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Team Leader - Children’s Intensive Support Team (IST) Band 7

Base; Wayside House, Wilsons Lane Coventry; but will be required to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire

37 hours - In order to support families at key times, some work may be required outside of usual office hours. Part time hours will be considered 

The Childrens Intensive Support Team is undergoing a service transformation and an exciting opportunity has arisen for an Operational Team Leader to provide consistent and aligned leadership for the team.

Main duties of the job

The post presents as an ideal opportunity for someone who holds a keen interest in leadership with a desire to champion good quality service deliver ensuring a positive patient experience for children with complex mental health difficulties with a learning disability/autism at risk of a tier 4 admission.

We are seeking to appoint an individual with a professional registration relevant to the role, to provide efficient, dedicated and compassionate operational management and leadership to the day to day running of the Childrens Intensive Support Team.

The successful candidate will provide strong and effective leadership to the teams working closely with the service manager to provide operational leadership and promote the vision and values of CWPT.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. 

These include:

·       generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

·       flexible working opportunities

·       excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

·       salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

·       discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

·       wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

·       staff networks and support groups

 We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.