CWP and Operational Team Manager - CFHD

NHS; Totnes; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Children and Family Health Devon invites applications for a 1.0 wte full time, 12 month fixed term Band 7 Operational and Clinical Team Manager within our Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services.

The role provides operational and clinical leadership to multidisciplinary teams delivering early intervention mental health support across schools and communities, ensuring safe, effective and compassionate care for children and young people.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of leading busy teams delivering mental health services.
• Senior clinical experience within a child and family context.
• Experience in community children’s service settings.
• Proven track record in supervising staff and clinical governance.
• Budget management experience and financial stewardship.
• Experience establishing or developing new services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support multidisciplinary teams to deliver high‑quality interventions across schools and communities.
• Oversee day‑to‑day operational management of the service.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to practitioners and supervisors.
• Oversee referral screening, allocation and clinical decision‑making processes.
• Manage team performance, caseloads, and service delivery targets.
• Promote staff wellbeing and a positive team culture, collaborating with partner agencies.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Line management

Interagency collaboration

Education

Degree-level professional qualification

Job description

We are delighted to invite applications for a 1.0wte full time, 12 month fixed term, Band 7 Operational and Clinical Team Manager opportunities within ourChildren and Young Peoples Mental Health Services

This is a rewarding leadership opportunity forexperienced and motivated professionals who are passionate about improvingoutcomes for children, young people, and families. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping and delivering high-quality early interventionmental health support within the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) EarlyIntervention Pathway.

The role involves providing both operational and clinicalleadership to multidisciplinary teams working within the mild-to-moderatechildren and young peoples mental health pathway. You will support the delivery of safe,effective, and compassionate care, ensuring children and young people receivetimely and appropriate support to meet their needs.

Main duties of the job

As an Operational and Clinical Team Manager, you willlead and support teams to deliver high-quality, evidence-based mental healthinterventions across schools and community settings. You will be responsiblefor the day-to-day operational management of the service, while also providingclinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to practitioners andsupervisors.

Providing operational and clinical leadership toMHST and CWP teams

Line management, supervision, and professionalsupport of practitioners and supervisors

Overseeing referral screening, allocation, andclinical decision-making processes

Managing team performance, caseloads, andservice delivery targets

Supporting staff wellbeing, development, and apositive team culture

Working collaboratively with schools, partneragencies, and wider CFHD services

Ensuring services are delivered safely,effectively, and in line with national and local priorities

This role requires a compassionate and confident leaderwith excellent communication and organisational skills, alongside a strongunderstanding of children and young peoples mental health and earlyintervention approaches.

If you are passionate about making a meaningfuldifference to the lives of children, young people, and families and would liketo join us in us in helping to shape accessible, responsive, and high-qualitymental health support across our communities we would love to hear from you.

About us

At Children and Family Health Devon, we are dedicated to improving the physical and mental health of children and young people acrossDevon and Torbay. We aim to create an environment where children and youngpeople can thrive and are committed to reducing health inequalities andproviding specialised support, empowering them to lead healthy, fulfillinglives.

We would like thepeople who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding,patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe andcomfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience tolisten carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff arepositive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal andwithout pressure.

Who we are

We are an alliance of NHS organisations led by Torbay andSouth Devon NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Devon Partnership Trust.We are a group of professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists,occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists,nurses and many other professions.

With access to moors, sea and cities, there are plenty ofopportunities to enjoy Devon. Whether you enjoy spending time in the culturalhub of Exeter, exploring the Jurassic coastline or discovering the worldsurfing reserve in North Devon there really is something for everyone.

Job responsibilities

FullVacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/PersonSpecification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supportinginformation from the role requirements or person specification.

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 childrens 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.