Community Team Manager

Community Team Manager – Specialist Childrens Mental Health Services (SCAMHS)

East Suffolk

This is an exciting opportunity to join East Suffolk Specialist Childrens mental health team, supporting young adults aged 4-18yr during a crucial stage of their development. Our service sits within Children, Families and Young People (CFYP) services and benefits from a well-established clinical treatment pathways designed to deliver responsive, high-quality care.

As Community Team Manager, you will provide operational oversight leadership for service delivery, working closely with the SCAMHS Triumvirate with Principle Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrist. You will be supported in your post by 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 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 the under 18 age group. 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.

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 children and young people, we would love to hear from you.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Ellis Job title: Matron Email address: Telephone number:

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