Crisis Cafe Manager

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT; Manchester; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization is seeking a Team Manager for the Crisis Cafe in Manchester. The role involves managing a team of mental health professionals and requires leadership skills and direct experience with crisis services. The position offers competitive pay and benefits, including enhanced pay for nights and weekends, generous leave, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

30% additional pay for evenings and Saturdays

60% additional pay for Sundays and Bank holidays

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Commitment to promoting recovery.
• Direct experience of working within crisis services.
• Understanding of the legal frameworks in urgent response services.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and managerial supervision to the team.
• Oversee assessment, interventions, and safeguarding.
• Work with stakeholders to achieve service outcomes.

Skills

Leadership skills

Understanding of crisis services

Knowledge of therapeutic approaches

Education

Professionally qualified Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, or Psychologist

Job description

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen to be a Team Manager in the Crisis Cafe. This is an out of hours service, working at twilight hours and weekends.

The team is looking for a professionally qualified Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or suitably qualified Psychologist who is committed to promoting recovery.

You will be required to manage a team of professionally qualified Mental Health Practitioners as well as Support staff, to work therapeutically with a client group of people who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Working within a philosophy of recovery, to achieve potential and independence and maintain positive wellbeing in a short period of time.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve providing clinical and managerial supervision to the team to oversee assessment, interventions, triggering and supporting safeguarding, skills development and other psychosocial interventions, including carer support, family intervention and education.

You will be expected to demonstrate leadership skills to develop the service and work with all stakeholders to reach outcomes and strategic targets. On appointment, you will be a member of an integrated team and will receive professional, clinical supervision and have access to a range of training and development opportunities.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

• Pay Enhancements: 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Understanding of the role crisis services in community care
• Understanding of the legal frameworks in urgent response services
• Understanding of therapeutic approaches in managing crisis
• Knowledge of the theoretical approaches to crisis management

Experience

• Direct experience of working within crisis services
• direct experience of managing crisis services

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata