Job summary

An 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 job

Key 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 practice

Details

• Date posted: 02 November 2026
• Closing date: 15 November 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 348-CFS-13011
• Job locations: Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre, William Macleod Way, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4XE, United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further 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

Essential

• Nursing, Social Work or Allied Health
• Professional qualification and current up to date registration with the relevant professional body.
• Formal or informal Leadership and Management training

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of working at a senior level
• Proven experience of working in a CAMHS environment
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services
• Evidence of advanced clinical skills
• Experience of modernising services without additional resources
• Experience of team leadership
• Experience of dynamic risk assessment across all Children's Services
• Evidence of research/audit projects
• Experience of managing resources e.g., budgets, staff, training
• Performance management
• Use of evidence-based knowledge to influence service delivery

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.

About us

Hampshire 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 excellence

Employer details

• Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Address: Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre, William Macleod Way, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4XE, United Kingdom
• Employer's website: https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/