Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Part time role
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (To include a Monday and Wednesday)
- Job ref
- 267-OC7540268
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 11 Temple Court
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Team Manager - BANES MHST
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Do you have excellent leadership and organisational skills? Are you passionate about improving the wellbeing of Children and Young People?
Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is expanding its service to an additional 20 schools across the patch. We are delighted to be recruiting an additional Deputy Team Manager to join our team.
B&NES MHST was commissioned in 2020 to provide low intensity CBT to a selected number of schools within the locality. The team are currently providing support to 46% of schools across B&NES which will increase to 77% of schools in January 2026. This is an exciting time to join a specialist service which provides timely early intervention to children and young people.
We are looking for a qualified RMN, OT, Social Worker with or without CBT training who will play a key role in the continuing development of the service. You will be confident in recognising, and with support, addressing the service development needs. You will be able to create effective working partnerships with School Staff, Social Care and other key stakeholders. You will work closely with the Clinical Team Manager and Supervisors to help ensure we are a safe and effective clinical team.
This role will require working 30 hours a week, with two of the working days being a Monday and Wednesday to ensure sufficient cover across the week. If you have any questions regarding the working pattern please call us prior to making an application.
Main duties of the job
You will facilitate good communication and liaison with young people, their families, interfacing with schools/colleges, colleagues within the Trust and across other organisations.
You will be responsible for providing leadership to the team, providing advice on complex cases, liaising with the education settings on clinical cases, unlocking barriers to engagement, building up key relationships, attending national conferences and seminars and reporting information as necessary.
With support from Clinical Supervisors, you will triage referrals and allocate cases to the Education Mental Health Practitioners and Psychologists within the team. Aiming to achieve the target of seeing Children and Young People within 4 weeks of being referred.
This post will suit someone with a passion for working in early intervention and prevention. This is an exciting venture and collaboration between Health, Education, local authority and voluntary sectors.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at school premises, community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”.
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”.
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire CAMHS have a real ethos of compassionate leadership and kindness.
We are happy to support an element of home-based working but we also have returned to having face-to-face meetings as we believe this is key to well-functioning teams.
We believe in open and honest dialogue and supporting each other to make the best decisions for our patients and staff. We also work very closely with our commissioners from the Integrated Care Board who are very passionate about ensuring we are well supported to deliver an excellent service. We have access to a robust internal training programme as well as a dedicated CAMHS training lead who will support you whilst new in post.
You will work with the Team Manager to ensure the successful and effective day-to-day management of the Service so that it provides a responsive, high-quality service to patients with common mental health problems.
As Deputy Team Manager, you will have specific lead areas of responsibility whilst also maintaining effective links with mental health leads, children’s services, public health and other stake holders.
You will support the team in identifying, and in conjunction with the Clinical Lead, addressing training and development needs for the service.
The Deputy Team Manager will act as a key person to support the team with advice and signposting in relation to safeguarding and risk management. The role will involve supporting the Team Manager in liaising with stakeholders, managing staff and resources and meeting stringent data collection requirements.
If you are a CBT therapist, you will hold a small caseload of CBT cases.
The Deputy Team manager also contributes to the promotion of staff well-being and morale in the Team through developing and maintaining supportive relationships.
You will also be required to be part of the on-call rota as a Senior Mental Health Professional.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the MHST agenda
- Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs
- Knowledge and experience of CBT informed practice
Desirable criteria
- BABCP accreditation / accreditable
- Experience of contributing to the leadership /management of a clinic, project, aspect of clinical work
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional mental health qualification, e.g. Mental Health Nurse/Learning Disability Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/HI CBT Therapist
- Current registration with relevant professional body – NMC, HCPC
Desirable criteria
- CBT qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carer’s and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Effective organizational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritize own workload
Desirable criteria
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs.
- Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals
Desirable criteria
- Experience of running / co-running groups.
- Experience of teaching other professionals
Other contractual requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between sites and to locality meetings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ceri Webb
- Job title
- B&NES Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 903957
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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