Community Team Manager *with 3k Welcome bonus*

NHS; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A public healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Community Team Manager for their Young Adults Mental Health Services. The role involves providing leadership and governance to ensure high-quality care delivery. Ideal candidates will have a nursing degree and experience in community mental health services. The position offers competitive salary, professional development, and benefits including a welcome bonus and annual leave of 27 days, increasing with service duration.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in community mental health services with young people or adults.
• Ability to provide leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development.
• Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and governance to ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Manage and support the team to ensure staff are trained and informed.
• Monitor team performance and contribution to objectives.

Skills

Competent and effective treatment skills

Care planning skills

Education

Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip SW, or Dip OT

Higher degree or post graduate certificate in clinical/therapeutic practice

Job description

Community Team Manager *with 3k Welcome bonus*

Community Team Manager - Young Adults Mental Health Services (YAMHS)

This is an exciting opportunity to join East Suffolk Young Adults Mental Health Services (YAMHS), supporting young adults aged 18-25 during a crucial stage of their lives. Our service sits within Children, Families and Young People (CFYP) and benefits from a well-established Young Adults pathway and clinical treatment pathways designed to deliver responsive, high-quality care.

As Community Team Manager for Central YAMHS, you will provide operational leadership for service delivery, working closely with a Community Matron and an Operational Manager to ensure excellent outcomes for service users. You will also be part of a supportive wider network, linking closely with East Suffolk YAMHS and CAMHS teams, benefiting from strong peer support and clinical collaboration.

This role offers a range of leadership, development and training opportunities to support your professional growth and career aspirations.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated leader with experience of working in community mental health services with young people or adults. You will bring experience of working across primary and secondary care, as well as with VCSE partners, and share our commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate care.

Main duties of the job

As Community Team Manager, you will provide professional leadership and governance to ensure the delivery of a safe, responsive and high‑quality service for service users, their families and carers.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing visible, values‑based leadership and acting as a positive role model within the service
• Managing and supporting the team to ensure staff are appropriately trained, informed and competent in their roles
• Ensuring robust systems are in place for supervision, appraisal, objective setting and personal development
• Allocating and overseeing caseloads to ensure safe practice and the effective use of resources
• Maintaining safe staffing levels within agreed budgets
• Monitoring team performance and contribution to Trust objectives
• Promoting a person‑centred approach that actively involves service users, families and carers in care planning and delivery

If you are passionate about leading teams and making a real difference to the lives of young adults, we would love to hear from you.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Benefits included with this role are:-

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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* Previous applicants need not apply *

***This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3000 for external staff only. This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment***

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip SW, or Dip OT, or equivalent or HCPC registered
• Ongoing professional development, Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice - Post basic teaching qualification - ILM certificate in management or equivalent
• Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management / supervision experience
• Experience of working within a multi‑disciplinary team
• Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development

Skills

• Competent and effective treatment skills
• Care planning skills

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yeargross per annum (pro rata)