.
- Able to develop good relationships with members of staff
- Ability to make judgements involving the analysis and interpretation of complex facts or situations
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrates significant knowledge and understanding of the aims and objectives of the IAPT programme.
- Understands the importance of the commissioning process and achieving agreed targets.
Desirable
- Able to carry out risk assessment of work space
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma or equivalent qualification in Counselling / Qualification from High Intensity Talking Therapies (IAPT) Course (Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent)
- Accredited with BABCP/UKCP/BACP/NCS
- Talking Therapies (IAPT) approved supervision training for High Intensity workers or equivalent portfolio of experience
- Qualification from PWP Talking Therapies (IAPT) Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate / Graduate Certificate / Apprenticeship Qualification)
- Registered Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with BABCP or BPS
- Talking Therapies (IAPT) approved supervisors training for Low Intensity workers or equivalent portfolio of experience
Desirable
- Leadership training and qualification e.g. ILM
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Talking Therapies (IAPT) experience and evidence of working with a range of problems
- Experience of supervising Talking Therapies (IAPT) staff and/or trainees
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to meet own agreed/specified service targets
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Experience of liaising with other professional groups
Desirable
- Experience of appraising clinical staff on an annual basis.
- Experience of reviewing staff performance and effectively challenging under performance
- Experience of providing line management to clinical staff
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to staff.
- Able to develop good relationships with members of staff
- Ability to make judgements involving the analysis and interpretation of complex facts or situations
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrates significant knowledge and understanding of the aims and objectives of the IAPT programme.
- Understands the importance of the commissioning process and achieving agreed targets.
Desirable
- Able to carry out risk assessment of work space
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Severn Fields Health Village / Fuller House, Hall Court
Shrewsbury / Telford
SY1 4RQ
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
