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Band 6
Full-time

Team Leader (Engagement, Activity & Physical Health)

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation TrustWotton Lawn Hospital (Montpellier Low Secure Unit), Horton Road, Gloucester, GL1 3WL, United Kingdom£39,959 - £48,117Closes 06/09/2026

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Band
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Pattern
Full-time
Posted
20/08/2026
Closes
06/09/2026

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Role summary

This role is for a Team Leader at Montpellier Low Secure Recovery Unit, a 12-bed forensic ward for men with enduring mental illness. The successful candidate will lead a multi-disciplinary team to plan, implement, and audit activities, interventions, and initiatives focused on Engagement, Activity & Physical Health (EAP) for service users. The EAP agenda aims to maintain and increase service users' functioning, promote social inclusion, support physical health, and reduce restrictive practices. The role involves operational management of the EAP therapy department and providing leadership and supervision to staff.

Essential criteria

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist.
  • Ability to complete Prevention & Management of Aggression Training (PMVA)

Desirable criteria

  • Recognised management development course
  • Teaching and Assessing Certificate or Accredited Clinical Supervisor
  • [contact details removed] / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
  • Substantial proven post basic training in an inpatient or crisis setting.
  • Medical Emergency Response Team Training
  • Ability to complete Prevention & Management of Aggression Training (PMVA)
  • Report writing skills
  • PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
  • Post graduate studies in the field of mental health or related practice
  • Mental Health inpatient risk training
  • Detailed knowledge and ability to apply and teach colleagues and students
  • Well defined leadership skills
  • Knowledge of 'Safe Wards' and the Essence of Care Standards
  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the MHA and legal aspects of mental health care
  • Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist.
  • Ability to complete Prevention & Management of Aggression Training (PMVA)
  • Recognised management development course
  • Teaching and Assessing Certificate or Accredited Clinical Supervisor
  • [contact details removed] / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
  • Substantial proven post basic training in an inpatient or crisis setting.
  • Medical Emergency Response Team Training
  • Ability to complete Prevention & Management of Aggression Training (PMVA)
  • Report writing skills
  • PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
  • Post graduate studies in the field of mental health or related practice
  • Mental Health inpatient risk training
  • Detailed knowledge and ability to apply and teach colleagues and students
  • Well defined leadership skills
  • Knowledge of 'Safe Wards' and the Essence of Care Standards
  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the MHA and legal aspects of mental health care

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Band 6 pay context

Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.

This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.

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Job summary

Montpellier Low Secure Recovery Unit is a forensic 12 bed all male ward for patients with enduring mental illness who are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to lead a multi-disciplinary team with an ability to plan, implement and audit a range of activities, interventions and initiatives for service users with a serious and enduring mental illness. The Engagement, Activity & Physical Health (EAP) agenda is an integral part of service user's recovery on the Montpellier Unit. The main goals of the agenda are to help maintain and increase service user's level of functioning, promote social inclusion, support prevention of physical health problems developing alongside promoting good health and wellbeing and reducing restrictive practice. You will be working as part of the EAP team as well as working alongside a multi-disciplinary team & other health and social care professionals.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the operational management of the Engagement Activity and Physical Health therapy department.

To provide leadership, appraisal and supervision to other staff within the team and act as a focal point for problem solving and maintaining clinical standards.

To assist the Unit Manager with the development and provision of services, primarily in the clinical operational ma

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