Operational Team Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an Operational Team Manager to our established Specialist Support Team (SST) for Greater Manchester providing specialist assessment and intervention for autistic people and people who have a learning disability and are at risk of admission to hospital or of coming into contact with criminal justice agencies.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have responsibility for the development of staff and for the effective delivery of evidence based, person centred services. You will report directly to the Clinical Services Manager within the Secure Care Division and work in close partnerships with the Clinical Lead, the Integrated Care Board, the Lead Provider Collaborative and Service Leads across the Greater Manchester region.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities:

1. Management and leadership of the Specialist Support Team with clear goals and objectives that are shared and understood.

2. Effective collaboration with all partner agencies providing an integrated service working alongside the statutory Learning Disability services and the independent sector across Greater Manchester.

3. To develop a highly skilled workforce that offers specialist skills and knowledge to support the wider health and social care provision.

4. The post holder will be responsible for maintaining pathways between service providers to ensure seamless provision of support. This will include in-patient services and existing community provision.

5. The post holder will contribute to the development and implementation of robust operational policies for the Specialist Support Team that promotes collaborative and integrated service delivery within the Policy Framework of the Division and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

6. To deliver outcomes led service developed specifically to respond to the Greater Manchester Learning Disability and Autism Programme.

Please see the Job Description and person specification for more details.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registration with appropriate professional body (for example NMC)
• 1 st Level Nurse Registration in Learning Disability/ Mental Health or equivalent professional qualification specialising in Learning Disability.
• Master's Degree in relevant field or knowledge and experience that is equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and other relevant professional bodies.
• Appropriate further professional qualification(s)/ training in an assessment/ therapeutic/ intervention approach (e.g., in a specific psychological therapy such as CBT, CAT, 705 in behavioural interventions) or knowledge of such approaches. 2
• Training in formal risk assessment.
• Training and or knowledge in positive behavioural supports.

Knowledge

• Minimum of five years post qualification experience of working with learning disabled individuals within a community/ hospital setting, including individuals with forensic needs
• At least three years managerial experience within a community service/ team providing for clients with learning disability including those with forensic needs.
• Expert knowledge of learning disability and related forensic issues. Knowledge of legal frameworks (PACE, MHA, MCA, MAPPA) and application to people with learning disabilities. Knowledge of secure services including function, purpose and philosophy
• Knowledge of giving and receiving clinical supervision.
• Training in risk management (forensic context).
• Experience working with the Criminal Justice Agencies, prison services and probation services

Skills

• Demonstrable experience of multi-agency working in the community.
• Experience of research/ audit/ service evaluation.
• Demonstrate proficiency in budgetary management.
• Experience of recruitment and selection
• Ability to manage and investigate complaints.
• Experience of Courts and giving evidence
• Delivery of training in forensic issues to groups and individuals

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.