Job summary
We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and compassionate Clinical Team Manager to lead our Criminal Justice Liaison & Diversion (L&D) Service across Devon. This is an exciting leadership opportunity to shape and deliver high-quality, person-centred mental health and wellbeing support at critical points within the criminal justice system.
Our service operates across four police custody suitesExeter, Barnstaple, Torquay, and Plymouth and the courts in Exeter, Plymouth, Newton Abbot, and Barnstaple, working with some of the most vulnerable individuals in our communities.
We are looking for a confident and compassionate leader who:
* Has a relevant professional qualification (e.g. Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy)
* Demonstrates strong clinical leadership and management experience
* Has experience working within mental health services, crisis care, or criminal justice settings
* Is skilled in managing complex casework and multidisciplinary teams
* Has excellent communication, organisational, and partnership-building skills
* Is passionate about reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for vulnerable people
Benefits of working with us:
* Opportunity to lead a dynamic, values-driven service making a real impact
* Work within a supportive and innovative multidisciplinary team
* Influence and shape service development across Devon
* Access to ongoing professional development and leadership training
* Contribute to improved outcomes for individuals at critical points of need
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As Clinical Team Manager, you will provide strategic, operational, and clinical leadership to a diverse and skilled multidisciplinary team, including:
* Senior Mental Health Practitioners
* Support Time and Recovery Workers (STR Workers)
* Peer Support Workers
You will ensure the safe, effective, and compassionate delivery of liaison and diversion services, enabling early identification of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, and social vulnerabilities, supporting individuals to access appropriate care, treatment, and support pathways.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide visible, inclusive leadership across multiple sites and disciplines
* Oversee clinical governance, quality, and performance of the L&D service
* Support staff development, supervision, and wellbeing
* Build strong partnerships with police, courts, health services, and third-sector organisations
* Drive service improvement, innovation, and transformation
* Ensure compliance with national L&D standards and local priorities
* Manage operational delivery across a geographically dispersed service
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
We value quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. By giving a smile, making time for people, challenging ourselves & others, and being open to new ideas, we bring those values to life.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Person Specification
Essential Knowledge and Skills
* An excellent understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
* Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health
* Working knowledge of safeguarding processes (adult and child)
Desirable Knowledge and Skills
* Understanding of the criminal justice systems
* Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
Essential Qualifications
* A professional Registered mental health qualification to degree level or equivalent
Desirable Qualifications
* Post Graduate qualification relevant to specialism (e.g. CBT, NMP, DBT, etc.)
* Evidence of commitment to life‑long learning and continuing professional development.
* Leadership or quality improvement qualification
* Management qualification
* Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people
Essential Experience
* Extensive experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
* Substantial experience of working at a senior clinical level
* Providing clinical supervision and managing staff.
* Experience of assessing and managing complex risk / safety for both individuals and teams
Desirable Experience
* Resource management.
* Setting up or working within a new service.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address
1 – 2 Hospital Road
Whipton
Exeter
Devon
EX1 3PQ
Employer's website
https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours
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