Children's Neurodiversity Team Manager
The closing date is 29 April 2026
The post holder will have operational management responsibility for Children's Neurodevelopment Teams and will ensure the provision of high-quality clinical services supporting individuals with access to assessments and appropriate treatment for ADHD and Autism.
The post holder will ensure the coordination and development of the Team implementing and maintaining services within a defined resource and work collaboratively with external partners to ensure that mental and physical health needs are supported with parity and to ensure the service operates in a safe, effective and efficient way as part of the wider health and social care system.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to provide clear visible operational and clinical leadership (in line with experience and qualifications), uphold, and monitor the clinical standards of the service. Provide managerial supervision to the team and to support the Service Manager and Directorate Leads with the delivery of the service.
Applicants should have extensive experience of working at Band 6 or above.
You will have effective communication skills and be able to represent the service in meetings, writing reports, responding to complaints and interface with colleagues from a range of multi-disciplinary backgrounds.
We are looking for someone who has a passion to make a difference, who is highly motivated and be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills.
You will be working across all localities of the Trust so must be able and willing to travel.
There will be opportunities to support professional development and management support to your role will be provided by the service manager.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Flexible & responsive to the needs of the service.
* Knowledge of evidence based practice including NICE Guidance relating to the relevant pathway
* Experience of having managed staff groups and teams
* Effective leadership and management skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise own work load and that of others
* The ability to manage change
* Able to cope with stressful situations and remain positive in the face of managerial and clinical pressures.
* Previous experience in clinical leadership and delivering clinical supervision.
* Ability to work across the service when required, working within own competencies.
* Experience of research, audit and quality improvement methodologies.
* Competencies in providing expert health support and decision making in early help and complex safeguarding referrals.
Skills
* Able to develop effective working relationships with staff.
* Understanding of personal resilience
* Ability to promote a positive, person-centred culture based upon a recovery approach involving patients/carers in decision making.
* Ability to contribute to development of service delivery.
* Good clinical communication skills, and the ability to communicate sensitive information
* Ability to create and maintain complex working relationships across agencies and within the trust
* To encourage and motivate staff to work towards the provision of effective, evidence based practice
* Ability to establish clear standards of performance
* Ability to interpret guidance and develop practice
* Ability to teach groups of staff, prepare and undertake presentations
* Ability to work to agreed deadlines and budgets
* Motivated with genuine interest in Neurodiversity.
* Demonstrate ability to influence and to motivate the clinical practice of others
* Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area
* Evidence of knowledge pertaining to policy drivers locally and nationally
* work priorities for self and others
Qualifications
* Professional qualification to degree level or equivalent e.g. Psychological Profession, Social Work, Nursing/Midwifery, OT or equivalent.
* Evidence up to date and applicable CPD
* Evidence of extensive post registration learning & development
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.
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