Clinical Team Leader (Social Work/AHP/Nursing)
The closing date is 17 July 2026

Job summary
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust delivers Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, providing early intervention and preventative mental health support in education settings.

We are seeking an experienced Clinical Team Leader (Band 7) to provide operational and clinical leadership across MHSTs in Melton & Rutland, Hinckley and Loughborough. This senior role sits within a growing, nationally recognised early intervention programme. You will lead large, skill-mixed teams delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs, while shaping service delivery across education and community systems.

This role suits a confident, resilient leader experienced in managing complex multi-disciplinary teams, delivering clinical supervision, meeting KPIs, using data to drive improvement, managing stakeholder relationships and embedding change. If you are passionate about early intervention, thrive in fast-paced environments and want to improve outcomes for children and young people, we welcome your application.

A full UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours is essential.

Main duties of the job
As Clinical Team Leader, you will provide operational and clinical leadership, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of MHST interventions.

You will lead skill-mixed teams, oversee performance against KPIs and quality standards, use service data to drive improvement, and provide workforce planning, caseload oversight and risk management. You will also support service development and continuous improvement.

The role includes providing clinical supervision and professional leadership, maintaining high standards of governance and safeguarding, supporting staff development, and holding a reduced but complex clinical caseload.

You will build strong relationships with schools and system partners, support delivery of the Whole School Approach, contribute to pathway development, and promote participation and co-production with children, young people and families.

Working closely with Service Managers, Clinical Leads and senior colleagues, you will help ensure delivery of a high-quality early intervention service.

We are seeking a leader with experience of mental health or CYP services, team management, clinical supervision, performance management, service improvement, data analysis and change implementation. Experience of report writing, stakeholder engagement and developing high-performing teams is essential.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape early intervention services and improve outcomes for children and young people.

Contact: danica.izycki@nhs.net.

About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Details
Date posted: 02 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 006733
Job locations: County Hall, Penn Lloyd Building, Glenfield, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 8TB, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications
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Experience
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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.

Employer details
Employer name: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address: County Hall, Penn Lloyd Building, Glenfield, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 8TB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Hiring Manager
Dancia Izycki
danica.izycki@nhs.net