Job overview
An opportunity has arisen to recruit a senior practitioner in one of our integrated Manchester Community Mental Health Teams, South Manchester Later Life Community Mental Health Team based at Etrop Court, South Manchester .
The individual would be a motivated and enthusiastic and willing to work as a supportive team member. They will provide support to the team manager including supporting with performance management, supporting staff with all aspects of their practice, and standing in for the team manager in their absence.
You should also be passionate about later Life Services and the development of both staff and the service as well as genuinely want to make a difference in service users lives and the staff that provide the care. In return we will provide you with regular supervision and support with your clinical and personal development.
If this is you we would be delighted to receive your application.
Main duties of the job
To support the team manager with the day-to-day operational management of the team. The team is integrated, flexible, user-focussed, and recovery-orientated to deliver a safe, effective, and high-quality service to service users with mental health needs, to ensure delivery of the relevant clinical pathways (MATS, Functional and Organic) as outlined within the OACMHT standard operational procedure.
Participation as a member of the Services Management Team in the overall management of community based secondary mental health services.
Participate in the service bronze on call rota as required.
The South Manchester Later Life CMHT is a great integrated team to work in, it thrives on caring and supporting each. Every member of the team has equal value, the team works as one and respects individual roles within it.
Manchester Later Life Community Services promotes the wider trust values of caring, compassionate, valuing people, respecting one another as well as practising open and honest culture.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 120 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
1. Pay Enhancements
2. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
3. Excellent pension
4. Cycle to work scheme
5. Salary sacrifice car scheme
6. Wellbeing programme
7. fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person specification
Meets the requirements of the Job Specification
Essential criteria
8. Understanding of Older adult services
Desirable criteria
9. Experience in service improvement
Management experience
Essential criteria
10. Understanding of Older adult services
11. Minimum 2 years' experience of working within Mental Health services
Desirable criteria
12. Experience in service improvement
13. Compassionate leader
14. Understanding of older adult services
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
15. Good understanding of team work and effective management
16. Good understanding of conflict resolution
Desirable criteria
17. Has dealt with conflict resolution previously
Communication
Essential criteria
18. Good understanding of the role of senior practitioner
Desirable criteria
19. Experience in service improvement
Good communicator
Essential criteria
20. Understanding of Older adult services
Desirable criteria
21. Experience in service improvement
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.
Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click .
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
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Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.