Team Manager (Single Point of Access)

Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a CAMHS Single Point of Access Team Manager to work within a friendly and forward thinking CAMHS Team. The post holder is responsible for the professional and managerial leadership of the CAMHS SPA & Wellbeing Hub in Portsmouth and Southampton. The post holder will work with clinical leads to develop and maintain relationships with third sector partners, schools and Children's services in the delivery of high-quality triage, assessment and work as a collaborative partner to ensure children and young people are receiving the right level of intervention at the right time.

We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing leadership, service development, delivering good quality evidence-based interventions, and offer supervision. This position calls for a professional with significant experience of working with children, young people and their families.

Main duties of the jobKey areas of delivery are as follows:*To work effectively within a multidisciplinary setting, holding self and colleagues to account appropriately and demonstrating personal commitment to integrated (managerial/professional) leadership.*Achieve an agreed set of performance targets.*To contribute to the planning and delivery of the CAMH Service, managing change, ensuring child centred practice, consistency, quality, and cost effectiveness.*Identify risk, and in partnership with the Team manager and Clinical Leads, take corrective action.*Take part in the on-call rota*Lead and participate in the review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the service and support and implement changes to practiceAbout usHampshire 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 excellenceDetailsDate posted02 November 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8aSalary

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57,528 to 64,750 a year

Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata

ContractPermanentWorking pattern

Full-time

Reference number348-CFS-13011Job locationsAdelaide Health Centre, Western Community CentreWilliam Macleod WaySouthamptonHampshireSO16 4XEUnited KingdomFalcon HouseSt James' Hospital, 22 Edenbridge RdPortsmouthHampshirePO4 8PFUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesFurther information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed 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.
Job description
Job responsibilitiesFurther information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

EssentialNursing, Social Work or Allied HealthProfessional qualification and current up to date registration with the relevant professional body. Formal or informal Leadership and Management training

Experience

EssentialProven experience of working at a senior levelProven experience of working in a CAMHS environmentExperience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of servicesEvidence of advanced clinical skillsExperience of modernising services without additional resourcesExperience of team leadershipExperience of dynamic risk assessment across all Children's ServicesEvidence of research/audit projectsExperience of managing resources e.g., budgets, staff, trainingPerformance managementUse of evidence-based knowledge to influence service delivery
Person Specification

Qualifications

EssentialNursing, Social Work or Allied HealthProfessional qualification and current up to date registration with the relevant professional body. xgikmsk Formal or informal Leadership and Management training

Experience

EssentialProven experience of working at a senior levelProven experience of working in a CAMHS environmentExperience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of servicesEvidence of advanced clinical skillsExperience of modernising services without additional resourcesExperience of team leadershipExperience of dynamic risk assessment across all Children's ServicesEvidence of research/audit projectsExperience of managing resources e.g., budgets, staff, trainingPerformance managementUse of evidence-based knowledge to influence service deliveryDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.

Employer detailsEmployer nameHampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustAddressAdelaide Health Centre, Western Community CentreWilliam Macleod WaySouthamptonHampshireSO16 4XEUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameHampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustAddressAdelaide Health Centre, Western Community CentreWilliam Macleod WaySouthamptonHampshireSO16 4XEUnited KingdomEmployer's website