Assertive Outreach Team Manager (Community)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Team Manager to cover a 12 month period of maternity leave for the York Assertive Outreach Team.

'Assertive outreach works with individuals who experience severe and enduring mental illness, namely psychosis with possible co morbidities of substance use. Individuals on caseload experience high levels of social, economical, emotional and psychological stress which can contribute to their difficulties engaging with the team. Individuals have difficulties engaging, building relationships with services and require more intensive and assertive community care and treatment'

This is an exciting time to join a well-established team at a point of ongoing national developments.

Secondments would be considered but would need their current line managers agreement that they could be released on a secondment basis., The successful candidate with the support of the wider leadership team will improve the lives of people with mental ill health through effective leadership, management and service development to enable the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and well-being for all service users.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering excellent mental health services and can support and enable the team to achieve their potential. Key responsibilities will include supervision and appraisal for the staff team, performance monitoring including key performance indicators, recruitment and management of staff, ensuring that people have timely access to our services and receive treatment in line with the teams pathways. You will need to have excellent relationship building and engagement skills and be capable of managing varied work demands based on the changing needs of the service. You will understand and embrace the challenge of delivering a service which is both high in quality, efficiency and sustainability.

Although the main duties of the role are to ensure the operational effectiveness of the team, you will still have the opportunity to involve yourself in direct clinical work, in line with the needs of the service.

You can expect ongoing commitment and support to your Continuous Professional Development and robust Supervision, Appraisal and Training.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.