Skills

Leadership Training Artificial Intelligence

Job Specifications

Job Summary

We are recruiting for 1 full time permanent Team Lead to join the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies Service.

Welcome! The Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS Talking TherapiesService is a busy caring team consisting of Administration staff, PWPs, CBT Practitioners, and Counsellors. We deliver Talking Therapies to the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin which has exciting, diverse and growing modern towns, surrounded by the stunning Shropshire countryside.

Working as part of the operational leadership team, you will provide line management to a group of Step 2 / Step 3 staff, and will have the opportunity to be actively involved with service development through project work.

You will provide all aspects of line management support for a group of Step 2 / Step 3 staff within the Service

You will work closely with the Strategic Operational Lead and Service Operational Lead to ensure that the Service KPI's are met

Main duties of the job

You will managerially lead the Step 2 / Step 3 staff of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies Service. This will include appraising staff and providing line management supervision whilst adhering to the key principles of the NHS Talking Therapies programme contained in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual
You will provide all aspects of line management to Step 2 / Step 3 clinicians (trainee & qualified) within the service.
You will be responsible for ensuring that service and individual performance targets at Step 2 / Step 3 are met, identifying and resolving underperformance and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve results.
You are not expected to have a clinical caseload, although a small caseload could be negotiated to meet the minimum requirements for professional registration/ Accreditation within one core modality.
You will be working with Staff, Service Users and Carers from different cultural backgrounds, ages, difference and diversity, and should be committed to culturally sensitive practice and offering equality of opportunity.

About Us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

Supporting your career development and progression
Excellent NHS Pension scheme
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Options for flexible working
Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
Salary sacrifice bikes up to PS2k
Free car parking at all trust sites
Free flu vaccinations every year
Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to PS250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Details

Date posted

12 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

PS47,810 to PS54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-KM-25-7447066

Job locations

Severn Fields Health Village

Shrewsbury

SY1 4RQ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

For more information relating to this position, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

For more information relating to this position, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post graduate diploma or equivalent qualification in Counselling / Qualification from High Intensity NHS Talking Therapies Course (Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent)
Accredited with BABCP/UKCP/BACP/NCS
NHS Talking Therapies approved supervision training for High Intensity workers or equivalent portfolio of experience
Qualification from PWP NHS Talking Therapies Training Course (Post Graduate Certificat