Band 7 Team Manager - East and Central CAMHS - Bristol

Job overview

The East and Central Bristol CAMHS Team is located within a community settlement in a culturally diverse area of Central Bristol. Our team is made up of Family Therapy, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Systemic Practitioners, Psychotherapists and Psychiatrists.

We are looking for an experienced clinician to join our management team. You will be supporting the clinical team on a day-to-day basis to ensure safe and enjoyable working in our team. You do not need previous management experience as we will support you to grow in this area.

The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary service, working alongside the clinical service lead, as part of the leadership team. This post is fixed term and a secondment would be considered for anyone wishing to develop their leaderships and management skills.

This post offers the opportunity to develop management skills alongside clinical work as approximately half the post will remain clinical.

We welcome calls/visits from prospective candidate to discuss this opportunity, and what the team can offer, in more detail.

Main duties of the job

Working in partnership with the locality Clinical service lead, the post holder will ensure excellent clinical standards are maintained within the team, and ensure the best use of available resources to deliver positive outcomes for individual young people and their families.

The post-holder, alongside the clinical lead, will manage, direct and lead a recovery orientated, multi-disciplinary integrated CAMHS service in a community setting

The post also has an element of direct clinical work.

Working for our organisation

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In partnership with the Clinical Service Lead to be responsible for leading and managing a modern, efficient mental health community service for a defined population in accordance with commissioned services.

With support from the clinical lead, Senior Practitioners and the medical consultant, the post holder will help manage the delivery of high quality effective evidence-based interventions which lead to positive outcomes for service users and carers.

To lead by example, motivating and empowering others and promoting positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between all services involved in the care process.

To line manage staff within the multi-disciplinary team ensuring effective processes where this is delegated.

To oversee the performance of all designated care clinicians within the team in line with the requirements of care co-ordination so as to ensure that consistent clinical and quality standards are maintained.

Further information is available on the Job Description attached to this post

Person specification

Registration and Experience

• Registered as a mental health practitioner with professional qualifications in a relevant discipline
• Experience in CAMHS clinical work
• Experience in prioritising and managing the work of a team or others
• Experience of motivating and engaging others in challenging situations to maintain progress towards goals

• Previous experience gained in a team management role