Team Leader

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Ware; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in Ware is seeking a Team Leader for its Adult Community Mental Health Service. This role demands a dedicated individual to support a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality care. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years experience in mental health and a passion for improving service quality. The position offers competitive salary and numerous benefits, as well as opportunities for professional development and leadership within a supportive environment.

Benefits

5% high cost allowance supplement

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

NHS pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post qualifying experience with mental health problems.
• Evidence of current professional registration.
• Experience providing clinical and management supervision.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Community Mental Health Services Manager.
• Deliver highest standards of practice and service.
• Manage and lead a multi-disciplinary mental health team.

Skills

Leadership

Assessment and risk management

Communication

Understanding of mental health needs

Teamwork

Education

Current registration with NMC, GSCC or HPC

Certificate or Diploma in management

Job description

Team Leader

The closing date is 29 January 2026.

Are you an experienced mental health clinician (Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist)?

Do you enjoy working in a fast pace, supportive team environment where no two days are ever the same?

Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?

We are seeking to recruit a Team Leader to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS) in Ware, South East Hertfordshire.

We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applicants from people of all ages and backgrounds, such as those with lived experience of mental health difficulties.

Our team is based in Ware.

You must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• work in collaboration with the Community Mental Health Services Manager and a multidisciplinary leadership team
• ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery
• deliver the services required under the National Service Framework for Mental Health
• be an experienced mental health clinician
• have excellent assessment and risk management skills
• embrace and drive change and innovation
• be skilled and intuitive communicator with experience of providing leadership

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to move into their first management role or for an experienced manager who wishes to take a change in direction and who can take the service forward with enthusiasm and a passion for continuous quality improvement.

In return, we can offer you:

• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
• Employee Assistance Programme

Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Job responsibilities

Job Summary: To work in collaboration with the Community Mental Health Services Manager, to ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery.

To work as part of the Mental Health Directorate to deliver the services required under the National Service Framework for Mental Health

To provide day to day management, leadership and supervision to a multi- disciplinary community mental health service team.

The Team Leader will manage nurses, social workers, occupational therapists and other staff, ensuring that the needs of service users are met through the effective deployment of these staff. S/he will also maintain a clinical role and/ or a caseload dependant on sector need.

The Team Leader will contribute at a local level to the development and implementation of policies and procedures.

The Team Leader may on occasion deputise for the Community Mental Health Services Manager in his or her absence, as agreed with the Service Line Lead.

The Team Leader will ensure, in collaboration with other professional colleagues that professional practice meets standards as set by HPFT and/or professional statutes and bodies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of current registration with NMC, GSCC or HPC
• Cert or Dip. in management

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities

• Clear understanding of the needs of people with mental health difficulties
• Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, theory and policies relating to mental health; such as Community Care Legislation, Mental Health Act, the Personalisation agenda, Social Inclusion etc
• The ability to lead a multi-professional team and provide ongoing operational, clinical and professional supervision
• The ability to assess complex needs and work effectively with service users, their carers and social networks
• Able to establish and maintain effective links with statutory and non-statutory partners
• The ability to prioritise work and deliver to agreed time scales and standards
• Excellent team working skills, with the ability to negotiate compromise and resolve conflict
• Able to write structured, detailed and clear reports and record client information in accordance with statutory requirements and trust's guidelines
• Have a clear understanding of the key strategic issues for mental health services
• Commitment to working within equal opportunities and anti discriminatory practice

Experience

• A minimum of 5 years post qualifying experience of working with people with mental health problems in the community
• Experience of providing clinical and management supervision
• Experience of work as Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor
• Experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment
• Involvement in the development of a new service or of change management

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.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cygnet House, 1 Old College Court, Priory Street, Ware, SG12 0DE

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata inclusive of 5% HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-ACMS-9902-A

Job locations

Cygnet House, 1 Old College Court, Priory Street, Ware, SG12 0DE