Mental Health Wellbeing Team Manager | Permanent, Full Time | Mental Health and Wellbeing Team

Overview

As Team Manager, you will lead the Adult Social Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Team to deliver high-quality, strengths-based and recovery-focused support for adults in Lancashire. You will steer performance, staff development and professional practice, while working with health, social care and third-sector partners to shape service delivery. Your role drives continuous improvement and outcomes-focused care, fostering an engaged, well-supported workforce. This is an opportunity to influence local services amid an ongoing reorganisation and to help build a strong, future-focused organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a multidisciplinary team
• Provide management oversight, professional guidance and informed decision-making
• Drive operational performance and ensure high standards of practice
• Support service improvement and workforce development initiatives
• Work closely with health, social care and voluntary sector partners
• Promote strengths-based, independence and recovery-focused support
• Coach, mentor and develop staff to reach their potential
• Ensure services are responsive, effective and focused on outcomes for adults

Key requirements

• Strong Adult Social Care values and professional practice knowledge
• Experience of leading, supervising or developing others
• Commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred services
• Excellent communication, partnership working and relationship-building skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and operational pressures effectively
• Proactive approach to service improvement and innovation
• Passion for supporting staff wellbeing, development and performance
• SWE registration to practice as a Social Worker or active application (if applicable)

• communication
• partnership working
• relationship-building
• leadership and people management
• change management
• service improvement

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