• Job Description

  Req#: C9354-25-0570?language=en&page=427&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Band 7 Team leader Community Rehabilitation Team.

  Mental Health Rehabilitation offers:a whole systems approach to recovery from mental illness that maximises an individual's quality of life and social inclusion by encouraging their skills, promoting independence and autonomy in order to give them hope for the future and leads to successful community living through appropriate support.

  The Sussex Community Rehabilitation Pathway provides high quality, safe and effective rehabilitation for adults with psychosis and complex mental disorder across Sussex. The team works collaboratively with patients who meet NICE guidance service criteria to deliver personalised rehabilitation in their local area to:

  Support a personally meaningful recovery

  Improve subjective quality of life

  Enable social inclusion and participation in the wider community to achieve personal recovery goals

  The Sussex Community Rehabilitation Service operates both short and long-term pathways, with short-term pathways offering temporary community rehabilitation input to people for up to 16-weeks and longer-term pathways which offer input to people for an expected minimum of 3 years.

  Main duties of the job

  Key Duties

  To be responsible and provide effective leadership for a clinical team providing a high-quality service within the resources available within a defined area, and specifically to deliver on the following key areas:

  To coordinate and lead team functioning with particular focus on;

  - Management of referrals including delivery of care

  - Performance monitoring and management

  - Line Management and supervision of staff.

  To deliver a service within the agreed financial envelope ensuring maximum value in terms of clinical and cost effectiveness.

  Ensure that a culture of effective risk management is present in the team

  To carry a clinical caseload as agreed with service manager and to take a lead on management of complex cases and supporting staff in management of such cases.

  To ensure that the team functions in line with the care group core business.

  To coordinate recruitment and selection of staff within the team, leading on decisions as designated by the service manager.

  To respond to SUIs as appropriate and support any subsequent investigation

  To respond to SVAs as appropriate

  To respond to complaints

  To respond to communications regarding team issues

  To ensure equality and diversity is considered in all aspects of the team's business.

  About us

  The team is currently based in the Chanctonbury Building on the Swandean site in Worthing but will be moving to the Worthing Integrated Care Centre in Worthing.

  The team consists of Medics, Nurses, Social Workers, psychologist ,OT's, Dual Diagnosis worker, Admin , Peer support worker and support workers. The area covered geographically by the team is Adur, Arun and Worthing.

  The team offers a supportive atmosphere and work well collaboratively together.

  The Team Leader receives support and managerial supervision from the Service Manager and regular contact and support from the wider leadership Team and other community Rehab hubs in North West Sussex and Bognor.

  Monthly leadership meetings take place and regular continuing professional development days.

  Details

  Date posted

  02 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £46,148 to £52,809 a year PA

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  354-AC-21132

  Job locations

  Swandean

  Arundel Road

  Worthing

  BN133EP

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder is responsible for leading and coordinating a team within a service area, delivered by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Where an agreement with Local Authority Partners is in place (section 75 agreement) this will include relating to both organisations. In such instances the post holder is accountable to both organisations and may assume a lead role in Safeguarding Vulnerable Adult investigations.

  To ensure recommendations from Serious Untoward Incidents (SUIs), near misses, complaints and other incidents are implemented across all disciplines within the team.

  Ensure feedback loops with the organization through team brief and other communication routes within the care group.

  To participate in working groups or service development forums to develop policies, protocols or guidelines relevant to multidisciplinary / multi agency clinical team and to ensure any such development is shared across relevant care groups or identified staff groups.

  Ensure quantitative and qualitative vital signs measures (relevant to your care group) are produced, monitored and reviewed with the team, ensuring staff involvement.

  Lead on designated projects as required

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder is responsible for leading and coordinating a team within a service area, delivered by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Where an agreement with Local Authority Partners is in place (section 75 agreement) this will include relating to both organisations. In such instances the post holder is accountable to both organisations and may assume a lead role in Safeguarding Vulnerable Adult investigations.

  To ensure recommendations from Serious Untoward Incidents (SUIs), near misses, complaints and other incidents are implemented across all disciplines within the team.

  Ensure feedback loops with the organization through team brief and other communication routes within the care group.

  To participate in working groups or service development forums to develop policies, protocols or guidelines relevant to multidisciplinary / multi agency clinical team and to ensure any such development is shared across relevant care groups or identified staff groups.

  Ensure quantitative and qualitative vital signs measures (relevant to your care group) are produced, monitored and reviewed with the team, ensuring staff involvement.

  Lead on designated projects as required

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of CPD

  Knowledge/Experience

  Essential

  • Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
  • Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
  • Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
  • Experience of managing staff

  Skills

  Essential

  • Knowledge of the key drivers behind Care group Policy
  • Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders
  • Ability to present information clearly.
  • An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives
  • Able to hold professionals and peers to account.
  • An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non- clinical risks
  • Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
  • Ability to travel across sites

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of CPD

  Knowledge/Experience

  Essential

  • Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
  • Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
  • Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
  • Experience of managing staff

  Skills

  Essential

  • Knowledge of the key drivers behind Care group Policy
  • Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders
  • Ability to present information clearly.
  • An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives
  • Able to hold professionals and peers to account.
  • An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non- clinical risks
  • Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
  • Ability to travel across sites

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Swandean

  Arundel Road

  Worthing

  BN133EP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Swandean

  Arundel Road

  Worthing

  BN133EP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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