Community Mental Health Team Manager

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  • Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
  • £47,810-54,710 per year
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 2 days ago
Neighbourhood Community Mental Health Team Manager - South Warwickshire 6 month FTC / Secondment1 WTE (37.5 hours per week)Full time role based in Leamington Spa and Stratford Upon AvonWe currently have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic manager to lead our Community Mental Health Team.You will be part of a management team including two other team managers, a clinical lead, deputy managers, Referral Team Manager and social care team managers to provide excellent evidence based care to adults across south Warwickshire with secondary care mental health needs.This team is proactive in utilising multidisciplinary roles to provide recovery and outcome focused interventions to service users, whilst meeting targets.The successful candidate will be an experienced mental health professional with knowledge and skills in leadership, managing staff, and be a team player committed to innovation and service development. The successful person will support the ongoing transformation of community mental health services. You will establish relationships and communication links with their local neighbourhoods and primary care networks.This role requires the ability to multitask; incorporating service development, operational and people management as well as ensuring that data quality and the meeting of targets. Excellent communication, technical and organisational skills are essential.Main duties of the jobFor more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.You will be responsible for the day to day management of the team and will have experience in the leadership and supervision of clinical staff and have excellent knowledge of health and social care policy relating to the delivery of mental health care.As the Team Manager you will be expected to input into service evaluations and audits as well as carry out the managerial responsibilities of appraisals, managing sickness/absence and training for staff. Innovation and a creative approach are encouraged and being a positive role model is essential. The team consists of a number of professionals which include nurses, social workers, AMHPs, occupational therapists and psychologists some of whom you will be expected to line manage directly. The service is split into Leamington Spa and Stratford areas with bases in each area, however staff work across all bases as required. As a manager you will be responsible for a defined number of Primary Care Networks.About usAt Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.These include:
  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.DetailsDate posted01 September 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 7Salary£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annumContractFixed termDuration6 monthsWorking patternFull-timeReference number444-7241666A-MHJob locationsSt Marys Lodge and Stratford Health CareSt Mary's Road / Arden StLeamington Spa / Stratford Upon AvonCV31 1JNJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.We encourage personal development through our regular supervision and appraisal process and value those who are keen to develop and progress.Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.As the successful candidate you must have a professional qualification i.e., nursing, occupational therapist or social worker, with substantial post registration experience as a qualified professional of which you will have recent experience working with clients within a secondary care mental health setting.The working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. You may occasionally need to work flexibly outside regular office hours to respond to service user need.For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.We encourage personal development through our regular supervision and appraisal process and value those who are keen to develop and progress.Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.As the successful candidate you must have a professional qualification i.e., nursing, occupational therapist or social worker, with substantial post registration experience as a qualified professional of which you will have recent experience working with clients within a secondary care mental health setting.The working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. You may occasionally need to work flexibly outside regular office hours to respond to service user need.For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.Person SpecificationQUALIFICATIONSEssential
  • Relevant Professional Qualification i.e RMN, DipCOT
  • Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
  • Specialist expertise across a range of procedures
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma
  • Specialist managerial training
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLSEssential
  • Excellent written communication skills
EXPERIENCEEssential
  • Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
  • Significant experience of risk assessment and positive risk management
OTHEREssential
  • Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use
Person SpecificationQUALIFICATIONSEssential
  • Relevant Professional Qualification i.e RMN, DipCOT
  • Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
  • Specialist expertise across a range of procedures
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma
  • Specialist managerial training
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLSEssential
  • Excellent written communication skills
EXPERIENCEEssential
  • Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
  • Significant experience of risk assessment and positive risk management
OTHEREssential
  • Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use

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