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Job overview

There are currently lots of exciting developments happening within LPFT's services for Children and Young People (CYP) in Lincolnshire.

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Team Manager to manage our Lincoln & Grantham Healthy Minds Team.

You will be  responsible for the operational and clinical management of the two Healthy Minds Teams within the locality. You will be a member of the multi-disciplinary team working with children, young people, families and education staff; assessing and treating the mental health and well-being of children and young people. You will be responsible for ensuring the teams fulfil their core offer of services whilst maintaining clinical input within their role.

The Healthy Minds Teams will have close links with our well established services: Mental Health Support Teams and CAMHS.

Please note: this post is fixed term for 12 months however should the funding position change the post will be made substantive. The post is full-time posts Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, however other working patterns can be considered and base can be negotiated.

You will need to have the ability to travel between education settings and bases, some of which are in rural areas. Hybrid working is also expected. This post is currently subject to job evaluation.

For any further information please contact Hayley Slater 07870916609 [email protected]

Main duties of the job

Healthy Minds Service - delivers early and preventative mental health intervention for children, young people and their families by:-

• Providing training and support to universal services, particularly schools to enable staff to have the skills and confidence to manage the emotional wellbeing needs of the children and young people in their care.
• Providing individual and group work for children and young people and their families/carers using evidence based brief therapeutic tools and models.
•  Offering consultation, advice and signposting that will ensure, where appropriate children, young people and their families are referred to services that will meet identified needs.
• Contributing to development of clear referral pathways that support the emotional health and wellbeing of children young people and their families.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.