Why Work With Us
About The Team And Department
There are two Mental Health Social Work teams, one Multi-Disciplinary Specialist Care Home Team that sits within Mental Health Social Care provision, plus the acute mental health services, of Day Time AMHP Duty Service and the Emergency Duty Service (EDS) which is an out of hours service. The Mental Health services provide specialist mental health social care interventions and emergency mental health pathways, we work in an integrated way with mental health colleagues in Devon Partnership Trust (DPT) to ensure the delivery of high-quality care services for people living in Torbay.
To provide operational and strategic oversight to all the Mental Health ASC services and to ensure effective and efficient performance across Adult Social Care Teams within this service.
The role is a Band 8A
Note: If you are a qualified AMHP the salary attracts a enhancement of 11.8% for commitment to the AMHP Rota, there is an expectation of a minimum commitment of 2 duty’s per month for WTE (Pro Rata)
To be accountable to the Baywide Community Services Manager for mental health services for providing a person-centred health service, in partnership with our local health partners, other statutory services, voluntary and independent sector organisations.
To provide operational and strategic leadership across Mental Health Adult Social Care Teams and Emergency Mental Health Services. The successful applicant will need to ensure that there is a continued commitment to integrated working with health colleagues and also partner agencies.
To have responsibility for the oversight of the social care workforce within the Mental Health ASC Services and to ensure that all staff are appropriately line managed, supervised and supported in accordance with the relevant policies of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrea Collings Job title: Community Services Manager Mental Health Email address: andrea.collings1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07821581464
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