Hybrid Team Manager – Integrated Community Mental Health

BCP Council; Stirling; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

BCP Council invites applications for a Team Manager to lead two Integrated Community Mental Health Teams in East Bournemouth and Christchurch/Southbourne. The role oversees social care practice, complex risk, and safeguarding within a committed leadership framework.

We seek an AMHP‑friendly professional with registration, substantial experience in mental health and care act compliance, and a track record of developing teams across locations. Hybrid, with real opportunities to impact outcomes.

Qualifications

• a recognised professional qualification and current registration relevant to the role
• significant experience of managing complex care, risk and statutory safeguarding for adults with severe and enduring mental illnesses
• the ability to provide clear professional leadership, make proportionate decisions and maintain accountability
• effective partnership working in an integrated multidisciplinary setting
• the ability to manage competing pressures across teams and locations while keeping people, quality and safety at the centre of our service

Responsibilities

• leading the safe allocation, prioritisation and oversight of statutory adult social care work
• providing high‑quality supervision and line management, including support to qualified social workers and Approved Mental Health Professionals
• overseeing complex practice, risk management, safeguarding enquiries and defensible decision‑making
• assuring practice under the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Human Rights Act 1998
• maintaining effective oversight of Section 117 aftercare, hospital discharge activity, care planning, reviews and commissioning decisions
• promoting consistent, strengths‑based and person‑centred practice
• monitoring performance, quality, demand and workforce wellbeing, escalating operational risks where required
• building effective relationships across BCP Council, Dorset HealthCare and the wider health and social care system, promoting collaboration and inclusion in decision making
• supporting service improvement, workforce development and the effective use of public resources
• continual financial oversight of commissioned packages of care, ensuring best value is achieved for public spend.

Job description

BCP Council invites applications for a Team Manager to lead two Integrated Community Mental Health Teams in East Bournemouth and Christchurch/Southbourne. The role oversees social care practice, complex risk, and safeguarding within a committed leadership framework.

We seek an AMHP‑friendly professional with registration, substantial experience in mental health and care act compliance, and a track record of developing teams across locations. Hybrid, with real opportunities to impact outcomes.