Mental Health Safety Planning Team Lead - 35 hours per week

Buckinghamshire Mind; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health charity based in the UK is seeking a Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead to oversee the delivery of a suicide prevention pilot service. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in mental health, strong leadership skills, and a compassionate approach. Responsibilities include managing a team, supporting service users with personalized safety plans, and ensuring high standards of service delivery. This role offers a hybrid work model and aims to make a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Inclusive employer

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health and suicide prevention.
• Ability to supervise and support Outreach Workers.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Safety Planning Outreach Service.
• Support service users in developing safety plans.
• Ensure quality and safety in service delivery.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Mental health experience

Empathy and compassion

Job description

Mental Health Safety Planning Team Lead - 35 hours per week Buckinghamshire Mind•Berkshire, GB

Description

🌟 Join Our Mission at Buckinghamshire Mind!

Buckinghamshire Mind is looking for a Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead to lead a small specialist team delivering a vital suicide prevention pilot service across East Berkshire.

The Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead is responsible for the effective day-to-day delivery of the Safety Planning Outreach Service, providing high‑quality line management, supervision and support one Outreach Worker while also holding a small caseload.

• Contract Type: Fixed‑term (1 year, with potential extension)
• Location: Hybrid working, with home‑based working and regular travel across East Berkshire
• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Salary: £29,500 FTE, pro rata £27,905.41 for 35 hours per week

About Us

Buckinghamshire Mind is an independent charity providing trusted mental health services to our communities. We are affiliated with national Mind and are part of a network of over 100 Local Minds. We promote well‑being and recovery; we prevent mental ill health; we offer talking therapies and we provide support in times of crisis.

Key Responsibilities

The Safety Planning Outreach Service is a short‑term, non‑crisis intervention supporting adults at risk of self‑harm or suicide. As Team Lead, you will:

• Lead and manage the service – providing line management, supervision, coaching and practice development to Outreach Workers while ensuring high‑quality, safe and effective service delivery.
• Support service users directly – carrying out assessments, developing personalised safety plans, offering emotional support and connecting individuals to community, voluntary and primary care resources.
• Ensure quality, safety and partnership working – overseeing risk management and safeguarding, monitoring outcomes and data, and working collaboratively with GPs, MHICS teams and wider community partners.
• Drive service improvement – using service user feedback, best practice and data to support continuous improvement of the service.

Ideal Candidate

• Experience in mental health and suicide prevention, including working with emotional distress, trauma, safety planning and high‑risk situations.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to supervise, support and develop staff working with vulnerable adults.
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills, including effective partnership working with external agencies and stakeholders.
• A recovery‑focused, compassionate approach, with the ability to motivate and empower individuals while maintaining professional boundaries.

Why Join Us?

• Inclusive Employer: We are an Equal Opportunities employer, welcoming applicants from all sections of the community, including those with lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Training and Development: We offer full training and development opportunities to help you grow in your role and further develop your skills.
• Supportive Environment: You’ll be part of a dedicated team, with the opportunity to make a tangible difference in your community.

If you are interested in the role please send your CV and complete the mandatory questionnaire in our application page.

If you need to apply in a different format or need assistance to apply, please contact us at [e-mail]

Closing date for applications – 22/01/26

Buckinghamshire Mind is an Equal Opportunities and inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including those with lived‑experience of poor mental health. If you meet all the essential criteria we welcome your application as training and development can be provided to give you further skills. Any offer made relating to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check depending on the role.

We do not provide VISA sponsorship and unfortunately we cannot employ you if you do not have the right to work in the UK.