About this role
Job summary
NHS Barnsley Talking Therapies aims to improve access to psychological therapy and treatment for people with mild to moderate mental health problems, in Barnsley, to ensure people with common mental health conditions are offered evidence-based treatments. The service opening hours are Monday-Thursday 9-8 and Friday 9-5. The service offers a range of therapies at step 2 and step 3, delivered by various means including face to face, virtual, telephone and computerised. We offer groups, workshops and one to one appointments to clients.
As a Team Manager in the NHS Barnsley Talking Therapies Team, you will provide leadership and operational management to staff members within the team, ensuring a highquality, accessible, and culturally appropriate mental health service is delivered. The role oversees service delivery, budget management, partnership working across statutory and nonstatutory agencies. The post leads on governance, risk management, service evaluation, and adherence to Trust policies, while promoting service user involvement, staff supervision, and continuous improvement.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
Leadership: Provides daytoday leadership, direction, and support to the team.
Ensure supervision is in place for all staff. Oversee workload allocation, staff development, and performance management.
Oversees care: Ensures safe case management, appropriate referrals, and highquality clinical practice.
Partnership: Builds strong working relationships with primary care, secondary care, and community agencies.
Ensures assessments, interventions, and treatment pathways are effective, timely, and aligned with Talking Therapies standards.
Governance: Oversees quality, risk, compliance, and adherence to Trust policies and national guidance.
Service performance: Ensures targets, KPIs, and commissioned outcomes are met and continuously improved.
Service quality: Drives improvements, ensures cultural competence, and maintains minimum quality standards.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
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About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
1. Leadership and Management
Lead the core team and provide service and act as the central point of contact for any external services or agencies.
Manage a delegated expenditure within the allocated team and service budget.
Ensure the core team and provided service is developed and maintained in line with commissioned principles of the Talking Therapies service specification.
Ensure that the core team contributes appropriately to meeting the service targets agreed with commissioners.
To be visible and accessible to Talking Therapies staff and to frequently meet with, and openly communicate with them.
2. Partnerships
Ensure effective liaison with all primary and secondary care partners.
Collaborate with the necessary range of other statutory and non-statutory agencies across areas; enabling effective use of existing resources, and raising awareness of issues.
Provide a responsive and flexible service which aims to support individuals in the community where appropriate by working in partnership with the individual and community agencies.
Take a lead responsibility for service user and carer involvement by the core team and ensure that opportunities for feedback and input are maximised.
Utilise the skill and experience available in the full range of statutory and non-statutory agencies in the care and treatment of individuals accessing the Talking Therapies.
Promote links with, and actively co-opt other services and resources to facilitate social, educational, and employment opportunities for the team caseload and wider services.
Lead the team in providing care and treatment that recognises the importance of housing, employment, education, recreational activities, advocacy, social networks, friendships and welfare benefits for the individual and their family.
3. Care and Intervention
Ensure that the core team provides rapid and effective clinical assessment and treatment in accordance to the service specification. Assist in the Screening of referrals for suitability for the service where required.
Ensure that team and service culture is sensitive of clients needs, differences, difficulties and behaviours, and that engagement, hope and recovery are central themes.
Ensure that the team is responsive to diverse needs, maintaining methods of working compliant with Trust policy and national guidance on diversity relating to an individuals age, gender, race, culture, disability, spirituality and sexuality; and ensure the service is accessible and culturally appropriate to served populations within available resources.
Ensure appropriate service user confidentiality and information governance at all times.
Have lead responsibility for the delivery of effective and safe case management within the team.
Provide line management supervision to identified members of the team, and ensure the whole team has access to supportive supervision systems.
Take a lead responsibility for ensuring that arrangements for referral and assessment to the service are effective and implemented.
4. Governance
Contribute to the development of protocols for planned transition to and from the service.
Ensure that appropriate recording and information systems are utilised, service evaluations, monitoring and data collection; and required performance management reporting via the RiO IT system.
Contribute to a continuing programme of team and service evaluation, research, and/or audit against known best practice. Measuring the overall effectiveness of the team, methods of treatment, and cost effectiveness, and challenging current methods of working in response to evaluation recommendations.
Take a lead responsibility for the maintenance of team quality minimum standards in conjunction with the outcomes of the commissioned service.
Contribute to the development, implementation, and review of service policy and procedures and work.
Ensure ongoing training, and programmes of education appropriate to the development and promotion of the team and service.
Take a lead responsibility within the team for mental health risk assessments. Ensure the team assesses and manages risk in accordance with Trust policy and procedures.
In keeping with relevant professional guidance, maintain an up to date professional portfolio record and an effective awareness of current service developments.
The post holder will support the Trusts commitment to a healthy work life balance and the achievement of the IWL Practice and Practice Plus Standard.
Represent the Talking Therapies service in the Community Service line meetings
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
The potholders duties must at all times be carried out in compliance with the Trusts Policies and Procedures in particular the postholder must act in accordance with the Equal Opportunities Policy and the Health and Safety Policy.
The job description is an outline of the main duties in the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed by the General Manager.
For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached,
Person Specification
Physical Attributes Essential
Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Experience Essential
Substantial demonstrable post-registration experience in Mental health, including holding a senior clinical position. Experience of working either with or within primary care mental health services.
Desirable
Previous / current experience of senior community post.
Special Knowledge/Skills Essential
The candidate will :- Be able to demonstrate / articulate knowledge and in-depth understanding of IAPT and the Stepped care model. Demonstrate and apply an appropriate depth in knowledge and experience of community care. Demonstrate knowledge of current mental health policy and service drivers. Demonstrate and apply an appropriate level of understanding regarding the IAPT MDS and its reporting requirements. The candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to : Apply knowledge of HR and Budgetary management. Apply knowledge of performance monitoring and management. Apply knowledge of mental health policy and legislation. Exercise professional leadership with regard to decision making and problem solving. Co-ordinate dynamics of MDT. Effectively manage time and resources (assess, prioritise and plan). Responsible for the setting and maintenance of standards of care / service. Conduct and co-ordinate KSF reviews. Working knowledge and experience in facilitating supervision. Utilise good interpersonal relationships and effective communication to promote high staff morale within the team. The candidate will be able to demonstrate / articulate their ability :- To communication effectively, being articulate and meaningful in both verbal and written formats. To use effectively IT based communication systems.
Desirable
Further leadership training eg LEO
Qualifications Essential
Dip Nursing RMHN, RMN, Dip/Degree Occupational Therapy, Clinical Psychology/CBT. Educated to Degree level, or equivalent experience.
Desirable
Further post qualification training (CBT). Appropriate management qualification.
Personal Attributes Essential
The candidate will demonstrate / articulate their :- Ability to work without direct supervision. Ability to work in partnership with a wide variety of agencies. Ability to stay motivated. Must be eligible to work in the U.K.
Desirable
A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
Training Essential
Willing to uptake appropriate training as identified. Facilitate training to the Team.
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.
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 South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Address NHS Barnsley Talking Therapies
Rose Tree Avenue
Barnsley
S72 8UA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)