Team Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Team

Manager in our FCAMH service. You will have significant post qualifying

experience, demonstratable leadership skills and proven ability to manage change in

clinical practice.

You

will be able to demonstrate enthusiasm to work within Forensic Community

services and a drive to continue to develop the FCAMHS pathway in line with

both local and national drivers. You will also be able to demonstrate the

ability to independently make sound leadership and clinical judgments, whilst

working alongside the Senior Leadership team and delivering on the clinical and

operational service delivery model. You will have operational responsibility

for the overall performance of team and will be able to demonstrate skills in

reporting and audit. You will provide Management supervision for the staff team

and be able to demonstrate a high level of quality and safety in the service,

maintaining Governance across the service. You will be thoughtful and resilient in the way you

engage with a multidisciplinary staff team, promoting a compassionate culture

and staff wellbeing. You will need strong and effective communication skills,

and a positive approach to involvement and engagement.

Access

to a vehicle is essential. To discuss the post please contact Stacey Hayton,

General Manager on Stacey.Hayton@swyt.nhs.uk or 07789 753526.

Main duties of the job

The

All-Age Forensic Community Service is a service line within the Forensic Care

Group and includes Forensic CAMHS (including Y&H FCAMHS, Focus Secure and

Focus Wakefield).

It

is our vision to create a collaborative environment between our community

forensic services and to develop an overarching clinical trauma informed framework

that will support the way in which a community forensic population is

understood. The purpose of the role is therefore to:

Be a central part of the Senior Leadership Team for the

service, providing an essential operational lens, ensuring good processes and

systems to ensure a high-quality service.

To support our services, being clinically led and

operationally driven, providing the best possible care for our service users.

To develop strong partnerships with stakeholders and

service providers.

Hold operational and performance oversight for the

service.

Use established QI processes to facilitate change and

establish ways of working and continued improvement.

Support teams working with highly vulnerable, high risk

service users in a community setting, ensuring a trauma informed approach is embedded

at all stages.

To support in the development of community-to-community

pathways, working closely with our wider systems.

Half day clinical activity (consultation/assessment).

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

About us

We

are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health

and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,

Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are

the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is

to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this

by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ

staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a

difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage

diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being

a foundation Trust means were accountable to our

members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people

(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join

us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving

the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and

help each year.

We

are committed

to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and

vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this

commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Details

Date posted

08 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

C9378-F0729A

Job locations

Newton Lodge, Fieldhead Hospital

Ouchthorpe Lane

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 3SP

United Kingdom

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 within the Secure Estate. 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 staff.

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

To work effectively with partnership and stakeholder organisations in the secure estate.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

Clinical Leadership

To ensure effective co-ordination and leadership of the team in delivering agreed assessment and treatment plans as identified by the multi-disciplinary team.

To ensure that individual needs led assessment and treatment plans are evidence based, effectively co-ordinated and outcomes achieved within agreed timescales as directed by the multi-disciplinary team.

To actively encourage and develop service user and carer involvement in the development of individual assessment and treatment plans, and the development of the service.

To encourage and be responsible for the development of a multi-disciplinary team approach in the identification and delivery of assessment and treatment plan.

To develop a culture within the team that supports research, evidence based practice, innovative practice, quality initiatives and is continuously analytical in seeking to improve service delivery.

To support and lead the teaching, assessing and mentoring of students within the service.

Support clinicians to compile reports for the multi-disciplinary agency team as and when required.

To promote the safeguarding of children in line with Trust policies and procedures and in accordance with relevant partnership policies within the secure estate.

Clinical Management

To be responsible for policy and service development and enable other staff within the service to do so.

The post holder proposes and implements policy changes as an integral part of the job which impacts on the whole multi-disciplinary team.

To lead on operational development of the pathways and work in partnership with the portfolio leads in developing the clinical pathways in line with the service specification.

To operationally manage and ensure effective implementation and delivery of pathways.

To ensure that staff are fully aware of and comply with agreed Trust policies and procedures.

Assist the Service Manager in identifying and recording information that will assist in the performance management of the service.

To be responsible for the implementation of the change agenda in line with the modernisation strategy within the service.

Demonstrate effective, flexible and co-ordinated use of allocated staff resources and budgets in meeting the identified needs of the service.

Be responsible for the clinical governance development plan for CAMHS and undertake necessary actions as directed by the Service Manager.

To develop and maintain working relationships with senior managers that are open and supportive.

Be responsible for the development and review of the service operational policy.

To enable and support the development of expertise in accordance with workforce development plans.

To contribute to the development and implementation of an accessible and responsive CAMHS provision within the Secure Estate.

To undertake research and take a lead role in audit, service evaluation and quality management. To use research to support evidence based practice in work with clients and in service planning, development and delivery.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants

are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is

strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before

selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to

enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application

form.

At

the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK

Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward

to receiving your application.

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 within the Secure Estate. 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 staff.

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

To work effectively with partnership and stakeholder organisations in the secure estate.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

Clinical Leadership

To ensure effective co-ordination and leadership of the team in delivering agreed assessment and treatment plans as identified by the multi-disciplinary team.

To ensure that individual needs led assessment and treatment plans are evidence based, effectively co-ordinated and outcomes achieved within agreed timescales as directed by the multi-disciplinary team.

To actively encourage and develop service user and carer involvement in the development of individual assessment and treatment plans, and the development of the service.

To encourage and be responsible for the development of a multi-disciplinary team approach in the identification and delivery of assessment and treatment plan.

To develop a culture within the team that supports research, evidence based practice, innovative practice, quality initiatives and is continuously analytical in seeking to improve service delivery.

To support and lead the teaching, assessing and mentoring of students within the service.

Support clinicians to compile reports for the multi-disciplinary agency team as and when required.

To promote the safeguarding of children in line with Trust policies and procedures and in accordance with relevant partnership policies within the secure estate.

Clinical Management

To be responsible for policy and service development and enable other staff within the service to do so.

The post holder proposes and implements policy changes as an integral part of the job which impacts on the whole multi-disciplinary team.

To lead on operational development of the pathways and work in partnership with the portfolio leads in developing the clinical pathways in line with the service specification.

To operationally manage and ensure effective implementation and delivery of pathways.

To ensure that staff are fully aware of and comply with agreed Trust policies and procedures.

Assist the Service Manager in identifying and recording information that will assist in the performance management of the service.

To be responsible for the implementation of the change agenda in line with the modernisation strategy within the service.

Demonstrate effective, flexible and co-ordinated use of allocated staff resources and budgets in meeting the identified needs of the service.

Be responsible for the clinical governance development plan for CAMHS and undertake necessary actions as directed by the Service Manager.

To develop and maintain working relationships with senior managers that are open and supportive.

Be responsible for the development and review of the service operational policy.

To enable and support the development of expertise in accordance with workforce development plans.

To contribute to the development and implementation of an accessible and responsive CAMHS provision within the Secure Estate.

To undertake research and take a lead role in audit, service evaluation and quality management. To use research to support evidence based practice in work with clients and in service planning, development and delivery.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants

are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is

strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before

selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to

enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application

form.

At

the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK

Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward

to receiving your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
• A teaching and assessing qualification.
• Membership of professional body.
• First level qualification/degree/Certificate in Management Studies or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
• Masters Level qualification.

Special Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
• Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• Ability to support and empower staff.
• Time management/prioritisation skills of self and others.
• Experience in leading audits and service evaluation.

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Commitment to multi-agency approach/working.
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure where there are frequent interruptions from team members needing advice regarding clinical staffing or operational issues.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
• Integrity.
• Vision about clinical practice and service development.
• Ability to learn and taken on new initiatives/roles.
• Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
• To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
• Work in partnership with other managers across the service.
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children and young people or within secure a environment.
• Experience of delivering training to others.
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
• Multidisciplinary team working.
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
• To have experience in recruitment and retention and sickness absence.
• Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
• Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
• Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

• Experience of community settings.
• Experience of working with children and young people in the criminal justice system.
• Experience of working in the secure estate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
• A teaching and assessing qualification.
• Membership of professional body.
• First level qualification/degree/Certificate in Management Studies or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
• Masters Level qualification.

Special Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
• Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• Ability to support and empower staff.
• Time management/prioritisation skills of self and others.
• Experience in leading audits and service evaluation.

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Commitment to multi-agency approach/working.
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure where there are frequent interruptions from team members needing advice regarding clinical staffing or operational issues.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
• Integrity.
• Vision about clinical practice and service development.
• Ability to learn and taken on new initiatives/roles.
• Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
• To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
• Work in partnership with other managers across the service.
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children and young people or within secure a environment.
• Experience of delivering training to others.
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
• Multidisciplinary team working.
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
• To have experience in recruitment and retention and sickness absence.
• Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
• Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
• Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

• Experience of community settings.
• Experience of working with children and young people in the criminal justice system.
• Experience of working in the secure estate.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Newton Lodge, Fieldhead Hospital

Ouchthorpe Lane

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 3SP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Newton Lodge, Fieldhead Hospital

Ouchthorpe Lane

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 3SP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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 within the Secure Estate. 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 staff.

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

To work effectively with partnership and stakeholder organisations in the secure estate.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

Clinical Leadership

To ensure effective co-ordination and leadership of the team in delivering agreed assessment and treatment plans as identified by the multi-disciplinary team.

To ensure that individual needs led assessment and treatment plans are evidence based, effectively co-ordinated and outcomes achieved within agreed timescales as directed by the multi-disciplinary team.

To actively encourage and develop service user and carer involvement in the development of individual assessment and treatment plans, and the development of the service.

To encourage and be responsible for the development of a multi-disciplinary team approach in the identification and delivery of assessment and treatment plan.

To develop a culture within the team that supports research, evidence based practice, innovative practice, quality initiatives and is continuously analytical in seeking to improve service delivery.

To support and lead the teaching, assessing and mentoring of students within the service.

Support clinicians to compile reports for the multi-disciplinary agency team as and when required.

To promote the safeguarding of children in line with Trust policies and procedures and in accordance with relevant partnership policies within the secure estate.

Clinical Management

To be responsible for policy and service development and enable other staff within the service to do so.

The post holder proposes and implements policy changes as an integral part of the job which impacts on the whole multi-disciplinary team.

To lead on operational development of the pathways and work in partnership with the portfolio leads in developing the clinical pathways in line with the service specification.

To operationally manage and ensure effective implementation and delivery of pathways.

To ensure that staff are fully aware of and comply with agreed Trust policies and procedures.

Assist the Service Manager in identifying and recording information that will assist in the performance management of the service.

To be responsible for the implementation of the change agenda in line with the modernisation strategy within the service.

Demonstrate effective, flexible and co-ordinated use of allocated staff resources and budgets in meeting the identified needs of the service.

Be responsible for the clinical governance development plan for CAMHS and undertake necessary actions as directed by the Service Manager.

To develop and maintain working relationships with senior managers that are open and supportive.

Be responsible for the development and review of the service operational policy.

To enable and support the development of expertise in accordance with workforce development plans.

To contribute to the development and implementation of an accessible and responsive CAMHS provision within the Secure Estate.

To undertake research and take a lead role in audit, service evaluation and quality management. To use research to support evidence based practice in work with clients and in service planning, development and delivery.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants

are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is

strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before

selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to

enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application

form.

At

the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK

Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward

to receiving your application.

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
• A teaching and assessing qualification.
• Membership of professional body.
• First level qualification/degree/Certificate in Management Studies or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
• Masters Level qualification.

Special Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
• Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• Ability to support and empower staff.
• Time management/prioritisation skills of self and others.
• Experience in leading audits and service evaluation.

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Commitment to multi-agency approach/working.
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure where there are frequent interruptions from team members needing advice regarding clinical staffing or operational issues.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
• Integrity.
• Vision about clinical practice and service development.
• Ability to learn and taken on new initiatives/roles.
• Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
• To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
• Work in partnership with other managers across the service.
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children and young people or within secure a environment.
• Experience of delivering training to others.
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
• Multidisciplinary team working.
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
• To have experience in recruitment and retention and sickness absence.
• Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
• Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
• Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

• Experience of community settings.
• Experience of working with children and young people in the criminal justice system.
• Experience of working in the secure estate.