Job summary
- Main area
- Wellbeing Talking Therapies
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-WSN7321639
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Child Health Centre
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 gross per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Wellbeing Team Leader
Band 7
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Job overview
We are able to looking for passionate, motivated, and inspirational leaders to work within our Operational Leadership teams in Suffolk.
The Team Lead position provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual with a strong clinical background in mental health and a good understanding of the challenges of working as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist or Mental Health Practitioner.
Team Leaders work at both Step 2 and Step 3 within the service, this vacancy will be focused within the Step 2 Team (see below).
If you have the vision, drive and experience to offer dynamic leadership to a group of hardworking clinicians, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You will be involved in planning and coordinating interventions for people with common mental health problems wanting to access and receive the treatment offered by our bio-psycho-social service.
As a service, we offer a range of psychological, employment and community interventions across Suffolk.
At Step 2 this includes high volume evidence-based practice in the form of one-to-one guided self- help, predominantly delivered by telephone, psycho-educational groups and computerised CBT. At Step 3 we offer individual and group CBT, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Couples Therapy for Depression, Counselling for Depression and EMDR.
You will be offered robust supervision and access to the NSFT Leadership Academy, providing opportunities for Coaching, Mentorship and Leadership training. The Service has strong links with the University of East Anglia and a keen interest in research at all steps.
**Please note this is a hybrid role and time on site (Ipswich) and at home will be required. ( The current expectation is 3 days on site)
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other.
We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £16).
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
If you have recently been unsuccessful at interview, we would encourage you to consider if re-applying is appropriate based on the feedback offered and the timeframe since your last interview.
Please note interviews will take place in person at one of our sites either Mariner House Ipswich or Hospital Road Bury St Edmunds TBC
Candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days’ notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your spam folder, so please keep checking all your email folders if applying.
If you have any further questions ahead of making an application, please contact Katie Webster, Deputy Service Manager, [email protected]
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For further details / informal visits contact:
Name
Katie Webster
Job title
Deputy Service Manager
Email address
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Qualification Or Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and BABCP Accredited. Or Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and BACP Accredited. Or Nursing degree or equivalent or Dip OT or Core Profession
Desirable criteria
- ILM certificate in management or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Experience in providing leadership in a mental health care environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a primary care setting.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
- Katie Webster
- Job title
- Deputy Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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