Team Manager – Assertive Outreach

Job overview

Are you seeking a leadership opportunity in mental health? Would you relish an opportunity to be part of a brand new service?

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to invite applications for a Team Manager role within our newly established Assertive Outreach Team (AOT).

This innovative service will provide high-quality, person-centred care to individuals with complex mental health needs who may struggle to engage with traditional services. Operating across the City of Oxford, the team will deliver proactive, flexible support, responding to need in a timely and coordinated manner.

Assertive Outreach is founded on active engagement rather than office-based care. Staff will work flexibly across the city, supporting individuals in community settings, their homes or Trust premises. Interventions will be tailored, relationship-focused and recovery-oriented, promoting continuity, trust and consistent engagement. Shared caseload responsibility, alongside a key worker model and regular MDT reviews, will enable rapid responses to relapse, risk and disengagement.

We are seeking motivated and compassionate professionals who are committed to supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. Successful applicants will be confident in managing complexity and dynamic risk, while working within a recovery-focused, trauma-informed framework. This is an opportunity to help shape a new service and make a meaningful difference across Oxford.

Main duties of the job

As Team Manager for the Oxon Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) you will be working across Oxford City. You will take overall responsibility for the day to day running of the team. This involves planning, management and delivery of high-quality evidence-based interventions as part of the wider Multidisciplinary team.

The Team will be a fully integrated multidisciplinary service comprising a Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Team Manager, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Support Workers and Administrators.

You will:

• Ensure that clinical competencies and skill mix along with the clinical leads, within the service meet the demands of the service and the requirements of clinical governance. This will include ensuring that service standards and evidence based clinical guidelines are in place, implemented and monitored.
• Ensure that the workload is distributed fairly across the team and the team runs smoothly and effectively.
• Line manage staff within the area of responsibility in the service.
• Be actively involved in the recruitment of all staff in area of responsibility and ensure appropriate induction is provided.
• Ensure annual performance reviews are undertaken with all staff and  that appropriate training and mechanisms for auditing this are in place.
• Be accountable for all capability, disciplinary and grievance procedures which may arise within the service and a point of any conflict resolution in the team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required