Job summary
Community Team Manager - Young Adults Mental Health Services (YAMHS)
East Suffolk
This is an exciting opportunity to join East Suffolk Young Adults Mental Health Services (YAMHS), supporting young adults aged 18-25 during a crucial stage of their lives. Our service sits within Children, Families and Young People (CFYP) and benefits from a well-established Young Adults pathway and clinical treatment pathways designed to deliver responsive, high-quality care.
As Community Team Manager for Central YAMHS, you will provide operational leadership for service delivery, working closely with a Community Matron and an Operational Manager to ensure excellent outcomes for service users. You will also be part of a supportive wider network, linking closely with East Suffolk YAMHS and CAMHS teams, benefiting from strong peer support and clinical collaboration.
This role offers a range of leadership, development and training opportunities to support your professional growth and career aspirations.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated leader with experience of working in community mental health services with young people or adults. You will bring experience of working across primary and secondary care, as well as with VCSE partners, and share our commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate care.
Main duties of the job
As Community Team Manager, you will provide professional leadership and governance to ensure the delivery of a safe, responsive and high-quality service for service users, their families and carers.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing visible, values-based leadership and acting as a positive role model within the service
- Managing and supporting the team to ensure staff are appropriately trained, informed and competent in their roles
- Ensuring robust systems are in place for supervision, appraisal, objective setting and personal development
- Allocating and overseeing caseloads to ensure safe practice and the effective use of resources
- Maintaining safe staffing levels within agreed budgets
- Monitoring team performance and contribution to Trust objectives
- Promoting a person-centred approach that actively involves service users, families and carers in care planning and delivery
If you are passionate about leading teams and making a real difference to the lives of young adults, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
* Previous applicants need not apply *
***This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3000 for external staff only. This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment***
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
* Previous applicants need not apply *
***This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3000 for external staff only. This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment***
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip SW, or Dip OT, or equivalent or HCPC registered
Desirable
- Ongoing professional development, Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice - Post basic teaching qualification - ILM certificate in management or equivalent
Expereince
Essential
- Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management / supervision experience
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development
- -Mentoring Experience
Skills
Essential
- Competent and effective treatment skills
- Care planning skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip SW, or Dip OT, or equivalent or HCPC registered
Desirable
- Ongoing professional development, Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice - Post basic teaching qualification - ILM certificate in management or equivalent
Expereince
Essential
- Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management / supervision experience
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development
- -Mentoring Experience
Skills
Essential
- Competent and effective treatment skills
- Care planning skills
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
