Job overview
Are you a qualified mental health professional with a drive to lead and develop services for children and young people?
This is a new and exciting role as a Team Manager in the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team covering the South CAMHS teams - Stockport and Tameside.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to improving mental health outcomes. Work in a supportive team with opportunities for supervision, training, and career development. Contribute to innovative service models and strategic partnerships across Greater Manchester. Access to NHS benefits including pension scheme, annual leave, and wellbeing support.
- Be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to improving mental health outcomes.
- Work in a supportive team with opportunities for supervision, training, and career development.
- Contribute to innovative service models and strategic partnerships across Greater Manchester.
- Access to NHS benefits including pension scheme, annual leave, and wellbeing support.
Main duties of the job
Undertake responsibility for the line management of a multi-disciplinary team
To be part of the senior leadership team within CAMHS
Ensure team compliance with relevant Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
To hold regular team meetings and develop the team.
Overall responsibility of day-to-day organisation of staff and work priorities of the team
Responsible for patient flow within the team considering capacity and demand within the team.
Work with clinical leaders to determine prioritisation of allocation of work
To manage and maintain systems for the planning and allocation of work and for the setting and reviewing of targets, standards and priorities to the team.
Responsible for management of waiting lists if in place
Ensure team members hold balanced and manageable caseloads
Ensure all team members receive management and clinical supervision
Ensure own supervision needs are met
Provide management and clinical supervision as appropriate
Ensure all team members receive My Yearly Conversation
Facilitate the management of complaints, comments and compliments
Take a lead investigating role as required
Provide Team Manager cover in other service areas as required
Ensure the team maintain accurate and contemporaneous records
Ensure data quality
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide line management and clinical leadership to an identified team within the CAMHS Care Hub.
The postholder will provide leadership and development of a multi-disciplinary team ensure effective service delivery of clinical pathways.
To lead in accordance with trust policies procedures and values
To be accountable to the Operational Manager for the performance management of the team and the quality of the work undertaken.
To have oversight and manage supervision for team members undertaking clinical interventions such as assessment and a range of interventions/managing caseloads.
To provide clinical support and leadership to the team alongside clinical leaders.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of the ability to lead, motivate and manage a group
- Ability to manage own emotions and deal with others in highly charged situations
- Experience of governance processes, including responding to complaints and completing investigations following incidents
- Ability to manage the performance of staff in a consistent and sensitive manner.
- Ability to produce written reports that are clear, unambiguous and produced with agreed timescales.
- Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs.
- Ability to work in situations that are often highly emotionally charged and were individuals may be antagonistic/ aggressive
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of mental health issues in children and young people
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and National Policies in relation to children and young people.
- Highly developed knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Working knowledge of NICE guidance in the treatment of mental health problems for children and young people
- Knowledge of risk management issues
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of working with young people with learning disability
- Evidence of post-qualifying training courses/ certificates
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working within a health delivered child and adolescent mental health service or adult mental health services
- Experience in the provision of clinical and line management supervision and annual appraisal
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered core profession (social work, OT, nursing) with current registration
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
Desirable
- Management or leadership qualification
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This advert is for CAMHS Team Manager - Neurodevelopmental Team with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton Under Lyne, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Aug 2026.
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