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

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

In this role you will be responsible for the operational management of the service to ensure a high-quality service is provided to children and young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. You will build relationships with and work across a range of education settings. There is a strong emphasis on co-production in MHSTs and you will help to drive this forward. You will contribute to the review, development and implementation of service wide policies and protocols.
You will be responsible for the management supervision of the team. You will contribute and lead MDT decisions and be responsible for managing the clinical capacity of the team, taking account of balancing direct individual/family work with whole school/college approaches to supporting emotional wellbeing. You will be accessible for staff, service users, families and carers and act as a point of clinical expertise.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

A job in the Suffolk MHSTs will inevitably be challenging and demanding at times, but it will also be immensely rewarding and provide you with great opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a service that has developed a caring, creative and hard-working environment; your ideas about how this new service continues to develop and grow will be highly valued.
This is an exciting time of Transformation of mental health services in Suffolk, which MHSTs are at the forefront of. These changes are driven by the needs of local communities, with the aim of embedding mental health services within the community and truly bringing the expertise to where it is needed. NSFT in collaboration with the Suffolk alliance partners are striving to deliver services within the Thrive framework.
We would welcome any informal conversations about these roles. Please do contact us for more information.
For further details regarding the role, please see attached job description and person specification plus the supplementary information.