CAMHS Eating Disorder Team Manager

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic and confident Team Manager with the appropriate experience and skills into Wakefield CAMHS. The successful applicant will manage our Eating Disorder team. An additional team will be added to the successful applicants portfolio, however this will be confirmed after some service changes.

You will be responsible for the effective day to day delivery and management of resources in the teams.

As a member of the leadership team, you will contribute to the wider aims of the service through joint working, providing supervision to other professionals, participation in service development/research.

You will need to have excellent communication and engagement skills and a commitment to improving service delivery. You will be expected to demonstrate a good understanding of the delivery of child and adolescent mental health services and experience of leadership.

We look forward to hearing from you and informal visits are strongly encouraged. Please contact Chloe Sennitt on 01977 735865

Main duties of the job

Who are we looking for?

A team manager who

- has excellent communication and engagement skills.

- has leadership and management skills and experience.

- wants to be part of a committed and successful leadership team.

- has a sense of achievement and feel rewarded by supporting young people and their families.

- has skills to manage the demand and capacity within the team in line with service targets.

- is dynamic, flexible, creative, professional and reflective.

- keeps children and young people at the heart of their work and can promote their wellbeing.

- can continue to improve quality in our service, supporting their team to work in new and inspiring ways.

- has a current registration in line with the person specification.

Please contact the service and we will answer any questions you may have about the role and the eligibility to apply.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be responsible for the leadership, co-ordination and management of CAMHS related to meeting the needs of children and young people as identified by the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will carry a small caseload.

To facilitate and be responsible for effective multi-disciplinary multi-agency team working to meet the needs of all who access the service.

To ensure that mechanisms are in place to manage, monitor and review clinical and admin staffs within the services.

To ensure the effective management and continuous development of the team, providing leadership to all staff which encourages the development of a qualitative, evidence based service.

To promote safeguarding and the welfare of children, young people and staffs.

To manage the demand and capacity within the team in line with service targets, capacity and demand.

The post-holder will be responsible for the leadership, co-ordination and management of CAMHS related to meeting the needs of children and young people as identified by the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will carry a small caseload.

To facilitate and be responsible for effective multi-disciplinary multi-agency team working to meet the needs of all who access the service.

To ensure that mechanisms are in place to manage, monitor and review clinical and admin staffs within the services.

To ensure the effective management and continuous development of the team, providing leadership to all staff which encourages the development of a qualitative, evidence based service.

To promote safeguarding and the welfare of children, young people and staffs.

To manage the demand and capacity within the team in line with service targets, capacity and demand.