Senior Mental Health Advisor

Overview

As a Senior Mental Health Advisor, you will lead a team of Mental Health Advisors within the Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) and Tailored Wellbeing pathway, ensuring high-quality, person-centred support. You will also manage a small caseload, delivering holistic, time-limited interventions to adults with mental health needs and coordinating with Oxleas clinical teams for joined-up care. The role includes service development, quality monitoring and representing the team in key meetings. You will contribute to recovery-oriented practice and promote access to local wellbeing opportunities. This role sits at the heart of transforming local mental health services and requires strong people

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support a team of Mental Health Advisors
• Ensure high-quality case management, safeguarding practice and accurate record-keeping
• Deliver holistic assessments and brief, person-centred interventions to a small caseload
• Coordinate referrals and work collaboratively with Oxleas and community partners
• Monitor outcomes, contribute to service development and represent the team in key meetings
• Promote recovery, independence and access to local wellbeing opportunities

Key requirements

• Experience working within mental health services
• Strong line management or supervisory experience
• Confidence in completing holistic assessments and managing a diverse caseload
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting
• A proactive, reflective and person-centred approach

• proactive
• reflective
• person-centred
• collaborative
• independent
• strong organisational skills

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