Team Lead - CAMHS Cannock and Seisdon

NHS; Cannock; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Cannock is looking for a Team Lead - CAMHS. In this role, you will oversee a dedicated team improving children's mental health services in the community. Your responsibilities will include leading interventions, managing service operations, and fostering a supportive team environment focused on quality care. The successful candidate will have a relevant professional qualification and experience in managing teams within mental health contexts.

Benefits

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Flexible working options

Up to 33 days annual leave

Free flu vaccinations

Free car parking

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, or equivalent.
• Relevant professional registration with NMC, SWE, HCPC, or equivalent.
• Further training in a specific psychological model relevant to the role.

Responsibilities

• Leading a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians delivering core CAMHS interventions.
• Managing day-to-day operations and team performance.
• Driving service development and improvement in collaboration with service managers.

Skills

Higher level clinical skills

Management and supervision skills

Highly developed communication skills

Education

Core profession qualification relevant to children's mental health

PG qualification in evidenced based treatment

Leadership/Management Qualification

Job description

Go back Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Team Lead - CAMHS Cannock and Seisdon

The closing date is 11 December 2025

Are you ready to lead with impact, compassion, and purpose? We're seeking a dynamic, values-driven professional to become Team Leader for Cannock and Seisdon CAMHS - a key leadership role within a passionate, skilled, and evolving team supporting children and young people's mental health across South Staffordshire.

At Cannock and Seisdon CAMHS, we don't just deliver care -- we build trusted relationships, support families through their toughest moments, and advocate fiercely for the young people we serve. As Team Leader, you'll hold the team together, drive high standards, and make sure no child is left behind.

We're looking for someone who:

• Is an experienced mental health professional
• Brings confident leadership, clinical credibility, and calm under pressure
• Believes in empowering young people and families
• Balances compassion with accountability
• Leads change, not just manages rotas
• Can manage people and financial resources innovatively in a challenged system

Why Join Us?

• Make a visible difference in a community where leadership matters
• Work in a service that's actively improving - with strong senior support and room to shape local delivery
• Lead a talented, resilient, and committed team
• Access development, mentorship, and progression opportunities
• Be part of a Trust that values integrity, innovation, and tenacity

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians delivering core CAMHS interventions
• Managing day-to-day operations and team performance including reviewing data and creating action plans to improve our service
• Creating a culture of psychological safety, shared responsibility, and inclusion
• Driving service development and improvement in collaboration with service managers and senior clinicians
• Supporting staff wellbeing, supervision structures, and development

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed description of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Core profession qualification relevant to children's mental health / social care
• Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, Art Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Family Therapist, CYP trained CBT Therapist or Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist
• Relevant professional registration with NMC, SWE, HCPC, UKCP (Child Practitioner), or ACP or be accredited with BABCP (beyond First Accreditation Audit)
• PG qualification in evidenced based treatment
• Leadership/Management Qualification
• Training in therapeutic modality relevant to children's mental health
• Further training in a specific psychological model / intervention specific to the role remit/area of work
• Specific therapy or counselling qualification.
• Qualification / training in supervision

Experience

• Evidence of substantial experience of assessment and intervention with children and young people with highly complex mental health needs and their families.
• Experience of effectively initiating, developing, implementing and evaluating operational processes.
• Evidence of improving service delivery in line with evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrable experience of effective multi-disciplinary team working.
• Experience of managing own caseload efficiently to reduce waiting times and minimise DNAs.
• Ability to write clear reports and letters to a professional network.
• Ability to meet agreed/specific service targets.
• Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience of inputting into Health Roster system (or equivalent electronic system to input staff absence, sickness.
• Experience of delivering group work, particularly parenting programmes. Experience with delivering attachment-based assessments and interventions.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Higher level clinical skills in the assessment, treatment and management of patients of the relevant age group.
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant health and social care legislation and policy and challenges facing NHS providers.
• Commitment to continuous training and professional development.
• Ability to address the needs of individuals from differing cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
• Management and supervision skills.
• Ability to use and interrogate Trust information systems.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to demonstrate diplomacy, tact and negotiation skills.
• Skills in leading quality improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge and experience of audit processes.
• Experience or knowledge of using specialist assessment tools such as CORC outcome tools (SDQ, Goal based Outcomes).
• Experience or knowledge of providing group work for service users.
• Formal training in the supervision of other clinicians.

Personal Attriutes

• Acts as a role model in the delivery of high quality, effective patient care.
• Able to cope under pressure and provide reassurance and direction to other staff members.
• Be a reflective practitioner and develop own competence and support others to do so.
• Commitment to the Trust Values and Behaviours.

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.

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