Discharge Team Lead – Mental Health

Liverpool European Partnership; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

31 days holiday

Flexible working

LG Pension Scheme

Learning & development

Health & wellbeing

Cycle to work

Travel pass

Car salary sacrifice

Family leave

Gym memberships

Employee volunteering

Medicash

Job summary

Liverpool City Council is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Mental Health Hospital Discharge Team and oversee discharge planning for individuals leaving acute and specialist mental health settings.

You will work with health partners to remove barriers, ensure timely, safe and legally compliant discharges, and support staff in high‑pressure environments while promoting a strengths‑based approach to care.

Qualifications

• Has significant experience in adult social care, ideally within mental health and/or hospital discharge settings
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of statutory frameworks and legal literacy
• Has experience of managing complex risk, capacity, and safeguarding issues
• Can lead and support staff to make defensible, person‑centred decisions in challenging situations
• Is confident working across systems and building effective partnerships with health and other agencies
• Can manage performance, demand, and competing pressures while maintaining quality
• Is committed to strengths‑based, trauma‑informed practice

Responsibilities

• Provide day‑to‑day leadership and management of the Hospital Discharge Team
• Oversee and quality assure complex discharge planning, ensuring timely progression and reducing delays
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including the Care Act, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act
• Maintain oversight of risk management, legal frameworks, and decision‑making in complex cases
• Work closely with health partners to support effective and coordinated discharge pathways
• Monitor delayed discharges, escalations, and system pressures, taking proactive action where required
• Provide supervision, reflective practice, and performance management to staff
• Support staff to work confidently within high‑pressure, complex environments
• Lead on service performance, data oversight, and improvement planning
• Contribute to service development, including improving discharge pathways and partnership working
• Promote and support staff wellbeing, resilience, and professional development

Job description

Liverpool City Council is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Mental Health Hospital Discharge Team and oversee discharge planning for individuals leaving acute and specialist mental health settings.

You will work with health partners to remove barriers, ensure timely, safe and legally compliant discharges, and support staff in high‑pressure environments while promoting a strengths‑based approach to care.