CAMHS Strengthening Families Team Manager

Transformationunitgm; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Bradford is seeking a Nursing Grade Band 7 professional to lead a multi-disciplinary team in child and adolescent mental health services. The ideal candidate will have a registered nurse qualification and extensive experience in mental health settings. This role offers both full-time and part-time options with a competitive salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per annum. Closing date for applications is January 4, 2026, so early application is encouraged.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing support packages

Internal and external development opportunities

Increased mileage rates for > 3500

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience working in mental health or children settings.
• Experience of supervision and project management is essential.
• Knowledge of budgets and change management would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services.
• Support staff and management colleagues to achieve strategic goals.
• Set and review performance targets while driving continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership and management

Communication skills

Experience in child and adolescent mental health

Education

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Post registration qualification in child and adolescent mental health

Job description

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 3 months (3 months) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

15 hours per week (days to be negotiated) Job ref 453-25-7676171

Employer Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Bradford District and Airedale/ Craven Town Bradford CAMHS Salary £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/01/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 7

Bradford District Care Trust is an award‑winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high‑quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.

Job overview

The Strengthening Families CAMHS team works directly into the Children and Family's Trust Strengthening Families team, working with social care colleagues to support children on the edge of care or where there are plans for reunification with their family. The CAMHS team are small multi‑disciplinary, including Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and Family Therapists. The team sits under the Children in Special Circumstances Portfolio.

This is a unique opportunity to lead and support change within a team that is currently undergoing transformation. Alongside the clinical leadership and service management you will lead service development, working with enthusiastic, experienced and skilled practitioners. The role requires a values‑led practitioner, with strong operational management and leadership skills. You will work closely with colleagues in the management team to lead clinically‑led service wide quality improvement and provide a psychologically safe environment for staff to enable them to deliver the best quality care.

Closing- 4th January 2026

Shortlisting- 5th January 2026

Interview- TBC

Main duties of the job

The role will require you to lead your people and effectively communicate, being able to judge a situation and support your staff and management colleagues. You will work to ensure your teams are motivated, engaged and resourced effectively whilst supporting the strategic goals of the organisation and the objectives of your teams.

You will set performance targets and continually review progress by creating action plans to improve performance, finding solutions to problems and develop and drive continuous improvement strategies.

The post holder will provide leadership, managerial and supervisory responsibility for a group of practitioners working as a multidisciplinary team providing specialist child and adolescent mental health services.

Key partnerships include the Children and Families trust, adult mental health services, learning disability services, social care, education, consultation to Primary care colleagues, other providers of support within the Thrive Framework across the district.

This is an excellent opportunity to really make a difference to young people’s lives across the Bradford District.

Working for our organisation

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values.

We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.

In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Registered Nurse – Mental Health or clinical psychology, social work, medicine, and occupational therapy
• 2 years experience working in Mental health/Children Settings
• Post registration qualification relevant to the field of child and adolescent mental health, for example ENB 603, AMP, therapeutic qualification, and management studies (health related)

Experiences

• Experience of Supervision/project management
• Experience of Budgets/finances/change management

The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.

Bradford has been awarded the coveted status of UK City of Culture 2025. The year is set to deliver more than 1000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals as well as exciting national and international collaborations.

We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs.

We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently underrepresented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from those groups, but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Eleanor Hinchliffe
Job title Clinical Manager
Email address [e-mail]
Telephone number 01274 723241
Additional information

If you are interested, we would welcome your application, for further information please contact: Eleanor Hinchliffe

[e-mail]

07386684080