About this role
Job summary
Why Join Us? o Be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to improving mental health outcomes. o Work in a supportive team with opportunities for supervision, training, and career development. o Contribute to innovative service models and strategic partnerships across Greater Manchester. o Access to NHS benefits including pension scheme, annual leave, and wellbeing support. Are you a qualified mental health professional with a drive to lead and develop services for children and young people? Do you excel in multidisciplinary teams and want to shape the future of mental health support in schools/education settings and communities? Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic MHST Team Manager (Band 7) to lead our Mental Health Support Teams. This senior role offers the chance to manage, supervise, and inspire a skilled team making a real impact on young lives. As Team Manager, you'll oversee high-quality, evidence-based care, support staff development, and drive service improvement. You'll collaborate with education providers, local authorities, and partners to ensure integrated, effective support for children, young people, and their families.
Main duties of the job
As MHST Team Manager, you'll lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, evidence-based mental health support to children and young people. You'll oversee clinical assessments, risk management, and care planning, ensuring robust record-keeping and data quality. You'll manage caseloads, coordinate referrals, and facilitate regular team meetings. Through clinical and line management supervision, you'll drive staff development, recruitment, and performance. Working in partnership with schools, local authorities, and community stakeholders, you'll contribute to service improvement, audits, and outcome monitoring. You'll also support national and local priorities aligned with Trust objectives, champion safeguarding and equality, and promote continuous professional development, helping shape the future of MHST services.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer. If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including: o Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff. o Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance o Access to Continued Professional Development o Involvement in improvement and research activities o Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service o Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Job description Job responsibilities
We are looking for someone who: Holds a recognised professional registration (e.g. nursing, social work, HCPC) or is a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner, with current registration. Has substantial post-qualification experience in child and adolescent mental health services, MHST, or adult mental health settings. Demonstrates strong leadership in managing and supervising multidisciplinary teams, including overseeing clinical assessments, risk management, and care planning. Is confident in providing both clinical and line management supervision, supporting staff development, recruitment, and performance. Has highly developed knowledge of mental health issues affecting children and young people, and is skilled in implementing evidence-based interventions and service improvement. Is committed to partnership working with schools, local authorities, and community stakeholders, and to promoting safeguarding, equality, and continuous professional development. For full details, please refer to the job description and person specification. The role is predominantly based in education settings, with the office base located at Heathfield House, Stockport, SK2 6RA. For further details contact: Name Faye Kirk Job title Bury & Stockport MHST Operational Manager Email address [email protected]
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications Essential
Professionally registered qualification with current registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC OR Children and young person wellbeing practitioner- must be registered with the BABCP/BPS OR Educational mental health practitioner- must be registered with the BABCP/BPS
Desirable
Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher / Fieldwork Educator qualification. Management or leadership qualification, or training for supervision and staff development.
Experience Essential
Substantial post qualification experience of working within a health delivered child and adolescent mental health service or Mental health support teams or adult mental health services Experience in the provision of clinical and line management supervision and annual appraisal
Knowledge Essential
Highly developed knowledge of mental health issues in children and young people Knowledge of relevant legislation and National Policies in relation to children and young people. Highly developed knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group Working knowledge of NICE guidance in the treatment of mental health problems for children and young people Knowledge of risk management issues
Desirable
Knowledge and experience of working with young people with learning disability Evidence of Post qualifying training courses/ certificates
Skills and Abilities Essential
Evidence of the ability to lead, motivate and manage a group Ability to manage own emotions and deal with others in highly charged situations Experience of governance processes, including responding to complaints and completing investigations following incidents. Ability to manage the performance of staff in a consistent and sensitive manner. Ability to produce written reports that are clear, unambiguous and produced with agreed timescales. Ability to perform complex assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions Ability to develop packages of care based on assessed needs. Ability to develop a range of therapeutic activities across a range of settings. Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs. Ability to provide and receive complex sensitive or contentious information often within a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere. Ability to act in consultation/ Supervision/ training capacity with professionals. Ability to develop liaison/links and familiarity with other professional networks. Ability to prioritise key tasks, and targets for intervention. Ability to evaluate service initiatives for effectiveness/ outcome. Ability to work as a member of a team within and beyond organisational boundaries. Ability to keep accurate activity data for audit/evaluation. Ability to develop and audit the effectiveness of protocols. Ability to manage other staff to meet targets and objectives of the service Ability to implement HR procedures as appropriate Ability to use systems approach Ability to provide leadership for the service Ability to manage and to work autonomously with case load. Ability to work flexibly and innovatively. Good communication skills. Ability to operate with an unpredictable work pattern. Ability to work in situations that are often highly emotionally charged and were individuals may be antagonistic/ aggressive.
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 Pennine Care NHS FT
Address Various
Stockport
SK2 6RA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)