Community Team Manager: Sponsorship Available

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Job summary

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.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip SW, or Dip OT, or equivalent or HCPC registered

Desirable

  • Ongoing professional development
  • 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
  • Effective analytical and decision-making skills.

Knowledge

Essential

  • An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 4 October 2026

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