Overview
We are delighted to invite applications for a 1.0 wte full time, 12 month fixed term, Band 7 Operational and Clinical Team Manager opportunities within our Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services. This is a rewarding leadership opportunity for experienced and motivated professionals who are passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people, and families. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping and delivering high‑quality early intervention mental health support within the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) Early Intervention Pathway.
The role involves providing both operational and clinical leadership to multidisciplinary teams working within the mild‑to‑moderate children and young peoples mental health pathway. You will support the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care, ensuring children and young people receive timely and appropriate support to meet their needs.
Responsibilities
- Provide operational and clinical leadership to MHST and CWP teams.
- Line management, supervision, and professional support of practitioners and supervisors.
- Oversee referral screening, allocation, and clinical decision‑making processes.
- Manage team performance, caseloads, and service delivery targets.
- Support staff wellbeing, development, and a positive team culture.
- Work collaboratively with schools, partner agencies, and wider CFHD services.
- Ensure services are delivered safely, effectively, and in line with national and local priorities.
This role requires a compassionate and confident leader with excellent communication and organisational skills, alongside a strong understanding of children and young peoples mental health and early intervention approaches.
Person Specification
Experience
- Extensive experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of complex needs.
- Substantial experience of working at a senior clinical level.
- Working within a community children’s service setting.
- Extensive experience of providing clinical supervision and managing staff.
- Budget management.
- Extensive experience of leading a clinical team.
- Setting up or working within a new service.
Qualifications
- A professional qualification at degree level or equivalent (Psychological profession, Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, Social Worker etc.). A teaching qualification may also be considered alongside a health qualification – such as EMHP/CWP with significant post‑qualifying experience.
- Active registration or appropriate accreditation with professional body (NMC, HCPC, BACP Registered, UKCP – Registered, BABCP – Accredited).
- Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff.
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.
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