Team Leader Childrens Specialist Services

NHS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Warrington is seeking a Band 7 Team Leader to supervise the Occupational and Physiotherapy Team in children's specialist services. The role demands leadership, ensuring the effective delivery of high-quality healthcare services. Candidates should possess relevant health qualifications and experience in child-focused clinical settings. Flexible working arrangements can be considered.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Experience in performance management.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multi-agency environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage teams providing occupational and physiotherapy services.
• Ensure high-quality clinical service delivery.
• Participate in ongoing service development.

Skills

Knowledge of professional provision to children and young people

Knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Governance and risk management skills

Presentation skills

Problem-solving abilities

Basic IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education

Recognised Health Professional qualification

Registered member of relevant professional body

Postgraduate specialist clinical training

Job description

Overview

Go back Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Team Leader Childrens Specialist Services

The closing date is 19 November 2025

We’re a community healthcare provider working across the Northwest, and we have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Team Leader to lead the Occupational and Physiotherapy Team in Halton and Warrington. The post is based within the Child Development Centre, Sandy Lane, Warrington and Woodview Child Development Centre Halton.

Main duties of the job

The Team Leader will be responsible for the management and leadership of two teams within childrens specialist services across the Borough of Halton and Warrington. The purpose of this role is to ensure effective, efficient, timely delivery of high-quality clinical services.

The post holder will be one of a number of Team Leaders in childrens services across Bridgewater, who report to the Operational Manager.

You will receive regular support and supervision to enable you to complete your role to a high standard. You will be required to participate in ongoing service development.

If you are looking for the opportunity to be a part of a developing, innovative service with opportunities to access established supervision, learning and formal appraisal systems then we would like to hear from you.

This is a chance to be a part of an exciting time for childrens services and to contribute to improving the lives of children and their families.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community. They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve. After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them. Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred - We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide.

E- Empowered - We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest - We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional - We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead - We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient - We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The Team Leader will be responsible for the management and leadership of two teams within childrens specialist services: the Childrens Physiotherapy and the Childrens Occupational Therapy teams across the Boroughs of Halton and Warrington. The purpose of this role is to ensure effective, efficient, timely delivery of high-quality clinical services.

The Team Leader will spend twenty percent of their time in clinical practice to support children, young people and their families.

The post holder will be one of a number of Team Leaders in childrens services across Bridgewater, who report to the Operational Manager and will be based from the child development centres, in both Crow Wood Health Park in Widnes, Halton and in Sandy Lane in Warrington.

Please the full job description attached for a full list of all the duties for this role.

Person Specification

Sponsorship

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)

Skills & Knowledge

• In depth knowledge of professional provision to children and young people.
• In depth knowledge of relevant procedures including safeguarding children, SEN procedures and other legal frameworks.
• Ability to achieve objectives in an inclusive and collaborative manner.
• Governance and risk management skills
• Strong oral and written presentation skills.
• Ability to think strategically and problem solve.
• Basic IT skills to utilise Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Experience

• Significant professional post qualification clinical experience working with children and young people, and evidence of reflective practice and application of learning
• Experience of performance management
• Significant experience contributing to integrated, multi-professional and multi-agency child development processes and pathways.
• Experience of effectively engaging with children and families as service users.
• Experience of contributing to policy, planning and service redesign to improve quality and efficiency.
• Experience of actively participating in safeguarding children processes and advising clinical staff how to act on concerns regarding the welfare of a child
• Experience in dealing with Human Resources issues such as recruitment and retention, performance management, sickness, annual leave.
• Experience of working with children and young people with learning, developmental, and/or neurodevelopmental / disability conditions

Relationships

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Job Specific Requirements

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• Ability to work flexibly across the Bridgewater footprint

Qualifications

• Recognised Health Professional qualification
• Registered member of relevant professional body
• Successful completion of postgraduate specialist clinical short courses up to Masters degree equivalent.
• Advanced theoretical knowledge and practical experience of delivering clinical services at high level
• Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development.
• Evidence of successful completion of management short courses or training.

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.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust