Community Team Manager *with 3k Welcome bonus*
Community Team Manager - Young Adults Mental Health Services (YAMHS)
This is an exciting opportunity to join East Suffolk Young Adults Mental Health Services (YAMHS), supporting young adults aged 18-25 during a crucial stage of their lives. Our service sits within Children, Families and Young People (CFYP) and benefits from a well-established Young Adults pathway and clinical treatment pathways designed to deliver responsive, high‑quality care.
As Community Team Manager for Central YAMHS, you will provide operational leadership for service delivery, working closely with 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 and CAMHS 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 young people or adults. 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip SW, or Dip OT, or equivalent or HCPC registered
* Ongoing professional development; higher degree or postgraduate certificate in area of clinical/therapeutic practice – post‑basic teaching qualification – ILM certificate in management or equivalent
* Experience at a senior clinical level including staff management/supervision experience
* Experience working within a multi‑disciplinary team
* Evidence of providing leadership in a mental‑health care environment including service development
Skills
* Competent and effective treatment skills
* Care planning skills
Benefits
* A comprehensive in‑house & external training programmes
* Career progression
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more
* Recruitment premium of £3,000 for external staff only, payable half on appointment and half after a satisfactory probation period (6 months). If you leave employment or move to a position not attracting the premium within the Trust, you may be required to reimburse part or all of it.
£49,387 to £56,515 a year gross per annum (pro rata)
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.
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