Community Team Manager - Adult Mental Health Ty Illtyd
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
The Team Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Community Mental Health Team, working in partnership with clinical and admin leads and the Service Manager. This role involves staff supervision, appraisal, recruitment, and ensuring timely access to services and treatment in line with pathways. The post holder will promote person-centred care with a recovery focus and be part of the PTHB Mental Health Manager's On-Call Rota. This is an opportunity to manage an enthusiastic, evidence-based team striving for excellence in promoting positive mental health within the community.
Key responsibilities
- Ensure comprehensive provision of a cost-effective, accessible, appropriate, and responsive Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) service to service users with complex mental health needs.
- Support the Adult Services Manager and Health Board/Local Authority personnel with the implementation of the Powys Dementia Plan Mental Health National Service Frameworks.
- Maintain continuing responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care needs and quality assurance.
- Develop and coordinate a multi-professional approach providing evidence-based mental health care to all service users.
- Be responsible for the continued development of the CMHT and ensure service delivery is of a high professional standard.
Essential criteria
- Qualified Health or Social Care Professional (RMN, Dip SW etc)
- Evidence of personal and clinical development
- Management experience / Understanding of management challenges
- Extensive knowledge of a wide range of mental health issues
- Knowledge of research and evidence-based interventions both new/historic. Able to underpin these with practice related experience
- Knowledge of current legislation
- Understanding of the Health & Social Care agenda
- Use of Carer involvement
- Knowledge of person-centred care
- Significant supervisory experience
- Providing supervision in group and individually
- Manage many pressing priorities with professionalism and confidence
- Leading by thoughtful reflection and evidence
- Excellent communication including I.T. skills
- Lead a team confidently, professionally and sensitively
- Good care planning and problem-solving skills
- Excellent risk assessment skills
- Clinical and management leadership skills
- Work to tight deadlines
- Balance conflicting issues with sensitivity, thought and understanding
- Collaborative relationship building skills
- Understand how one's experiences influence their development
- ManManage professional and personal stress and has strategies in place to manage these
- Positive attitude towards those with severe and enduring mental health issues
- Act on own initiative, but able to balance the need to ask for advice
- Reflective practitioner
- Enthusiastic & self-motivated
- Ability to make own transport arrangements for home visits/to travel between sites
Desirable criteria
- Experience of specialist research in mental health AMHP training/Nurse prescribing
- Management qualification educational experience
- Teaching qualification
- In-depth medication management skills, and ability to demonstrate how these are used
- Ability to provide presentations of a significant depth to large audiences, with confidence
- Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £50,129 – £57,365 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Powys Teaching Health Board
Community Team Manager - [contact details removed] Ty Illtyd
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
The Team Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the team, in partnership with clinical and admin leads and the Service Manager. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering excellent mental health services and can support team members to achieve their potential. Key responsibilities will include staff supervision, appraisal, recruitment and day to day management. Also ensuring that people have timely access to our services and receive treatment in line with our pathways. You will promote person - centred care with a recovery focus, wherever possible.
The post holder will be part of the PTHB Mental Health Manager's On-Call Rota, which is a 12-hour on-call period approximately 15 times a year
This will be an opportunity to manage an enthusiastic, evidence-based team striving for excellence in working with colleagues who are passionate about promoting positive mental health within the community.
The working hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, though this may change depending on the needs of the service.
For further details / informal visits contact:
[contact details removed]
[email removed]
Main duties of the job
Ensure the comprehensive provision of a cost effective, accessible,
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