Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

General Manager CYPS CT Northeast Hampshire

The closing date is 10 February 2026

Job summary

This role provides day-to-day coordination and leadership of the CYPS Community Team (CCT) & Early Help Northeast Hampshire, working closely with fellow managers, clinical leads, and partners across the organisation to drive continuous service development. The post holder will ensure that all activity reflects the CYPS philosophy and aligns with current best-practice guidelines.

A key responsibility is to ensure the service operates safely, effectively, and efficiently within the wider emotional health and wellbeing system, following the principles of the iTHRIVE framework. The role also supports a culture where children, young people, and families are empowered to identify, plan, and meet their own needs.

Central to the role is maintaining a strong focus on the experience of children and young people, ensuring their voice informs all decision-making. The post holder will build positive, responsive relationships with colleagues across the Hampshire system, and will provide leadership on clinically complex and challenging cases where required.

Main duties of the job

Provide operational leadership and management for the team within the Getting Help and Getting more Help based groupings of the iTHRIVE framework.
As part of the CYPS Management Team, develop, review and maintain effective systems to ensure the service meets national, CQC, local and Trust standards, policies, guidelines and service plans in line with SABP's vision.
Contribute to strategic planning to support the development and sustainability of the team.
Support the transformation of the team and the wider iTHRIVE system, ensuring new contract requirements and additional funding are implemented effectively to deliver our SABP vision.
Ensure robust systems are in place for comprehensive assessment, formulation and treatment pathway planning.
Work across organisational boundaries to ensure children's emotional health and wellbeing in Northeast Hampshire is delivered through a coordinated, systemic, inter-agency approach.
Ensure inter-agency protocols operate effectively and align with agreed care pathways for children and young people accessing emotional health and wellbeing services.
Represent children and young people at multi-agency forums, steering groups and borough-wide working groups, ensuring their needs and experiences inform system-level decisions.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and Northeast Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey & Hampshire are beautiful counties lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

29 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,888 to £64,880 a year Incl. 5% High Cost Area Supplement Per Annum, Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7706365-CYPS

Job locations

Aldershot Centre for Health

Hospital Hill

Aldershot

GU11 1AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification at Diploma/Degree level i.e. RMN, or equivalent in social work, occupational therapy, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, or other such clinical professions and hold a professional membership (eg NMC, HCPC.)

Desirable

Leadership/Management qualification or relevant training

Experience

Essential

Experience of developing strategies that promotes an environment of user involvement and recovery and promote Health and Social Governance.
Have a minimum of 3 years relevant management/leadership experience in a children's and adolescent mental health service
Have a minimum of 5 years' experience working with children and adolescents with mental health needs

Desirable

Experience of transformation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification at Diploma/Degree level i.e. RMN, or equivalent in social work, occupational therapy, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, or other such clinical professions and hold a professional membership (eg NMC, HCPC.)

Desirable

Leadership/Management qualification or relevant training

Experience

Essential

Experience of developing strategies that promotes an environment of user involvement and recovery and promote Health and Social Governance.
Have a minimum of 3 years relevant management/leadership experience in a children's and adolescent mental health service
Have a minimum of 5 years' experience working with children and adolescents with mental health needs

Desirable

Experience of transformation

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.