Deputy Team Manager/High Intensity Therapist

Job overview

Talking Therapies

Deputy Team Manager- Coventry

Permanent Post- Full Time

This post is a key member of the Talking Therapies Operational Management Team, with responsibility for supporting operational management, including effective leadership and supervision of a designated geographical area.

The post holder will also support the Team Manager in ensuring the service is developed in accordance with National guidelines.

The post holder will retain a small caseload (ideally 40% of a full-time contract which may vary in accordance with service need) and will deliver a high level of psychological interventions with designated clients who have a range of complex Anxiety and Depression related problems.

Main duties of the job

• Support Team Manager in project work and lead where appropriate
• Represent the service area at local meetings in the absence of the TM
• Provide strong visible leadership
• Support the Team Manager in the introduction of new and innovative business management strategies
• Ensure that all staff in the service area are clear about what is expected and are working together in successful teams
• Promote a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for service improvement at local level
• Support Team Manager in developing and implementing reporting arrangements within the service area
• In the absence of the Team Manager review the service area workforce to ensure it has the right numbers of the right level of knowledge skill and expertise skill to deliver services
• Ensure that staff within service area are providing optimum quality of care
• Support the Team Manager in ensuring the team is adopting best practice to support the Trusts objective
• Promote a culture where governance and risk management are seen to be everyone’s responsibility
• Ensure that safety is at the centre of service area planning, analysis and delivery
• Support the Team Manager in implementing effective systems to record and monitor governance and risk information

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification attached to this advert for full information regarding the role.