Team Administrator - CAMHS Parent Support Team

Gloucestershire Health and Care; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Annual leave 27 days plus bank

Training opportunities

NHS pension

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester is seeking a Team Administrator for the CAMHS Parent Support Team on a permanent part-time basis (24.5 hours per week).

The role focuses on managing referrals, providing robust administrative support, and ensuring efficient delivery of parent support groups. It requires experience in office administration, strong Microsoft Office skills, and effective communication with families.

Qualifications

• Experience as an office administrator.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office, word, excel.
• Good communication with families over the phone.
• Experience working as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Meet young people, relatives and visitors in a friendly, professional manner.
• Provide efficient administrative support to the CAMHS Parent Support Team.
• Answer calls, diary management, filing and data input.
• Manage referrals into the Parent Support Team and delivery of parent groups.
• Support waiting lists and group delivery using MS Excel and other tools.
• Maintain accurate data and communicate issues to the supervisor.

Skills

Office administration experience

Communication with families

Teamwork

Telephone handling

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

RSA Typing Level 2

NVQ L2 in administration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Team Administrator - CAMHS Parent Support Team

Band 3

Main area Band 3 Team Administator Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 24.5 hours per week Job ref 327-26-875

Site Kaleidoscope Children's Centre Town Gloucester Salary £25,760 - £27,476 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 01/12/2026

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part time, 24.5 hours a week.

The Administrator will work as part of the CAMHS Parent Support Team supporting the effective administration of the referrals through the service from point referral to the point of delivery of various parent support groups. This will help to provide an efficient, comprehensive clerical and administration service.

Main duties of the job

To manage referral into the Parent Support Team and the administration of delivery parent support groups.

To understand the referral process of administration to deliver a range of groups.

To be able to take appropriate actions where processes are incomplete to ensure that groups are run efficiently

To adopt a constantly flexible team working approach to ensure that all individual and team objectives are completed efficiently and within given timescales

To be able to plan and have responsibility for own work by developing an understanding the flow of work/priorities through the service

To answer telephone calls from parents and professionals maintaining an efficient, professional and friendly service. To deal with queries and communicate any issues to supervisor

To work flexibly to support the administrative work of service when required.

To support with the management of waiting lists and group delivery, where appropriate to using a range of Microsoft tools including excel spreadsheets

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Meet young people, relatives, and visitors, where appropriate in a friendly and professional manner, assisting them with enquiries and directing or escorting them to their destination as required
• To provide efficient and effective administrative support to the team.
• Provide general administrative support including answering telephone calls, setting up meetings, diary management, filing, scanning, data input, reception duties and photocopying as required.
• Accurate message-taking and timely distribution, process and distribute incoming mail and electronic room booking system
• Maintain building/staff information in support of the Site-Responsible Officer
• To develop a thorough understanding of the service and processes used including referral and delivery pathways and links with other children’s services.
• Support with identification and escalation of issues which compromise delivery of the agreed pathways and timeframes i.e. capacity issues.
• Efficiently use clinical systems e.g. Rio and other databases/systems to record and track the patient’s treatment pathway including, clinic appointments and outcomes.
• Ensure effective validation of data by monitoring and updating. Confident to elevate issues, such as errors with reports where needed
• To ensure that all written communication is professionally presented, accurate, well-constructed and formatted in line with Trust guidelines.
• Acknowledge and respond to queries via telephone, email and in person providing a high standard of customer care, ensuring that enquiries are responded to professionally and relayed accurately and in a timely manner to relevant persons.
• Continue to build a rapport and develop key relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. To use own initiative in prioritising workload to ensure deadlines are met. When appropriate, to propose changes to working practices to maximise efficient/effectiveness of role.
• To adopt a flexible and supportive role within the administration team by assisting with workload in the absence of colleagues to maintain a robust and quality service.
• To act in ways that support equality and value diversity. Treat everyone with whom you come into contact, with dignity and respect & recognise and report behaviour that undermines equality and diversity
• Undertake other tasks and support functions as requested by Lead Administrator
• Project the Trust values by demonstrating excellent customer care and professionalism in all activities
• Work within guidance of the Trust’s policies and procedures.
• To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application

Experience

• Experience as an office Administrator
• Fluent in Microsoft office, word, excel
• Good communication via telephone with families
• Experience working as part of a team

Qualifications

• GCSEs or equivalent Grade C and above or equivalent in literacy and numeracy
• RSA Typing Level 2
• NVQ L2 in administration

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

If you are aged 16-30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust, with who we are in partnership with to support your first 6 months in role. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust who will be in touch with you if you are eligible. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.