Community CAMHS Team Lead

Community CAMHS Team Lead

The closing date is 25 January 2026

We are recruiting for a Community CAMHS Team Lead to join our multidisciplinary Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CCAMHS) on the Isle of Wight.

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate individual to join our CAMHS Team. You will be joining a strong and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, inspiring colleagues. You will play a crucial role in providing and being responsible for ensuring the provision of safe services for all people using the Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

The post holder will support the Children and Young People Services Cluster and Clinical Lead to ensure the delivery of a pathway for people using services that meet all quality, financial and operational performance targets and ensure that these are monitored and tracked effectively.

The post holder will be expected to work in line with the Trust values and behave in a manner that facilitates the development of autonomous teams and individuals that are empowered, engaged and committed to continually delivering excellent care with compassion.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be working alongside young people and their families to deliver outstanding care and help promote independence and dignity, positively enhancing the lives of individuals in our care. You will be expected to work flexibly within the Child and Adolescent pathway to ensure the safe delivery of services and ensure the service complies with both local and national best practice and guidelines, including but not limited to NICE. The Team Lead will be responsible for recruitment and retention of personnel within the team and for developing, coordinating, and implementing processes for managerial supervision, clinical supervision, case load management and staff annual appraisals as appropriate.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. We ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if a potential candidate is concerned that a person specification may prevent or restrict their application for employment due to unintentional barriers on the basis of sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability, please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team (details in the advert). The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications

• Professional health or social care qualification at degree level or equivalent (e.g. Nursing, OT, Social Work) and current registration with the relevant professional body.
• Qualification appropriate to the delivery of the Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service or extensive experience in Mental Health /Childrens Services.
• Awareness and working knowledge of policy developments within mental health & children's services.
• Knowledge of the Children Act and appropriate National Service Frameworks.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust