CAMHS Strengthening Families Team ManagerNHS AfC : Band 7

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bradford is seeking a leader for its mental health services, responsible for managing a multidisciplinary team and driving service development while ensuring operational excellence. Ideal candidates are registered healthcare practitioners with strong leadership and management skills, along with relevant experience. The role offers benefits like health and wellbeing support packages and development opportunities, as well as a commitment to sustainability and diversity.

Benefits

Increase mileage rates

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

Internal and external development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in supervision and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support change within a multidisciplinary team.
• Set performance targets and create action plans.
• Ensure teams are motivated and resourced effectively.

Skills

Operational management

Leadership

People management

Project management

Budget management

Education

Registered Nurse – Mental Health or equivalent

2 years experience in mental health or child settings

Job description

Job overview

The Strengthening Families CAMHS team works directly into the Children and Family's Trust Strengthening Families team, working with social care colleagues to support children on the edge or in care or where there are plans for reunification with their family. The CAMHS team are small multi-disciplinary, including Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and Family Therapists. The team sits under the Children in Special Circumstances Portfolio.

This is a unique opportunity to lead and support change within a team that is currently undergoing transformation. Alongside the clinical leadership and service management you will lead service development, working with enthusiastic, experienced and skilled practitioners.

Closing: 4th January 2026
Shortlisting: 5th January 2026
Interview: TBC

Main duties of the job

The role requires you to lead your people and effectively communicate, being able to judge a situation and support your staff and management colleagues. You will work to ensure your teams are motivated, engaged and resourced effectively whilst supporting the strategic goals of the organisation and the objectives of your teams.

You will set performance targets and continually review progress by creating action plans to improve performance, finding solutions to problems and developing and driving continuous improvement strategies.

Provide leadership, managerial and supervisory responsibility for a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist child and adolescent mental health services.

Key partnerships include the Children and Families Trust, adult mental health services, learning disability services, social care, education, primary care colleagues, and other providers of support within the Thrive Framework across the district.

Working for our organisation

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We consider a variety of flexible working arrangements and offer a range of health and wellbeing support packages, internal and external development opportunities, and other benefits. We also support the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

Benefits

• Increase mileage rates
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• Internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Additional benefits (please see attached documentation)

Right to Work in the UK

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer a role if you are unable to meet Trust sponsorship and Home Office requirements.

Prior to appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During employment you must notify your manager immediately if your right‑to‑work status changes.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (maintained) as Registered Nurse – Mental Health, or registered clinical psychologist, social worker, occupational therapist, or medical practitioner.
• 2 years experience working in mental health or child settings.

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable proven track record of operational management and delivering strong results through a leadership role.
• Experience of supervision and project management.
• Strong operational management, leadership and people‑management skills.
• Experience of budgets, finances, and change management.

Desirable criteria

• Post‑registration qualification relevant to child and adolescent mental health (e.g. ENB 603, AMP, therapeutic qualification, management studies).
• Previous management experience.
• Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including lived experience of caring for a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs. Selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are encouraged to participate in training and to implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Legal and Compliance

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and requires a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.