Employment Clinical Team Lead

Job Overview
Milton Keynes Community Mental Health Hub are seeking an exceptional clinician to join our established Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Employment team, providing strong clinical leadership.

The post holder will be instrumental in supporting the delivery of a high-quality IPS service that is embedded into community pathways, adheres to the IPS principles and aligns to the fidelity quality framework.

The successful candidate will be an experienced clinical leader with the ability to motivate and inspire others to ensure the strategic ambitions outlined in the NHS Long Term plan are achieved in Milton Keynes. They will have a proven track record of providing exceptional care to service users and carers while supporting staff to deliver an excellent service.

An important aspect of the role will be to champion the IPS approach within the Community pathways and provide supervision, training and on the job mentoring to incite creativity and motivation within the team whilst remaining committed to the fidelity of the model. Strong analytical and decision-making skills will be essential.

This is a new role within the IPS team and Senior Management team, and we are dedicated to finding the right person to support the team.

If you are a driven, inspirational leader with a collaborative approach, we want to hear from you.

To find out more about the IPS model please visit: or

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership & team management for Employment Specialists within Milton Keynes Adult Community Mental Health Hub.
• Ensure a high-quality Individual Placement Support (IPS) service is delivered in line with IPS principles & 'Fidelity' quality framework.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to offer employment support tailored to service users' needs.
• Lead & manage Employment Specialist staff to deliver an embedded IPS service within community pathways.
• Monitor & guide team performance to achieve Locality-level contractual access & quality targets.
• Champion the IPS approach, providing supervision, training, & mentoring to foster creativity & motivation.
• Collaborate with the IPS Central Team to ensure fidelity to the IPS model.
• Hold a small caseload to role model IPS interventions while demonstrating clinical expertise.
• Spend time engaging with employers & service users in the community.
• Employer Partnerships & Community Engagement
• Build partnerships with employers aligned with service users' interests.
• Develop referral opportunities & promote the service.
• Motivate & guide the team to inspire service users to achieve their employment goals.
• Support individuals in creating vocational profiles, action plans, & identifying job matches.
• Work with other employment services across North West London to provide a coordinated approach to employment support.

Working for our organisation

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
As the Milton Keynes Employment Clinical Team Lead:

• To be the Employment Clinical Team Lead for Employment Specialists that are aligned to community pathways, responsible for the clinical practice of the team and ensuring that priorities are met.
• To assist and deputise for Team Manager in the Adult Community Hub pathways and support with staff absence, and be a member of the Hub leadership team.
• To line manage and provide clinical supervision for the Employment Specialists, providing expert knowledge relating to people's mental health supporting the Employment Team to develop their roles and service offer within the Adult Community Mental Health Hub.
• To ensure the IPS Team are all working to full caseloads and ensuring high quality IPS fidelity is being delivered.
• To promote and share good news stories of people moving into paid employment at all levels within the Organisation in order to gain more referrals.
• Support fidelity reviews.
• To carry a small caseload to support people to find and keep paid employment.
• To work with in the relevant legislative frameworks (e.g. Mental Health Act Mental Capacity Act (2005), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Care Act 2014, Equalities Act 2010).
• To promote a culture of service user choice and control within team members daily practice to be monitored and developed through supervision and appraisal.
• To ensure that team works within the relevant frameworks and policies for safeguarding vulnerable adults.
• To ensure that systems are in place for monitoring assessments, allocation, caseloads and clinical review processes.
• To demonstrate a high level of clinical competence both in relation to supervision of staff and direct face to face contact with service users.
• To be a member of the Hubs leadership team
• To ensure that the service works in co-ordination with other Community and Employment focused offers (e.g. Employment Advisors in Talking Therapies).
• To ensure effective liaison with other relevant agencies.
• To maintain and develop administrative procedures regarding the recording of case records.
• To ensure that service users are involved in the development of the team and local services.
• To facilitate the development of effective supporting structures for carers in line with CNWL guidelines.

There will be occasions when this role will be asked to support Hub Duty but they will not be expected to be a formal part of Duty rota.

For a detailed account of the job description, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Relevant Degree level Mental Health Professional Qualification
• Evidence of current professional registration (NMC/HCPC)
• Post Qualification Training

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the Individual Placement and Support model

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post qualification experience working in mental health services.
• Post Qualification Experience working in the Community as a Mental Health Professional
• Experience of managing a Team
• Experience of effective partnership working, with external providers, in promoting socially inclusive opportunities for service users
• Experience in completing Risk Assessment Tools

Desirable criteria

• Experience of supporting people with complex mental health needs to find and keep paid employment
• Experience of engaging with employers
• Post graduate training specific to clinical specialty
• Delivery of formal presentations and teaching sessions
• Chairing of senior meetings

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities
Essential criteria

• Ability to deal with sensitivities and complexities, using interpersonal skills
• Effective leadership skills through the management of designated projects, audits and research.
• Ability to interpret data and integrate data and produce meaningful service insight. Data driven

Attitude, Aptitude and Personal Characteristics

Essential criteria

• Ability to support staff in managing a complex caseload
• Ability to support team wellbeing at work