Band 7 Team Manager - North Somerset CAMHS

Weston-Super-Mare and Clevedon are thriving seaside towns within easy a commuting distance to Bristol and Taunton. The M5 motorway within easy access. Weston-Super-Mare is a growing multi-cultural area with numerous amenities and has access to the beautiful coastline and also the Mendip Hills. There are a number of outstanding Ofsted rated schools within the area.

North Somerset Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) currently offers a range of innovative and informed approaches, supports personal development and growth and a range of CPD opportunities with a comprehensive in-house training programme.

We offer flexible working patterns and have the benefit of working across 2 sites in Weston-Super-Mare and Clevedon. The team also provides Eating Disorder and Learning Disability Services and so have the potential to offer development opportunities.

The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary service,working alongside the clinical service lead, as part of the leadership team. This post is substantive but a secondment would be considered.

This post will also enable the post holder to use, and develop their clinical skills, as a proportion of time is allocated for direct clinical work.

We welcome calls/visits from prospective candidate to discuss this opportunity, and what the team can offer, in more detail., Working in partnership with the locality Clinical service lead, the post holder will ensure excellent clinical standards are maintained within the team, and ensure the best use of available resources to deliver positive outcomes for individual young people and their families.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.