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Job summary

Main area
Allied Health Professionals
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
311-HYM727-25
Employer
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Various
Town
Stockport
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/06/2026 23:59

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MHST Team Manager

NHS AfC: Band 7

 

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

 

Job overview

Why Join Us? • Be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to improving mental health outcomes. • Work in a supportive team with opportunities for supervision, training, and career development. • Contribute to innovative service models and strategic partnerships across Greater Manchester. • Access to NHS benefits including pension scheme, annual leave, and wellbeing support. Are you a qualified mental health professional with a drive to lead and develop services for children and young people? Do you excel in multidisciplinary teams and want to shape the future of mental health support in schools/education settings and communities? Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic MHST Team Manager (Band 7) to lead our Mental Health Support Teams. This senior role offers the chance to manage, supervise, and inspire a skilled team making a real impact on young lives. As Team Manager, you’ll oversee high-quality, evidence-based care, support staff development, and drive service improvement. You’ll collaborate with education providers, local authorities, and partners to ensure integrated, effective support for children, young people, and their families.

Main duties of the job

  • As MHST Team Manager, you’ll lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, evidence-based mental health support to children and young people. You’ll oversee clinical assessments, risk management, and care planning, ensuring robust record-keeping and data quality. You’ll manage caseloads, coordinate referrals, and facilitate regular team meetings. Through clinical and line management supervision, you’ll drive staff development, recruitment, and performance. Working in partnership with schools, local authorities, and community stakeholders, you’ll contribute to service improvement, audits, and outcome monitoring. You’ll also support national and local priorities aligned with Trust objectives, champion safeguarding and equality, and promote continuous professional development, helping shape the future of MHST services.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer. If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including: • Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff. • Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance • Access to Continued Professional Development • Involvement in improvement and research activities • Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service • Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • We are looking for someone who: • Holds a recognised professional registration (e.g. nursing, social work, HCPC) or is a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner, with current registration. • Has substantial post-qualification experience in child and adolescent mental health services, MHST, or adult mental health settings. • Demonstrates strong leadership in managing and supervising multidisciplinary teams, including overseeing clinical assessments, risk management, and care planning. • Is confident in providing both clinical and line management supervision, supporting staff development, recruitment, and performance. • Has highly developed knowledge of mental health issues affecting children and young people, and is skilled in implementing evidence-based interventions and service improvement. • Is committed to partnership working with schools, local authorities, and community stakeholders, and to promoting safeguarding, equality, and continuous professional development. For full details, please refer to the job description and person specification. The role is predominantly based in education settings, with the office base located at Heathfield House, Stockport, SK2 6RA. For further details contact: Name Faye Kirk Job title Bury & Stockport MHST Operational Manager Email address [email protected]

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professionally registered qualification with current registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC OR Children and young person wellbeing practitioner- must be registered with the BABCP/BPS OR Educational mental health practitioner- must be registered with the BABCP/BPS
Desirable criteria
  • Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher / Fieldwork Educator qualification.
  • Management or leadership qualification, or training for supervision and staff development.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial post qualification experience of working within a health delivered child and adolescent mental health service or Mental health support teams or adult mental health services
  • Experience in the provision of clinical and line management supervision and annual appraisal

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed knowledge of mental health issues in children and young people
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation and National Policies in relation to children and young people.
  • Highly developed knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
  • Working knowledge of NICE guidance in the treatment of mental health problems for children and young people
  • Knowledge of risk management issues
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of working with young people with learning disability
  • Evidence of Post qualifying training courses/ certificates

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of the ability to lead, motivate and manage a group
  • Ability to manage own emotions and deal with others in highly charged situations
  • Experience of governance processes, including responding to complaints and completing investigations following incidents.
  • Ability to manage the performance of staff in a consistent and sensitive manner.
  • Ability to produce written reports that are clear, unambiguous and produced with agreed timescales.
  • Ability to perform complex assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions
  • Ability to develop packages of care based on assessed needs.
  • Ability to develop a range of therapeutic activities across a range of settings.
  • Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs.
  • Ability to provide and receive complex sensitive or contentious information often within a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
  • Ability to act in consultation/
  • Supervision/ training capacity with professionals.
  • Ability to develop liaison/links and familiarity with other professional networks.
  • Ability to prioritise key tasks, and targets for intervention.
  • Ability to evaluate service initiatives for effectiveness/ outcome.
  • Ability to work as a member of a team within and beyond organisational boundaries.
  • Ability to keep accurate activity data for audit/evaluation.
  • Ability to develop and audit the effectiveness of protocols.
  • Ability to manage other staff to meet targets and objectives of the service
  • Ability to implement HR procedures as appropriate Ability to use systems approach
  • Ability to provide leadership for the service
  • Ability to manage and to work autonomously with case load.
  • Ability to work flexibly and innovatively.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Ability to operate with an unpredictable work pattern.
  • Ability to work in situations that are often highly emotionally charged and were individuals may be antagonistic/ aggressive.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Faye Kirk
Job title
Operational Manager
Email address
[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
Telephone
01617163181
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