Deputy Team Manager - BANES MHST

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Keynsham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is looking for a Deputy Team Manager to enhance mental health support for children and young people. The role involves leadership, developing services, and collaborating with schools and stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have qualifications as RMN, OT, or Social Worker, and a passion for improving wellbeing in this area. Competitive benefits include NHS discounts and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Excellent leadership and organisational skills.
• Passionate about improving wellbeing of Children and Young People.
• Experience in mental health support.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in service development.
• Create effective partnerships with stakeholders.
• Provide leadership and advice on complex cases.

Skills

Leadership

Organisational Skills

Communication

Education

Qualified RMN, OT, Social Worker

Job description

Do you have excellent leadership and organisational skills? Are you passionate about improving the wellbeing of Children and Young People?

Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is expanding its service to an additional 20 schools across the patch. We are delighted to be recruiting an additional Deputy Team Manager to join our team.

B&NES MHST was commissioned in 2020 to provide low intensity CBT to a selected number of schools within the locality. The team are currently providing support to 46% of schools across B&NES which will increase to 77% of schools in January 2026. This is an exciting time to join a specialist service which provides timely early intervention to children and young people.

Key Responsibilities

• Play a key role in the continuing development of the service.
• Recognise and, with support, address service development needs.
• Create effective working partnerships with School Staff, Social Care and other key stakeholders.
• Work closely with the Clinical Team Manager and Supervisors to help ensure we are a safe and effective clinical team.
• Facilitate good communication and liaison with young people, their families, interfacing with schools/colleges, colleagues within the Trust and across other organisations.
• Provide leadership to the team, providing advice on complex cases, liaising with the education settings on clinical cases, unlocking barriers to engagement, building up key relationships, attending national conferences and seminars and reporting information as necessary.
• Triage referrals and allocate cases to the Education Mental Health Practitioners and Psychologists within the team, aiming to achieve the target of seeing Children and Young People within 4 weeks of being referred.

Working Pattern

30 hours a week, with two of the working days being a Monday and Wednesday to ensure sufficient cover across the week. If you have any questions regarding the working pattern please call us prior to making an application.

Qualifications

Qualified RMN, OT, Social Worker with or without CBT training.

Benefits

Benefits include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Contact

For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Ceri Webb, Job title: B&NES Clinical Team Manager, Email address: [e-mail], Telephone number: 01865 903957

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”.

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”.