Mental Health Team Manager

Overview

As Team Manager, you will lead the Adult Mental Health Social Work Service in Wiltshire, guiding a team of social workers and practitioners. You’ll provide supervision, operational leadership, and oversight of practice, ensuring safeguarding, risk management, and timely responses to crises. You will manage resources and budgets while driving continuous improvement and embedding strengths-based, evidence-informed approaches. This is a mission-driven role in a collaborative council that aims to promote recovery, wellbeing and positive outcomes for adults with complex mental health needs.

Pay / Benefits

• 7.5% market supplement
• hybrid working model
• One Council ethos
• inclusive workplace
• staff support and development
• public sector pension (implied)

Responsibilities

• Provide professional supervision and operational leadership to the team
• Oversee practice quality and safeguarding/risk management
• Ensure timely responses to safeguarding concerns and crisis situations
• Manage resource allocation and budget within the service
• Drive continuous service improvement and embed strengths-based approaches

Key requirements

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
• Significant experience in adult mental health services
• Strong understanding of Care Act, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act
• Proven leadership skills and ability to build cross-organisational partnerships

• leadership
• communication
• collaboration
• safeguarding
• risk management
• budget management

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