Team Manager - CAMHS YMM MHST (Cheltenham & Tewkesbury)

Gloucestershire Health and Care; Gloucester; Presencial; GBP 49.000 - 57.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free car parking

27 days leave + bank holidays (33 with

Apprenticeships to Level 7

NHS pension

Flexible working

Long service awards

Cycle to Work

Descripción de la vacante

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Team Manager to lead Mental Health Support Teams in Gloucestershire. The role is a 6-month secondment with full-time hours (37.5 per week). Internal applicants should discuss secondment with their line managers.

The post requires strong leadership, partnership working and adaptability to changing delivery needs as the MHST expands under national programmes.

Formación

• Proven leadership and team management experience.
• Excellent partnership working and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong capability in managing multiple education sites and services.
• Postgraduate CAMHS qualification or equivalent is required.

Responsabilidades

• Lead day-to-day management and line management of MHST staff.
• Coordinate referrals, caseload management and intervention monitoring.
• Embed routine outcome monitoring to demonstrate child/young person gains.
• Plan and deliver against key milestones for service mobilisation.
• Provide operational leadership to MHSTs and partners.
• Support data collection for audit and performance reporting.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Partnership working

Change management

Team collaboration

Educación

NMC registration or equivalent

UK driving licence

Postgraduate CAMHS training (Masters level)

Teaching and Assessing Certificate

Descripción del empleo

Band 7

Main area Team Manager Grade Band 7 Contract 6 months (Secondment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days a week) Job ref 327-26-905

Site Rikenel Town Gloucester Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59

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 team manager vacancy is full time 37.5 hours per week. This is a 6 month secondment contract to cover another staff secondment.

Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment

Do you have excellent partnership working skills and managerial experience?

Are you flexible and adaptable to change and able to adjust services and delivery over time and in response to feedback?

Are you able to lead, inspire and motivate others to work with you?

If so, we would like to hear from you.

YMM in Gloucestershire continues to develop Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) working with over 150 primary and secondary schools. To increase access to mental health interventions for children and young people aged 5-18 years. New investment has seen the service expand and an exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for a Team Manager role.

This is a stimulating and challenging role with opportunity to be part of the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Gloucestershire and join the national programme transforming the way children and young people access mental health support and interventions.

MHST’s are multi agency teams lead by a Team Manager and comprising of qualified Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioners (SMHP), Talk Well + Counsellors (a local charity) and Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP).

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible and lead the day-to-day management and line management to practitioners within MHST’s which will include trainee band 4 and band 5 EMHP’s, band 6 and band 7 Mental Health Practice leads.
• Be responsible and ensure the effective co-ordination of a range of operational processes within the team such as referral and case allocation, caseload management, regular review and proactive monitoring of intervention within the MHST’s including consideration to safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicated.
• Demonstrate commitment to ensuring routine outcome monitoring is embedded within the development of the MHST’s in order to demonstrate improvements in outcomes for children, young people and parents/carers.
• Be able to plan and deliver against key milestones.
• Provide day to day operational management and leadership to the Mental Health Support Teams.
• Demonstrate enhanced competence in operational decision making.
• Collect and collate data and information effectively for the purpose of audit, and service performance.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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

The Team Manager role requires working closely and effectively with a number of stakeholders.

This role is to be responsible and lead the day to day management and line management of staff, communicate effectively with a number of stakeholders across multiple education sites and contribute to the development and evaluation of this new service. As well as, supporting the Operational lead and Clinical Lead to ensure the successful mobilisation and implementation of MHST’s alongside colleagues in the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), education, the voluntary sector, specialist mental health services and Exeter University.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC registration or Equivalent
• Valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use
• Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS field or skill to Masters level
• Formal Teaching and Assessing Certificate / Qualification

Experience

• Mental health experience with children and young people
• Demonstrate extensive experience and expertise regarding delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CYPS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.

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

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.