East London CAMHS Crisis Clinical Team Manager: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic CAMHS Crisis Team Manager who is passionate about crisis management and ensures safe and effective interventions are delivered to a high risk population.

This is a 12-month Secondment Role and would therefore require current line manager approval for successful candidate.

East London CAMHS Crisis Service delivers co-ordinated care to children, young people (up to the age of 18 years old) and their families in mental health crisis across City & Hackney, Newham & Tower Hamlets.

The Crisis Service works in close collaboration with the Specialist CAMHS, Adult Psychiatric Liaison Services, local authorities and emergency services. The service is available 24 hours/7 days per week.The Service sits within the CAMHS Alternative to Admissions Pathway, alongside East London CAMHS Eating Disorder Servicen CAMHS Home Treatment Team and DBT Team.

The service works closely with colleagues within the sub-directorate, as well as colleagues within our community CAMHS service and external partners.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be managerially and operationally responsible for all aspects of the service delivery for the East London CAMHS Crisis Team. This task will be delivered in conjunction with the Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Service Manager through effective leadership.The post holder will supervise and ensure that ensure that the clinical team are providing high quality services to the local population. The post holder will lead on contributing to a positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team and lead on innovative developments in the service. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit. The post-holder will produce reports on developments for managers and multi-agency partners.

Person Specification

Professional qualifications and training

Essential

• Degree level study or equivalent / Further post degree qualification
• Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC
• Leadership / management qualification

Desirable

• Masters Qualification relevant to the post

Experience

Essential

• Experience of service development and change management.

Desirable

• Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation to staff.
• 2 or more years’ experience of providing senior clinical leadership at 8A (including line management responsibilities

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Strong leadership and management capacity obtained working with complex service users in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
• Ability to build and develop teams which should include teaching, supervision, and training.
• Ability to manage group dynamics, conflict, and work with diversity.

Desirable

• Undertaking quality improvement initiative.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of clinical risk management systems and processes
• Broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations

Desirable

• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for the CAMHS client group

Closing Date: 22 November 2026