Wellbeing Team Leader

Job overview

Due to a recent service expansion, we are able to offer another Team Lead role in the Wellbeing Suffolk Service. This post will be working across Step 2 and Step 3. To best work in the existing team, post holders will need to be passionate, motivated, and inspirational leaders with a real drive to support the service goals.

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 in Primary Care as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist or Mental Health Practitioner.

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 there will be an expectation of working on site for 2-3 days per week.**

Main duties of the job

Line Management of staff

Care pathway monitoring - monitoring of waiting lists etc

Balancing workloads

Dealing with HR issues / complaints / concerns

Projects

Working within senior leadership team

Liaising with staff from inside and outside of our service

Patient contact

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Wellbeing Suffolk delivers NHS Talking Therapies and is currently benchmarked in the top three NHS Talking Therapies Services in the country with workforce surveys evidencing high morale. The service was recently awarded continuation to deliver the Talking Therapies contract for a further five years, with a potential to extend for a further 5 years. This award builds on existing strengths to deliver the new model launched agreed in September 2024, so, a very exciting time to be joining the service.

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.

Interviews are due to be held week commencing 21st September however subject to change. 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, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

For more information about our service please visit our website at https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk

If you are interested in this post, please contact

Katie.Webster@nsft.nhs.uk

Jayne.mullett@nsft.nhs.uk

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

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.