Job overview
Kent and Medway Mental Health Trust have and exciting opportunity to work in the Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services Directorate as an Integrated Team Manager in the Swale area.
You will be a post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child, and adolescent psychotherapist) or graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC).
You will have 3 year’s experience in a middle management position and a relevant management qualification.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
May need to travel to other sites throughout the week.
The Integrated team manager is responsible for the operational coordination and management of the integrated local CYPMHS services and is accountable for the delivery and development of a comprehensive CYPMHS service.
Main duties of the job
You will promote and develop effective relationships with key partners, especially the local authority, GP’s, voluntary sector organisations, commissioners, and other statutory agencies and provide a service that can measure outcomes, activity and implement and evaluate clear, achievable, and measurable objectives for the service.
To set, implement and evaluate clear, achievable and measurable objectives for the service
- To be responsible for the effective management of operational services and resources within the designated service areas, including budgets, and staffing.
- To initiate and implement programmes to achieve strategic changes and improvement to services and systems.
- To deputise when required in the Area Manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to clinical and administration staff.
- To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly safeguarding.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Complex project management experience.
- An awareness of child mental health commissioning and partnership working.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills & Excellent communication skills, verbal and non-verbal.
- Ability to write detailed reports on present and future services using research methods as appropriate
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) or graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC).
- 3 years in middle management position.
- Relevant Management qualification.
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This advert is for Integrated Team Manager with Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust in Maidstone, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Jul 2026.
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