Assertive Outreach Team Manager

Job overview

We have the opportunity for 3 x Band 7 Full Time Team Manager posts within the Assertive outreach community teams;

1 x North (Cheltenham, Tewks & North Cots based at Leckhampton Lodge)

1x South (Stroud, Cirencester & Berkeley vale based at Weavers Croft)

1 x West-  (6 month secondment/ fixed term opportunity for Gloucester, Forest of dean based at Pullman place)

We are open to job sharing opportunities so we would encourage people seeking part time hours.

A Team Manager for an Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) in mental health leads a multidisciplinary service that provides intensive, community-based support to individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions who may struggle to engage with traditional services.

The role involves overseeing the day-to-day operation of the team, ensuring safe, effective, and person-centred care is delivered in line with local and national standards. The manager provides clinical and operational leadership, supports risk management, and promotes recovery-focused practice. They supervise and develop staff from a range of professional backgrounds, foster collaborative working, and maintain strong partnerships with inpatient services, community teams, housing providers, social care, and voluntary sector organisations.

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•    Lead in the operational and clinical management of the Service, providing day to day management, leadership and line management to staff.
•    Lead, support and aid the coordination of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care in the community for adults of working age with severe /highly complex mental health conditions;
•    Demonstrate enhanced competence in complex decision making, assessment and the management of clinical needs;
•    Collect and collate data / information effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance.
•    The post holders will be working within a multi-disciplinary team covering either the North Locality - Cheltenham/Tewkesbury/North Cotswolds, the West Locality - Gloucester/Forest of Dean or the South Locality - Stroud & Berkeley Vale/Cirencester & South Cotswolds

•    The team manager will be responsible for ensuring high quality and effective delivery of intensive and assertive mental health care 
•    To regularly report to locality Operational lead on the performance of the locality service.
 
A key aspect of the role is ensuring proactive engagement with service users, often through flexible outreach in community settings, to reduce hospital admissions, improve stability, and enhance quality of life.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

 This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys