The Core CAMHS team support young people who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health needs, including psychological and emotional distress. The team are multi-disciplinary, including mental health practitioner with a range of core professions, psychiatrists and psychologists as well as trainee ACP’s. The Core team works closely with colleagues across the CAMHS service.
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- 10th March 2025
Shortlisting- 11th March 2025
Interview- 27th March 2025
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 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.

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.
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.
Job Overview Continued-
Ensuring that the teams are working effectively to deliver the best possible mental health assessment and treatment for Children and Young people, the Team Manager will be the point of focus for all people-related management within the team and be confident and experienced at both managing people at a personal and organisational level.
A demonstratable proven track record of operational management and delivering strong results through a team in a leadership role is essential. You will also have the ability to challenge decisions and behaviours to ensure consistency in healthcare delivery to our service users

Please refer the Job description for details