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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to bring your professional registration, experience, and leadership skills to a service that makes a real difference. We are looking for a motivated and compassionate leader with strong communication, organisational abilities, and a commitment to supporting and developing staff.
As a key member of the CPFT YOUnited partnership, you will lead and supervise CAMHS clinical staff, champion high standards of care, and contribute to ongoing service development. Our service continues to evolve, and we are dedicated to ensuring that Children, Young People and their Families remain at the centre of everything we do.
The YOUnited Hub processes non-crisis referrals of children and young people referred. Triaging each referral for risk and making decisions about whether referral meets the threshold for specialist CAMHS pathways, a trusted assessment within the "getting more help" CAMHS interventions pathways, or a "getting help" partners intervention pathway, or signposting the referral to the appropriate service or offer suitable advice working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Referral Hub's policies and procedures.
If you are passionate about high-quality care and eager to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines.
Work in partnership with the YOUnited Partner Team Managers, Clinical Leads and the Service Manager and other senior staff in CAMHS to establish effective multi-disciplinary working within the YOUnited Referral Hub and the wider CAMH Service and system partners.
Liaise with partner agencies and stakeholders, including commissioners, to support the access of children and young people to appropriate emotional health, welling being and mental health services.
Lead on the recruitment and supervision of staff, operating within the available resources to achieve the required targets.
Lead on the establishment, implementation and monitoring of policies and procedures.
To provide advice and consultation on children and young people's mental health care to colleagues and partner agencies and to other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly underrepresented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Details
Date posted
10 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
310-MCYPF-7741804-A
Job locations
Kingfisher House
Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park
Huntingdon
PE29 6FH
United Kingdom
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