Deputy Centre Lead / Team Leader

Main area Community Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract Permanent

Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This is an office-based role (Mon - Fri 09:00 - 17:00

Job ref 334-NUR LF-A

Site Lambeth North Living Well Centre Town London

Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAs Salary period Yearly

Closing 16/03/:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high-quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to positively impact patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview Join Our Team: Exciting Opportunities at Lambeth Living Well Centres

We are recruiting for two dynamic posts within the Lambeth Living Well Centres:

South-West Living Well Centre- Based at Gracefield Gardens in Streatham, providing Short Term Support Services, offering assessments and brief interventions to residents aged 18 and over regardless of diagnosis.

North Living Well Centre- Based at Brixton Road, providing Focussed Support Services, delivering medium to longer-term mental health care using the Care Programme Approach.

Both services are integral parts of the Lambeth Alliance, closely interfacing with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), social care, and voluntary sector organisations. As part of our innovative Lambeth Living Well Network (LWN) Alliance, we aim to deliver a fully integrated and coordinated mental health system that prioritises individuals' strengths and supports their whole health and wellbeing.

Our work is rooted in collaboration, bringing together Certitude, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, Lambeth Council, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and Thames Reach to transform mental health support across the borough.

We are seeking dynamic and enthusiastic candidates with strong leadership skills and a commitment to delivering high standards of care. As part of your role, you will contribute to our journey toward a fully integrated system, joining one of our three established Living Well Centres in Lambeth.

Main duties of the job The post holder will support their line manager in operating and developing the Living Well Centres, to include:

• Leading and managing safe and effective delivery of care and support for people accessing the centre, within the parameters of delegated responsibility provided by the Alliance partnership organisations.
• Ensuring the centre workforce adheres to the principles, values and outcomes of the Living Well Network Alliance.
• Effectively meeting all delegated statutory and regulated duties - with advice and support from relevant partner organisations.
• Improving quality, maintaining safety and leading innovative practice.

To apply for this post you must be a Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.

Working for our organisation We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave: we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work-life balance: flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development: There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease: our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Accommodation: our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts: with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Key Responsibilities:

• Management of Care and Practice
• Ensure that all clinical practice is developed using up-to-date evidence base, ensuring that all staff have the appropriate skill base and supporting mechanisms to access training to work with the service user group.
• Oversee a service user's care pathway, utilising available resources and Patient Journey framework and lead the team in its implementation.
• Ensure systems are in place to support user and carer-centred involvement in the planning and provision of care.
• Ensure that staff receive regular supervision and appraisal and are offered essential and developmental training in accordance with their personal development plans, and the needs of the service.
• Ensure that all service users are made aware of, encouraged, and assisted to use all services available to them.
• Ensure that the requirements of all mental health legislation are met.
• Management of Clinical Standards
• Set, monitor and evaluate overall standards of care and practice in the team in liaison with the centre lead, Professional Advisors, and other agencies.
• Ensure that all practices and interactions in the team are based on the preservation and respect of service users' dignity, individual and cultural identity, wishes (whenever possible) and are in accordance with the maintenance of individuals' independence.
• Ensure that all staff are aware of the standards of professional behaviour expected by the Trust.
• Ensure that the service provides continuity out of hours, appropriately relating to the senior manager on-call and out of hours medical team.
• Work closely with the centres integrated workforce and involve them in all relevant day-to-day decisions.
• Management of Human Resources
• Maintain the efficient use of staffing resources in the team, ensuring that staffing levels are safe, appropriate and contain the necessary skill mix, but recognising and supporting Improving Working Lives within the confines of a safe service.
• The post-holder will ensure that each member of staff is fully aware of their responsibilities and has a personal development plan which is based on a balance between the needs of the individual and the service.
• Manage the overall development of the team, encouraging staff to contribute their views and ideas as appropriate.
• Implement all Trust policies and Human Resource Management, and ensure staff are aware of how to access this information.
• Delegate duties and responsibilities to other staff as appropriate to assist in the operation of the unit and to aid the development of individual staff.
• Management of Information and Communication
• Develop and maintain procedures that result in good communication between the integrated team and other agencies.
• Arrange and in some instances chair relevant meetings involving other agencies, patients and carers when necessary to facilitate good communication.
• The post-holder will lead the team in setting, implementing and monitoring realistic and achievable objectives in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service.
• Attend meetings and forums, representing the team at various levels both within the Trust and with external agencies, ensuring that all staff are kept fully briefed on any new developments etc.
• The post-holder may be required to participate in specific inter-agency work relevant to the service.
• Ensure that all communication (verbal or written) between the team and other departments or agencies is of a high standard both in its content and presentation.
• Ensure that all written and electronically stored information is accessible only to authorised personnel and is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act . click apply for full job details