Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

General Manager EAST CYPS Community Team

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Job summary

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge managing a CYPS Community Team within our newly developed Surrey Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health (EWMH) Service for Surrey & Borders NHS Foundation Trust?

You will be highly motivated, enjoy taking the initiative and be able to demonstrate excellent communication and relationship-building skills. You will be confident in working with a range of internal and external stakeholders and enjoy developing and leading a skill-mixed team.

We have excellent opportunities for training and professional development from our dedicated SABP learning and development team and you will benefit from further training and consultations from our entire CYPS alliance including The Tavistock and Portman.

We are looking for a manager who is creative, highly motivated, shows initiative, is passionate and committed to ensuring high-quality services for people with mental health illness, and who enjoys managing staff well-being and supporting people to achieve their potential.

The team is based in Gatton Place in Redhill Town Centre with a satellite base at our newly built Community Hub in Leatherhead which provides a modern and therapeutic environment and brings together a range of community services for children, young people, and adults.

For further information or an informal chat please contact Sharon Dean, Associate Director of CYPS - 07771976770,

Main duties of the job

Whilst ensuring children, young people, and families are at the centre of decision-making to promote person-centered care and outcomes, you will provide operational leadership, transformation innovations, and management to the CYPS Community Team (CCT) within the getting more help element of the THRIVE framework.

As part of a busy CYPS Directorate and alongside our Alliance Partnership including local voluntary sector organisations, you will be leading the team with the implementation and embedding of the THRIVE Framework across the newly created CYPS Community Teams in East Surrey.

You will ensure the service operates in a safe, effective & efficient way as part of the whole system of emotional health and well-being services within the THRIVE framework. In addition, to foster a culture that encourages and enables individuals to have an active role in identifying, planning, and meeting their individual needs.

Working closely with the other General Managers, Transformation Lead for CYPs, and the Associate Director we will ensure that the experience of the CYP using the service is at the centre of any decision-making whilst building an outstanding supportive and responsive relationship with colleagues within the alliance and externally across the Surrey system and leading on clinically challenging and complex cases as appropriate.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

19 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£52,963 to £59,360 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-5478808-CYPS

Job locations

18 Mole Valley Business Park

Randalls Road

Leatherhead

KT22 7BA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification at Diploma/Degree level i.e. RMN, or equivalent in social work, occupational therapy, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, or other such clinical professions and hold a professional membership (eg NMC, HCPC.)

Desirable

Leadership/Management qualification or relevant training

Experience

Essential

Have a minimum of 3 years relevant management/leadership experience in a children's and adolescent mental health service
Have a minimum of 5 years' experience working with children and adolescents with mental health needs

Desirable

Experience of transformation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification at Diploma/Degree level i.e. RMN, or equivalent in social work, occupational therapy, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, or other such clinical professions and hold a professional membership (eg NMC, HCPC.)

Desirable

Leadership/Management qualification or relevant training

Experience

Essential

Have a minimum of 3 years relevant management/leadership experience in a children's and adolescent mental health service
Have a minimum of 5 years' experience working with children and adolescents with mental health needs

Desirable

Experience of transformation

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).