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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health care to those people living in Birmingham and Solihull who are experiencing mental health problems.
The Trust serves a culturally and socially-diverse population of over a million spread over 172 square miles, and have an income of over £230 million, making our Trust one of the largest mental health foundation trusts in the country. they also provide services to people who live further afield because of some of the specialised services we provide.
The Trust has over 4000 dedicated staff who are continually working to help people get better and challenge the stigma associated with mental illness. The Trust operates from over 50 sites in a variety of settings, from community based mental health teams through to acute wards and day centres.
Contact
[email protected]Band 7 Clinical Team Manager - MHST
Accepting applications until: 05-Apr-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 05-Apr-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Touchbase Sense Pears
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B296NA
- Major / Minor Region
- Birmingham & The Black Country
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 8 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Early Help CAMHS
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
In accordance with the professional registration, the post-holder will work alongside other members of the MHST leadership team to deliver and develop the Birmingham MHST offer as part of the Government’s Green Paper for transforming children and young people’s mental health (2017). They will ensure the delivery of a clinically effective service which meets the needs of individuals, families and communities in line with local and national development plans, Trust policies and procedures.
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The MHST forms part of the Early Help Clinical Group in Forward Thinking Birmingham. The MHST Clinical Team manager is responsible for the operational and clinical management of the mental health support team within the locality. They are a member of the multi-disciplinary team working with children, young people, families and education staff; assessing and treating the mental health and well-being of children and young people.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring the teams fulfil their core offer of services whilst maintaining a clinical input within their role. The mental health support teams support children and young people with presenting problems of a low to moderate level of complexity. The post holder will co-ordinate children and young people’s care within the team and may refer on as necessary.
The post holder offers evidence-based interventions, where indicated, in line with the MHST model. They support local and national developments with respect of access targets, meaningful waiting initiatives and any other developments as and when required. The Clinical Team Manager will be responsible for service improvements and developing the MHST model.
The post-holder will work closely with STICK team colleagues to ensure a robust early help mental health offer across the City.
They will also be responsible for auditing and quality assurance of clinical records, outcomes and any other relevant data.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Nursing or equivalent qualification with associated professional registration
Desirable criteria
- • Accredited training in evidenced based psychosocial interventions
- • Low Intensity Supervision (LIST) Training
- • Leadership or management qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification experience in Children & Young People’s Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- • Significant experience of o Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team o Working with children and young people with mental health needs o Working with young people and adults of all ages with behavioural and/or mental health issues and/ or learning disabilities
- Must demonstrate a working knowledge of health, education, social services and the voluntary sector and have the ability to work in partnership with other professionals from a range of multi-disciplinary backgrounds
- Must demonstrate knowledge of current legislation including the Children Act 1989, 2004, the Human Rights Act 1998’ safeguarding of children and adults, Mental Health law and policy and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Must demonstrate knowledge of safety factors in the management of self-harming behaviours and safeguarding issues and have the skills to be able to apply knowledge appropriately with complex cases
- Demonstrate knowledge of a range of models of behavioural and mental disorder including the contribution of social, physical and development factors, the social perspective on mental disorder, the and the implications of mental disorder and treatments for clients, their relatives and carers
- Demonstrate a normalized and contextualized approach to the mental health of Children and Young People, taking into consideration normal responses to adverse events
- Ability to apply therapeutic skills with young people with complex needs
- Ability to establish effective relationships with clients, relatives and carers
- Must demonstrate ability to be self-reflective in relation to practice
- Ability to provide supervision to less experienced colleagues
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification experience in a community mental health setting
- Experience of working with looked after children
- Experience of working in an educational setting
- Research and audit experience
- Experience of developing services
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology and contribute in the audit process
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of recent Government initiatives and understanding of how to apply these in practice
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to the overall vision of the development of mental health practitioners, particularly the EMHP
Knowledge/Skills
Essential criteria
- • Experience of managing several pieces of work in tandem and the ability to communicate updates effectively with managers
- • Ability to effectively manage a weekly diary using Outlook
- • Ability to time manage and prioritise tasks appropriately
- • Experience of delegation of tasks amongst a team
- • A sound understanding and working practice of working with children and young people from diverse culture and backgrounds
- • The ability to communicate effectively with families who may be difficult to engage
- • The ability to have sensitive discussions with junior staff members in relation to issues such as sickness absence or performance management
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working from home and ability to effectively manage this level of autonomy
- • Ability to plan and manage meetings as required
- • Ability to consider and plan/implement longer term projects alongside the Senior Lead Nurse
- • Ability to effectively chair virtual meetings with various stakeholders, ensuring a timely agenda and minutes
- • Experience in developing engaging tools/activities to communicate effectively in a diverse settings
- • An understanding of youth culture/social media to assist in communication and engagement
Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Good working knowledge of the Microsoft packages including Excel, Word, Outlook Mail/Calendar and Powerpoint
- Experience of clinical note keeping/recording of sessions, including electronic patient recording systems
- Knowledge of GPDR
- • The candidate must have access to a reliable means of transportation to fulfil the role's duties effectively
- • Ability to work in a hybrid role, either from home or from any required base across the city, in response to the needs of the team or your own clinical caseload
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrate alignment with the Trust values and beliefs
- • Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- • Demonstrate an understanding of health inequalities
- • Team working
- • Punctual and flexible across hours of work as required
- • Clear vision for safe, effective, well led services that are responsive to the local needs of Children & Young People across Birmingham
- • Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- • Experience of digital support offers
- • Experience of virtual meeting platforms including Microsoft Teams & Zoom
- • Experience of digital patient communication platforms including Accurx
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rosa Tarry
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 300 0099
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