Team Manager - Integrated Community Mental Health Team

BCP Council; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

BCP Council in Bournemouth and surrounding areas is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead adult social care practice within integrated mental health teams. The role covers two locations with hybrid working, providing supervision and professional leadership to up to 10 colleagues.

We value AMHP status, strong leadership, and partnership working across health and social care to deliver safe, person-centred outcomes for adults with mental health needs.

Qualifications

• Recognised professional qualification and current registration relevant to the role.
• Experience managing complex care, risk and statutory safeguarding for adults.
• Strong knowledge of the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Human Rights Act.
• Experience supervising, supporting and developing practitioners.
• Ability to provide clear professional leadership, make proportionate decisions and maintain accountability.

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 AMHPs.
• 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 and care planning.
• Promoting consistent, strengths-based and person-centred practice.
• Monitoring performance, quality, demand and workforce wellbeing, escalating operational risks where required.
• Building effective relationships across councils/health partners and the wider system.
• Supporting service improvement and workforce development.
• Continual financial oversight of commissioned packages of care.

Skills

Leadership

Line management

Supervision

Strategic thinking

Partnership working

Education

Approved Mental Health Professional status

Job description

Office based at Kings Park Hospital, Bournemouth with some hybrid working. BCP Council is seeking an experienced, dedicated and compassionate Team Manager to lead the Council's adult social care practice within the East Integrated Community Mental Health Team and the Christchurch/Southbourne Integrated Community Mental Health Team. These multidisciplinary services support adults with severe and enduring mental illness across East Bournemouth, Christchurch and Southbourne. Working in partnership with Dorset HealthCare under established integrated arrangements, the teams deliver specialist social care functions and help people achieve safe, sustainable outcomes in the community.Teams within this service assess and meet eligible care and support needs, oversee complex risk and safeguarding work and contribute to timely, safe discharge from mental health inpatient services. They also coordinate statutory aftercare and work closely with health colleagues, providers, people who use services and carers. You will provide visible, supportive and accountable operational leadership across two locations. You will line manage and supervise up to 10 BCP Council colleagues, ensuring that they have timely access to professional advice, reflective supervision and clear decision-making support.

Your responsibilities will include:

• 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.

You will be a suitably qualified and registered professional with substantial experience of adult social care and complex community mental health practice. You will bring sound professional judgement, a strong understanding of statutory duties and the confidence to lead colleagues through demanding and sensitive work.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• 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
• strong working in depth knowledge of the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act and associated statutory guidance
• experience of supervising, supporting and developing practitioners
• 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

Approved Mental Health Professional status is highly desirable because the post includes supervision and professional support for AMHPs working within the service. This is an opportunity to shape specialist social care practice within an established integrated mental health service in the east of the locality. You will join a committed leadership network and work alongside experienced colleagues across adult social care and health. The role offers professional challenge, scope to influence service development and the opportunity to improve outcomes for adults with complex mental health and social care needs.

Starting salary for this role is £55,224 (pro rata for part-time colleagues) This role sits within a well defined pay band, offering clear progression as you grow your career at BCP. Without exception all new starters begin at the entry point of the band, ensuring fairness and consistency across the organisation. Be part of a forward thinking workplace where you're supported to grow and you can truly #BeTheDifference at BCP. Internal colleagues are also normally appointed at the bottom of the band, unless moving within the same profession and skill level, where the pay band is the same they can be appointed to the existing pay point. Learn more in our 'More than just a job' brochure on our careers site. ., Please note, this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and we can only consider applicants with existing right to work in the UK.

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