CAMHS Team Manager -Mid

Main area CAMHS Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed term or secondment considered until 1st January 2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) Job  

Site Shaw House Town St Austell Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/08/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Are you a passionate and inspiring leader ready to make a lasting difference to the lives of children, young people and families across Cornwall?

We are looking for an exceptional CAMHS Team Manager to lead our dynamic Community CAMHS team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and develop innovative mental health services while leading a highly skilled multidisciplinary team of nurses, therapists and support staff.

As Team Manager, you will play a pivotal role in delivering safe, effective and compassionate care, ensuring children and young people receive high-quality, evidence-based support when they need it most. Working collaboratively with colleagues across health, education, social care and the voluntary sector, you will help drive service improvement, champion the voice of young people and families, and contribute to the future direction of CAMHS across Cornwall.

As our CAMHS Team Manager, you will:

• Provide inspirational leadership, management and supervision to a multidisciplinary team, creating a positive culture where staff can thrive, develop and deliver outstanding care.
• Lead the operational delivery of community CAMHS services, ensuring performance targets, waiting time standards and quality indicators are achieved.
• Drive service innovation and transformation, supporting the implementation of new models of care and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work in partnership with children, young people, families and partner agencies to ensure services are responsive, collaborative and centred on the needs of those we support.
• Champion safeguarding, clinical governance and quality assurance, ensuring the highest standards of care and professional practice.
• Manage workforce planning, recruitment, staff development, performance and wellbeing, helping to build resilient and successful teams.
• Contribute to strategic service development and county-wide mental health initiatives, helping to shape the future of CAMHS across Cornwall.

This is an ideal role for an experienced mental health professional with strong leadership skills who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and creating services that are worthy of an…