Team Lead

The Team Leader for the Pan Dorset Intellectual Disabilities (ID) CAMHS Home Team, based at Seascape in Bournemouth, provides clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist mental health support to children and young people with intellectual disabilities. The role focuses on ensuring high-quality, person-centred care within community settings, enabling young people to remain safely at home and reducing the need for inpatient admissions.

The postholder is responsible for overseeing day-to-day service delivery, managing caseloads, and supporting staff through supervision, training, and professional development. Working closely with families, schools, social care, and other health professionals, the Team Leader ensures coordinated care planning and effective risk management tailored to complex needs.

A key aspect of the role includes driving service improvement, maintaining clinical standards, and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and safeguarding procedures. The Team Leader also contributes to strategic planning across Pan Dorset CAMHS services, promoting innovative approaches to care and early intervention.

Strong leadership, communication, and clinical decision-making skills are essential, alongside experience in CAMHS and intellectual disabilities. The role requires a compassionate, proactive approach to supporting both service users and staff within a dynamic community-based environment., Lead and coordinate the day-to-day operations of the Pan Dorset Intellectual Disabilities CAMHS Home Team, ensuring effective service delivery for children and young people with complex needs. Provide clinical leadership and supervision to a multidisciplinary team, supporting staff through regular supervision, appraisal, and ongoing professional development.

Manage and oversee caseload allocation, ensuring timely assessments, care planning, and interventions that are person-centred and evidence based. Support the team in delivering care within community settings, promoting least restrictive practice and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.

Work collaboratively with families, carers, schools, social care, and partner agencies to develop and implement coordinated care plans. Ensure robust risk assessment and management processes are in place, particularly for high-risk or crisis situations.

Maintain high standards of clinical governance, ensuring compliance with safeguarding policies, legal frameworks, and organisational procedures. Monitor team performance, contribute to audits, and support continuous service improvement initiatives.

Participate in strategic planning and service development across Pan Dorset CAMHS, contributing to innovation and pathway development. Act as a role model for professional practice, promoting a positive team culture and high-quality care delivery.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to create healthier lives, empowered citizens and thriving communities.