Team Lead (Carers), Fife and Perth & Kinross

Change Mental Health; Perth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

35-hour working week

Flexible and blended working

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Change Mental Health seeks a Part-time Team Lead (Carers) to supervise staff, oversee Carer Support services, and manage referrals across Fife and Perth & Kinross. The role blends day-to-day leadership with hands-on mental health practice and ongoing care planning.

You will maintain a small caseload, deliver 1:1 support and group activities, and work with partners to strengthen local referrals and demonstrate impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in community-based, recovery-focused or non-clinical mental health services.
• Experience supervising and providing guidance to staff.
• Experience delivering structured 1:1 support and outcome-focused planning.
• Experience facilitating groups, peer-support activities or community-based mental health sessions.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment and safe decision-making.
• Strong communication, organisation and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support staff across our services with operational responsibility for Carer Support.
• Manage staff, supervision, and work reviews; oversee referrals and caseload allocation.
• Maintain a small caseload and participate in 1:1 support, groups and community-based work.
• Collaborate with statutory and third-sector partners; strengthen referral pathways and use outcome data to demonstrate impact.

Skills

Staff supervision

Carer support

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Organisation

Education

SVQ Level 4 Social Services and Healthcare (Adults)

SSSC registration

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Team Lead (Carers), Fife and Perth & Kinross

Post: Team Lead
Location: Central, covering Fife and Perth & Kinross
Salary: £29,176.75 (pro-rata)
Hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 26th October 2026

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

If you consider yourself to have a disability, please complete the relevant section within the application pack to inform us of any arrangements that we may make to the interview process.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier or later than stated, so please don’t delay your application to avoid any disappointment.

About the role

Change Mental Health is looking for a Team Lead to support the delivery of our community mental health and Carer Support services across Fife and Perth & Kinross.

This is a hands‑on leadership role combining day‑to‑day team management with direct mental health practice. You’ll lead and support staff across our services, with particular operational responsibility for our Carer Support services, helping unpaid carers of people experiencing mental illness to maintain their own wellbeing and sustain their caring role.

You’ll manage staff and service delivery, provide regular supervision and work reviews, oversee referrals and caseload allocation, and help your team develop their practice.

Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you’ll maintain a small caseload where appropriate and remain involved in 1:1 support, group activities and community‑based mental health work. You’ll work closely with statutory and third‑sector partners, strengthen local referral pathways and use outcome information to help demonstrate impact and improve services.

Our Carer Support services provide early intervention, personalised support, peer connection, information and advice, and preventative support to unpaid carers across Fife and Perth & Kinross.

Criteria

• Experience working in community-based, recovery-focused or non-clinical mental health services.
• Experience supporting, supervising and providing guidance to staff.
• Experience delivering structured 1:1 support and outcome‑focused planning.
• Experience facilitating groups, peer‑support activities or community‑based mental health sessions.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment and safe decision‑making.
• Strong communication, organisation and relationship‑building skills.
• SVQ Level 4 Social Services and Healthcare (Adults) or equivalent, or willingness to work towards this if required.
• SSSC registration, or willingness to register if required.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car, with the ability to travel regularly across Fife and Perth & Kinross.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the charity and are a ‘Happy to Talk Flexible’ employer. The role is typically worked Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, within the contracted 28 hours, although some evening or weekend working may occasionally be required. The role may also participate in an on‑call rota.

If you are passionate about enabling Change Mental Health to deliver a valuable service to the Scottish community and feel your profile matches this role’s criteria, then we want to hear from you!

• Professional development including funded opportunities.
• A 35‑hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
• A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
• 24/7 access to an award‑winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements