Wellbeing Team Leader

Wellbeing Team Leader - Fixed Term 16 Month Contract

We are looking for passionate, motivated, and inspirational leaders to work within our Operational Leadership Teams in Suffolk.

This position provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual with strong clinical background in mental health and a good understanding of the challenges of working as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist or Mental Health Practitioner.

***We are advertising for both permanent and fixed term positions. Candidates should apply for their most preferred option, however candidates offered an interview will be considered for both positions.***

If you have the vision, drive and experience to offer dynamic leadership to a group of hardworking clinicians, we would love to hear from you.

You will be involved in planning and coordinating interventions for people with common mental health problems wanting to access and receive the treatment offered by our bio-psycho-social service.

As a service, we offer a range of psychological, employment and social 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 the service works flexibly and time on site and at home will be required.

Benefits

Benefits included with this role are: -

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Why work for us?We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)

To find out more about the job role click the job description, then click APPLY to start your candidate experience today!

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 w/c 30th/31st March 2023 - via Microsoft Teams 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 athttps://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk

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