Job summary
- Main area
- Warrington Recovery Team - Mental Health Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-MHC7223926
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wakefield House
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/06/2025
Employer heading
Deputy Manager
Band 6
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become Deputy Manager for Warrington Recovery Team (Adult Community Hub)
We are an adult mental health service providing support, care and treatment to service users and carers with significant mental health needs within the Borough of Warrington.
This is a full time, permanent position, working closely with the Mgt team, providing clinical leadership, support and supervision of staff. You will have a strong value base and dedication to excellent service user care. A good working knowledge of our service and previous managerial experience is important.
Our operating hours are Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm and our office base is Wakefield House.
For any informal enquiries please contact Team Manager Barry McKeown.
Main duties of the job
Day to day clinical leadership, support and supervision to staff, alongside the Mgt team.
Support with key performance requirements and attendance at meetings.
Liaise with other professionals and services to promote effective inter agency working.
Contribute to ongoing team improvement/transformation work and promote best practice to ensure safe and effective care is delivered.
Support and supervision of staff.
Assist with all aspects of daily managerial duties, including performance, staff absence and complaints.
Work closely with our service users and carers to provide best outcomes and promote meaningful involvement.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attached for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Core Professional Social Worker or Nurse and up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained) OR None Core Professional
- Must have qualification in at least one of the following areas: Individual or group Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person Centred Counselling, Systemic Family Practice, Webster Stratton Incredible years / parenting groups professional, Must have professional qualification and registration with an appropriate accrediting body (i.e. HCPC / BACAP), or equivalent from the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) approved accredited register, Degree level equivalent, Assessor/Mentorship, Training applicable to Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Post registration training in relevant field
- Leadership/Management training
Knowledge/ Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with CAMHS.
- Experience of mentorship, supervision and coordination of staff.
- Experience of Care planning process
- Working in a multiagency framework
- Demonstrate a contribution to change management process
- Experience in positive leadership of a team
- Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches
- Recovery Model
- Mental Health Act (1983)
- Effective Care Coordination
- Relevant National policies and guidance
- Evidence based and an overview of the Trust’s objectives
- Reflective practice
- Mental Capacity Act
- Vulnerable Adults
- Procedure and Child Protection.
- Safety, Privacy and Dignity Guidelines
Desirable criteria
- An overview of the Trust’s objectives
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate sound leadership qualities and an understanding of management styles
- Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
- Ability to delegate and coordinate
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to utilise Assessment skills and tools effectively
- Ability to communicate in a variety of setting
- Ability to maintain accurate and up to date clinical records
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Effective time & workload management
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to identify and minimise risk effectively
- IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Project Management
- Formulation of reports
- Presentation skills
- Resource and Budget management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Barry McKeown
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01925 666 660
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