The closing date is 22 April 2026
Team Lead
The Team Leader for the Pan Dorset Intellectual Disabilities (ID) CAMHS Home Team, based at Seascape in Bournemouth, provides clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist mental health support to children and young people with intellectual disabilities. The role focuses on ensuring high‑quality, person‑centred care within community settings, enabling young people to remain safely at home and reducing the need for inpatient admissions.
The postholder is responsible for overseeing day‑to‑day service delivery, managing caseloads, and supporting staff through supervision, training, and professional development. Working closely with families, schools, social care, and other health professionals, the Team Leader ensures coordinated care planning and effective risk management tailored to complex needs.
A key aspect of the role includes driving service improvement, maintaining clinical standards, and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and safeguarding procedures. The Team Leader also contributes to strategic planning across Pan Dorset CAMHS services, promoting innovative approaches to care and early intervention.
Strong leadership, communication, and clinical decision‑making skills are essential, alongside experience in CAMHS and intellectual disabilities. The role requires a compassionate, proactive approach to supporting both service users and staff within a dynamic community‑based environment.
Main duties of the job
Lead and coordinate the day‑to‑day operations of the Pan Dorset Intellectual Disabilities CAMHS Home Team, ensuring effective service delivery for children and young people with complex needs. Provide clinical leadership and supervision to a multidisciplinary team, supporting staff through regular supervision, appraisal, and ongoing professional development.
Manage and oversee caseload allocation, ensuring timely assessments, care planning, and interventions that are person‑centred and evidence based. Support the team in delivering care within community settings, promoting least restrictive practice and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.
Work collaboratively with families, carers, schools, social care, and partner agencies to develop and implement coordinated care plans. Ensure robust risk assessment and management processes are in place, particularly for high‑risk or crisis situations.
Maintain high standards of clinical governance, ensuring compliance with safeguarding policies, legal frameworks, and organisational procedures. Monitor team performance, contribute to audits, and support continuous service improvement initiatives.
Participate in strategic planning and service development across Pan Dorset CAMHS, contributing to innovation and pathway development. Act as a role model for professional practice, promoting a positive team culture and high‑quality care delivery.
Person Specification
Experience
* Evidence of further degree level or equivalent training or knowledge pertinent to CAMHS/LD
* Extensive experience of at least 3 years at Band 6 (or equivalent) working with young people, their families and carers.
* Clinical Supervisor Training
* Recruitment and Selection Training
* ENB 998 or equivalent teaching/mentoring qualification
Job Specific
* Experience of working with patients in crisis.
* Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care, for young people.
* Evidence of effective leadership and service development.
* Evidence of effective interpersonal skills (active listening, building empathy).
* To have demonstrable knowledge of the impact of care and effective use of resources on budgets.
Personal Attributes
* Excellent time management. Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks.
* To be able to demonstrate high level clinical and inspirational leadership skills, motivate and inspiring others to continually improve practice and to aspire to delivering modern effective service.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Ability to communicate with all grades of staff /carers/other agencies.
* To be able to work under pressure and prioritise workload.
* Ability to manage time and conflicting demands and prioritise workload of self and that of others accordingly.
Education
* RNLD / Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration, OR core professional qualification (Social work, Occupational Therapy) OR equivalent.
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.
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
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