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Job summary

Main area
Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip SW, or Dip OT, or equivalent, or HCPC registered
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent: Flexible working hours can be considered
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working hours can be considered)
Job ref
246-ESU7131523-A
Employer
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Haymills House
Town
Stowmarket, Suffolk
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 gross per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Team Manager

Band 7

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams.  We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join East Suffolk, Young Adults Mental Health Services's Team ( YAMHS) who work with Young Adults age of 18 to 25 years old. 

East Suffolk CFYP has dedicated a lot time and effort to develop Young Adults pathway.  Clinical Treatment Pathways are in place. 

The Community Team Manager for Central YAMHS will be responsible for the operational management of the service delivery  within the service.

  • To provide visible leadership, promoting a values based culture and acting as a role model within the environment. 
  • Responsible for leading and managing the team, ensuring they are suitably trained, informed and competent to carry out the full range of duty and that there is a clear processes in place for regular and effective supervision, appraisal, objective setting and personal development planning.
  • Responsible for ensuring safe staffing levels are maintained according to service budget. 
  • Responsible for ensuring processes are in place to allocate new caseloads and efficient use of resources  to ensure caseloads and the management of caseloads remain safe.
  • Ensuring care is delivered in a patient centred framework involving service users, families and carers.    

 

 

Main duties of the job

As the Community Team Manager you will provide professional governance and leadership within their area. To ensure safe caring, responsive, high quality service is provided to service users, their families and carers within the clinical environment by ensuring compliance with Statutory and Regulatory requirements and Trust Policies, pathways, standard operating procedures and protocols.

You will allocate work accordingly within the team to ensure effective and efficient use of resources to ensure service users and carers needs are met and monitor the team’s contribution and performance to the overall objectives of the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Benefits included with this role are:-

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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* Previous applicants need not apply *

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip SW, or Dip OT, or equivalent or HCPC registered
  • Experience in working within Community Mental Health Services
Desirable criteria
  • Ongoing professional development, Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice - Post basic teaching qualification - ILM certificate in management or equivalent

Expereince

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management / supervision experience
  • Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working with Complex case management

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Competent and effective treatment skills
  • Care planning skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWomens Staff NetworkCycle to Work

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
Agi Huszcza
Job title
Operational Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07956839291
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