Bexley Mental Health Support Team Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Experience of managing staff and leading a team/service are essential for this role. You will need to have excellent leadership, communication and management skills with a passion for early intervention mental health support for children, young people and families.

For more information, please see the attached Job Description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Relevant professional qualification: e.g. RMN, CQSW/DIPSW, SROT, MRC Psych, Chartered Psychologist, Systemic Psychotherapist
• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience.

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification or suitable training and evidence of willingness to undertake further training.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 5 years experience of managing within a multi- professional, multi-agency child mental health environment.
• Experience of service development and change management

Skills

Essential criteria

• Strong leadership and management capacity obtained within a complex child multi-disciplinary team setting.
• Ability to build and develop teams.
• Ability to manage group dynamics, conflict and work with diversity.
• Excellent communication skills.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of finance and budget management and ability to contribute to budget planning.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high volume of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 472.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)