About this role
Job summary
Nurse, OT, Social Worker, CWP or EMHP with extensive CAMHS experience?
Ready to take your next step into a team leadership role?
If yes, then this may be the right job for you and we are really keen to meet you.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST). We work across the city of Birmingham and Solihull to support young people and their families who may be facing mental and emotional health issues. Having gained further funding to expand the team, we are looking to recruit 1 Band 7 Clinical Team Manager to join the leadership team. Our new team is launching in October 2026.
The candidate will lead a group of trainee Band 4 EMHPs, Band 5 Qualified Clinical Practitioners and Band 6 Senior Clinical Practitioners, all working in schools to ensure mild to moderate mental health and emotion wellbeing support is provided. Our clinical teams are diverse and include staff from a wide range of mental health professions including nursing, occupational therapy, PWPs, CWPs, EMHPs and youth workers. Experience in leading clinically diverse teams would be a benefit.
You will be one of the most senior clinicians in the team. Along with undertaking clinical work, you will line manage junior clinical staff and help the Band 8a Lead Nurse in the management and oversight of service clinical governance.
You will need to ensure you are registered with the relevant professional body prior to applying.
Main duties of the job
The Mental Health Support Team is an early intervention service, working with children, young people, and their families with mild to moderate mental health needs within Birmingham and Solihull.
The team is comprised of a range of different clinicians, all working together to support young people as early as possible, to prevent their needs escalating and having a long term impact on their wellbeing.
We have 3 core functions:
To deliver evidence-based interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health issues.
Support the senior mental health lead in each school or college to introduce or develop whole school or college approach and,
Give timely advice to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist service to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.
A typical clinical day for your staff may involve delivering assemblies and workshops to a primary and secondary schools and further education settings. They may then travel to health centers, homes or education settings to deliver some one-to-one or a group session of low intensity CBT intervention. They may then facilitate supervision, plan/create resources and help lead team meetings. This role includes clinical practice and working with patients, including holding a caseload as required. Travel across the Birmingham and Solihull area is expected.
Your role is supported by other peer Band 7 Clinical Team Managers and also by the Band 8a Lead Nurse for MHST.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached jobdescription and person specification.
Travel across Birmingham will occur on a daily basis, but we will try and allocate staff to schools close to one another where we can to reduce your travel time.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications and experience Essential
Qualified Nurse, OT, EMHP, PWP or equivalent qualification and registration CAMHS experience Community experience NHS Management experience Therapy trained or experience working in services offering brief therapeutic interventions
Desirable
LIST trained
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address MHST at Touchbase Pears
Selly Oak, Birmingham
B29 6NA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)