Job summary
We are looking for an ambitious, compassionate and dynamic leader to join our South Kirklees Early Intervention and Prevention Service. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a skilled multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to people experiencing a first episode of psychosis and those identified as being at increased risk of developing psychosis.

As Team Manager, you will play a key role in shaping and developing services that improve outcomes for service users, carers and communities. Working within the wider Community Mental Health Transformation and Prevention agenda, you will provide operational leadership to ensure safe, effective and recovery-focused care, enabling people to access support close to home and remain connected to their local communities.

The role requires a strong commitment to partnership working, reducing health inequalities, promoting population health approaches and supporting continuous service improvement. You will also support service development and transformation, ensuring that pathways remain responsive to the needs of local communities and aligned with national policy and best practice. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced leader who is passionate about early intervention, prevention and delivering outstanding mental health care.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

Main duties of the job
Lead and manage a multidisciplinary Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and recovery-focused services for individuals experiencing First Episode Psychosis or At - Risk Mental State. Provide clinical and operational leadership, driving performance against national standards, overseeing quality, governance and risk management, and supporting continuous service improvement. Promote a culture of compassionate, trauma-informed care, empowering staff through supervision, professional development and effective team leadership. Work collaboratively with service users, carers, partner agencies and wider mental health services to ensure timely access, positive outcomes and high-quality care. Support innovation, service transformation and the delivery of evidence-based interventions across the service.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Details
Date posted: 02 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9378-CK2581
Job locations: Folly Hall Mills, St Thomas Road, Huddersfield, HD1 3LT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Job summary
The Post holder will be responsible for the effective day to day delivery of integrated community mental health services within the designated team area.

The post holder will be responsible for the day to day management of resources and staff employed by both SWYPFT and integrated partners with agreed permissions framework to act in conjunction with service managers for both health and social services.

The post holder will be expected to have strong clinical and leadership skills and be responsible for ensuring the delivery of quality community mental health services.

Key result areas
Management and Resources
The Team Leader will manage allocated resources on behalf of the trust and local authority to ensure that fundamentals of care are delivered.
Competencies

• Provide day to day management of all staff within the community team including sickness and absence monitoring, conduct and performance etc.
• Ensure that team resources are deployed appropriately to meet the day to day demands on the service.
• Ensure service provision meets the individual needs of service users and their carers within the personalisation, prevention and recovery agenda.
• Ensure that the service observes the legal and philosophical requirements of national legislative frameworks.
• Monitor the quality and appropriateness of service provision.
• Monitor team budgets and take measures to ensure that they remain within agreed establishments, alerting the budget holder of current or expected budget pressures.
• In conjunction with the local funding agreements, authorise appropriate use of community care budgets to purchase community care packages which have been developed through quality assessment and care planning process.
• Ensure the provision of supervision and caseload management for team members in line with appropriate line management structure.
• Ensure staff management and appraisal systems are implemented and monitored as required by the trust and local authority.
• Ensure that team members meet professional and statutory obligations and comply with trust and local authority policies and procedures.
• Ensure that trust and local authority performance requirements are met and necessary data is collected, using electronic information as required.
• Ensure appropriate trust and local authority procedures are carried out under the agreed multi agency safeguarding procedures.
• Ensure service user and carer influence and involvement in planning and evaluating interventions and services.
• Participate in local service planning and development.
• Lead in the recruitment and retention of staff within the team.
• Undertake HR and system investigations and write reports that will evidence the investigation and support higher level decision making.

Leadership
The Team Leader will use a range of positive behaviours and leadership styles to influence others in the provision of high quality community mental health service, working collaboratively to achieve trust, local authority and service objectives.
Competencies

• Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence to which staff, service users, carers and advocates can turn to for assistance, advice and support.
• Use problem solving skills and empowerment to resolve issues.
• Support staff in the development of their new ideas, strategies and quality initiatives.
• Make recommendations for change in clinical practice and lead implementation of changes in conjunction with team and the general manager.
• Take an active role in leading the development of integrated community teams.

For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
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Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Proven ability of post-basic clinical practice.
• Demonstrable leadership experience.
• Highly skilled at assessing and managing people with mental health needs.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in supporting/mentoring/supervising staff and students/trainees.
• Knowledge and evidence of using IT systems.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in assessing and managing risk in a variety of settings.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in assessing the needs and strengths of people and their carers.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in delivering a range of therapeutic techniques.
• Proven ability to support team members with day-to-day caseload management including prioritisation of responsibilities in times of high clinical demand.
• Proven ability to promote and develop links with other professionals e.g. practitioners within long term conditions, primary care.
• Evidence of knowledge and application in practice of national guidance and standards e.g. NICE, CQC, CQUINS.
• Using and implementing clinical governance systems.
• Experience of chairing meetings.
• Experience of providing and receiving supervision and appraisal.

Desirable

• Effective budget management.
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Has undertaken a clinical audit/research project.

Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Able to undertake and meet the key results areas for the post.
• Has advanced knowledge and proven ability in current mental health practice and national policy and guidance.
• Able to exercise leadership by personal example, demonstrating respect, openness and reliability, and able to foster these characteristics within the team.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills that foster good working relationships and understanding in others.
• Able to implement and manage changes to internal systems to a reasonable conclusion.
• Able to analyse problems and identify and implement strategies that will resolve them.
• Able to write evidence based reports that support higher level decision making.

Desirable

• Knowledge and skills in specialist areas such as dual diagnosis, peri-natal mental health, working with people experiencing psychosis, working with people with a diagnosis or personality disorder, working with people with co-existing mental and physical health needs that impacts on well-being.

Personal Attributes
Essential

• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• Able to work flexibly to manage a range of differing and sometimes conflicting demands with a willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of service users and the team including extended hours.
• Self motivated, and able to set own priorities and meet deadlines.
• Works actively as part of own team and the wider health and social care management team.
• Analytical.
• Reliability, enthusiasm, motivation, resourcefulness, resilience.

Qualifications
Essential

• RMN / RN Mental Health, or DipSW / CQSW / CSS or OT.
• Relevant graduate qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of mentoring/supporting learners or ability to demonstrate the skills required for effective mentoring.
• Practice Education/Practice Assessor Preparation Certificate.

Desirable

• Management Qualification related to health and social care.
• Relevant post-graduate qualification.

Physical Attributes
Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Training
Essential

• Relevant post qualification training / learning in professional field.
• Willingness to maintain mandatory training requirements.

Desirable

• Safeguarding manager and/or investigators training.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer's website: https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Nicola Paxman, Nicola.Paxman@swyt.nhs.uk, 0734005047

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