CAMHS Team Manager - Band 7

Go back South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 03 March 2026

Are you an experienced and compassionate leader with a passion for improving the mental health and well‑being of children and young people?

We are looking for 2 Team Managers for a 12‑month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. These roles are purely operational and do not hold a clinical caseload.

The two roles are:

• Team Manager of The ReACH Team (Responsive Adolescent and Children’s Home‑Based Treatment) formerly known as the Crisis Team. The team offer urgent and emergency support in the community and A&E departments.
• Team Manager of The Core Team and Enhanced Outreach Team (EOT). The Core Team offer up to 8 sessions of mental health intervention. The Enhanced Outreach Team support children in care or displaying forensic‑type behaviours that do not require FCAMHS.

Your role as a CAMHS Team Manager will require you to:

• Lead and manage the team, ensuring high standard of care and service delivery.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with partner agencies and stakeholders.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, professional development and staff well‑being.
• Monitor performance, quality and outcomes, implementing improvements where necessary.
• Management of resources and line management of staff members within the time.

The role involves a combination of leadership, operational management, and strategic planning to ensure services run efficiently and meeting the needs of children, young people and their families.

Our community bases are Drury Lane Health and Well‑Being Centre in the centre of Wakefield, Airedale Health Centre in Castleford and Fieldhead Hospital.

• Provide day‑to‑day management of the team, hold excellent communication skills and ability to form positive working relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Lead on recruitment, retention and induction of staff.
• Conduct managerial supervision, appraisals and oversight of individuals' development.
• Manage performance and absence / staff well‑being.
• Ensure the team are compliant with mandatory training and supervision requirements.
• Support implementation and development of the service and delivery.
• Manage complaints from young people, families and professionals.
• Motivate, engage, empower and develop the team.
• Lead and co‑ordinate team communication, including chairing regular team meetings.
• Approve annual leave and ensure safe staffing within the team.
• Work closely with the team and the team's Clinical Lead and other Team Managers.

Please note you must have the appropriate qualification of a registration to be shortlisted.

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

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.

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 and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are 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.

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