Team Manager

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated leader to head CAMHS clinical staff within the YOUnited partnership. You will champion high standards of care, support staff development, and work with partner agencies to improve access to emotional health services for children and young people.

The role requires robust communication, travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and the ability to recruit, supervise, and monitor services in line with Trust policies

Qualifications

• HPC registered psychologist (clinical or counselling) or other registered practitioner.
• Post qualification CPD and management/leadership qualification.
• Experience of staff management and applying managerial skills.
• Partnership working with other professional groups.
• Experience in supervision and training delivery.
• Experience working with service users.
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
• Experience with stakeholders and service evaluation.
• Project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership within the team and planning of services.
• Lead recruitment and supervision of staff within resource constraints.
• Develop and monitor policies, procedures, and performance standards.
• Consult on children and young people's mental health care with colleagues and partners.
• Support multi-disciplinary working across the YOUnited Referral Hub and CAMHS.
• Collaborate with partners to improve access to emotional health services.
• Ensure waiting time standards are met and aligned with pathways.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Partnership working

Communication

Strategic planning

Education

HPC registered psychologist or other registered practitioner

Leadership qualification / management qualification

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your professional registration, experience, and leadership skills to a service that makes a real difference. We are looking for a motivated and compassionate leader with strong communication, organisational abilities, and a commitment to supporting and developing staff.

As a key member of the CPFT YOUnited partnership, you will lead and supervise CAMHS clinical staff, champion high standards of care, and contribute to ongoing service development. Our service continues to evolve, and we are dedicated to ensuring that Children, Young People and their Families remain at the centre of everything we do.

The YOUnited Hub processes non-crisis referrals of children and young people referred. Triaging each referral for risk and making decisions about whether referral meets the threshold for specialist CAMHS pathways, a trusted assessment within the “getting more help“ CAMHS interventions pathways, or a “getting help” partners intervention pathway, or signposting the referral to the appropriate service or offer suitable advice working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Referral Hub’s policies and procedures.

If you are passionate about high‑quality care and eager to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines.

Work in partnership with the YOUnited Partner Team Managers, Clinical Leads and the Service Manager and other senior staff in CAMHS to establish effective multi-disciplinary working within the YOUnited Referral Hub and the wider CAMH Service and system partners.

Liaise with partner agencies and stakeholders, including commissioners, to support the access of children and young people to appropriate emotional health, welling being and mental health services.

Lead on the recruitment and supervision of staff, operating within the available resources to achieve the required targets.

Lead on the establishment, implementation and monitoring of policies and procedures.

To provide advice and consultation on children and young people’s mental health care to colleagues and partner agencies and to other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly underrepresented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Managerial

• To provide operational leadership within the team, working with relevant professional and pathway leads and Service Managers and YOUnited Partner Team Managers and Clinical Lead for the planning and delivering of the service including the triage, screening, and assessment functions of the Integrated Referral Hub.
• With the YOUnited Clinical Leads, ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard and within current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• To lead on recruitment and selection process of staff.
• To develop and maintain the delivery of operational supervision process for team members.
• To monitor the caseload/ workflow in team ensuing adherence to Trust pathways and protocols.

Clinical

• To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people referred to the service.
• To maintain awareness of the resources of the core, neuro-developmental and eating disorders pathways in main Community CAMHS, and the administrative systems for booking appointments in those teams.
• To work alongside Community CAMHS to ensure that waiting time standards are met.
• To follow the Standard Operating Procedures of the YOUnited Referral Hub.
• To network and develop partnerships with CAMH professionals and other professionals within Social Care, Education, Early Help services, General Practitioners, Child Health services, Health Promotion agencies and the Voluntary / Independent sector.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• HPC registered psychologist (clinical or counselling) or other registered practitioner (i.e. registered Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, or Speech and Language Therapist)
• Post qualification continuing professional development, management and or leadership qualification.

Experience

• Experience of staff management and evidence of application of managerial skills and knowledge.
• Evidence of successful partnership working with other professional groups.
• Evidence of delivering supervision and training.
• Evidence of effective working with service users.
• Sound knowledge of local safeguarding policies and procedures
• Experience of working within Child and Adolescence Mental Health Services.
• Experience of working with wider stakeholder groups.
• Experience in research and service evaluation work.
• Evidence of project management experience.

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of wider children’s network of services.
• An understanding of policy and legislation relating to mental health and social care services
• Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams.
• Strong ability to innovate and implement change.
• Ability to use performance management information and demonstrate understanding of performance information.
• Experience of managing feedback, investigation of complaints or similar.
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.

Other

• Ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.