Registered Manager CAMHS

360 CAMHS; Wolverhampton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Pension scheme

Employee wellbeing support

Flexible hybrid working

Job summary

360 CAMHS in the West Midlands is seeking a Registered Manager to lead our service across the region. You will oversee leadership, quality, safety and performance, ensuring safe, effective, individualised support for children and young people.

The role is a flexible hybrid position based around Wolverhampton with occasional travel; you will spend time in the community and from home, with on-call rotas and regular supervision. Apply to shape a growing CAMHS service.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in health, social care or children's services.
• Strong safeguarding, risk management and child-centred practice.
• Excellent communication, organisational and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing incidents, complaints, investigations and service improvements.
• Ability to travel across the West Midlands and work flexibly.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operation and performance of the service.
• Ensure safe, nurturing and person-centred support for children and young people.
• Promote accountability, teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Oversee safeguarding concerns, incidents, complaints and investigations.
• Lead recruitment, induction, supervision and performance management.
• Coordinate care, education and therapeutic support around individual needs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Decision-making

Digital care systems

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care

Job description

Registered Manager – 360 CAMHS

About Us

360 Care Group provides specialist care and support across the UK, including children's services, complex care, supported living and community-based support.

Within 360 CAMHS, we provide safe, compassionate and person-centred support for children and young people with complex emotional, behavioural, mental health and developmental needs.

We prioritise safeguarding, wellbeing, quality and positive outcomes. Our values — Building Trust, Listening, Exceeding Expectations, Empowering Independence and Pioneering — guide our work with young people, families and colleagues.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and compassionate Registered Manager to lead our 360 CAMHS service across the West Midlands.

Reporting to the Regional Manager, you will oversee the leadership, quality, safety and performance of the service, ensuring children and young people receive safe, effective and individualised support.

Location and working arrangements: This is a flexible hybrid role based around Wolverhampton and the West Midlands, with Coventry and Birmingham also suitable locations. You will typically spend 2–3 days per week in the community visiting placements and children's homes, with the remaining time working from home where appropriate. Office attendance is required approximately once a fortnight for supervision, with additional visits as needed.

You will also participate in an on‑call rota approximately once every 10 days.

Duties

Leadership and Service Management

• Lead the day‑to‑day operation and performance of the service.
• Ensure safe, nurturing and person‑centred support for children and young people.
• Promote accountability, teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Ensure young people's wishes, feelings and experiences inform decisions.

Quality and Compliance

• Lead audits, quality assurance and service improvement plans.
• Maintain accurate assessments, care plans and risk assessments.
• Monitor performance and maintain regulatory, contractual and organisational compliance.
• Promote child‑centred, trauma‑informed and outcome‑focused practice.

Safeguarding and Risk Management

• Oversee safeguarding concerns, incidents, complaints and investigations.
• Ensure risks are assessed, managed, recorded and reviewed.
• Protect young people from harm, exploitation and neglect.
• Ensure lessons learned improve practice.

Staff Leadership and Development

• Lead recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisals and performance management.
• Coach and develop staff and future leaders.
• Promote staff wellbeing and professional development.
• Ensure staff can support young people with complex needs.

Partnership Working

• Build relationships with young people, families, social workers, commissioners, education providers and healthcare professionals.
• Lead multi‑agency working and attend reviews and planning meetings.
• Coordinate care, education and therapeutic support around individual needs.

Service Development

• Monitor performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support new placements and service development.
• Promote innovation and best practice.
• Maintain focus on placement stability, service quality and positive outcomes.

Essential Criteria

• Management experience in health, social care or children's services.
• Experience leading teams and managing services within a regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding, risk management and child‑centred practice.
• Experience managing incidents, complaints, investigations and service improvements.
• Experience supporting children and young people with complex emotional, behavioural, mental health or developmental needs.
• Excellent communication, organisational and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work under pressure while maintaining professional standards.
• Experience using digital care systems and electronic documentation.
• Commitment to children's safety, wellbeing and positive outcomes.
• Strong leadership, integrity, accountability and sound judgement.
• Right to work in the UK and ability to travel across the West Midlands.
• Enhanced DBS clearance, including a Children's Barred List check, as required.

Desirable Criteria

• Previous Registered Manager experience.
• Experience in CAMHS, children's residential services, specialist education, crisis services or step‑down services.
• Experience supporting young people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, autism, trauma or behaviours of concern.
• Experience working with local authorities, education providers and healthcare professionals.
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards it.
• Experience leading service mobilisation, growth or transformation.
• Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support, trauma‑informed practice, attachment‑informed approaches and strengths‑based care.
• Understanding of children's legislation and safeguarding frameworks.
• Full UK driving licence.

Why Join 360 Care Group?

• Ongoing training and professional development.
• Leadership development and career progression.
• Employee wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Pension scheme.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Flexible hybrid working where operationally appropriate.
• The opportunity to shape a growing service and improve the lives of children and young people.

360 Care Group is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment checks, including references, employment history, right‑to‑work verification and the required Enhanced DBS and Children's Barred List checks.

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