Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead - Bucks - 28 hours per week in High Wycombe

Join Our Mission at Buckinghamshire Mind! Are you an organised and compassionate leader with a passion for suicide prevention and community mental health? Buckinghamshire Mind is looking for a Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead to lead a small specialist team delivering a vital suicide prevention pilot service across Buckinghamshire.

The Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead is responsible for the effective day-to-day delivery of the Safety Planning Outreach Service, providing high-quality line management, supervision and support to two Outreach Workers while also holding a small caseload.

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid home-working model, with regular travel in Buckinghamshire – at least one day a week at Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Hours: 28 hours per week (Tuesday – Friday)

Salary: £29,795 FTE, pro rata £22,547.57 for 28 hours per week

About Us: Buckinghamshire Mind is an independent charity providing trusted mental health services to our communities. We are affiliated with national Mind and are part of a network of over 100 Local Minds. We promote wellbeing and recovery; we prevent mental ill health; we offer talking therapies and we provide support in times of crisis.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Safety Planning Outreach Service is a short-term, non-crisis intervention supporting adults at risk of self-harm or suicide. As Team Lead, you will:
• Lead and manage the service – providing line management, supervision, coaching and practice development to Outreach Workers while ensuring high-quality, safe and effective service delivery.
• Support service users directly – carrying out assessments, developing personalised safety plans, offering emotional support and connecting individuals to community, voluntary and primary care resources.
• Ensure quality, safety and partnership working – overseeing risk management and safeguarding, monitoring outcomes and data, and working collaboratively with GPs, MHICS teams and wider community partners.
• Drive service improvement – using service user feedback, best practice and data to support continuous improvement of the service.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in mental health and suicide prevention, including working with emotional distress, trauma, safety planning and high-risk situations.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to supervise, support and develop staff working with vulnerable adults.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, including effective partnership working with external agencies and stakeholders.
• A recovery-focused, compassionate approach, with the ability to motivate and empower individuals while maintaining professional boundaries.

As this role is based in the community with travel between several locations, you’ll need access to a vehicle for use during work hours. Alternative transport arrangements will be considered.

Why Join Us?

• Inclusive Employer: We are an Equal Opportunities employer, welcoming applicants from all sections of the community, including those with lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Training and Development: We offer full training and development opportunities to help you grow in your role and further develop your skills.
• Supportive Environment: You’ll be part of a dedicated team, with the opportunity to make a tangible difference in your community.

If you are interested in the role please send your CV and complete the mandatory questionnaire in our application page. If you need to apply in a different format or need assistance to apply, please contact us at recruitment@bucksmind.org.uk

Closing date for applications – Friday 29th May, midnight. We reserve the right to close applications early so if you’re interested, please apply early.

Interviews – Thursday 4th June 2026. Buckinghamshire Mind is an Equal Opportunities and inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including those with lived-experience of poor mental health. If you meet all the essential criteria we welcome your application as training and development can be provided to give you further skills. Any offer made relating to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check depending on the role.

*Please note we do not provide VISA sponsorship and unfortunately we cannot employ you if you do not have the right to work in the UK. Travel expenses will only be paid for journeys that fall outside of the regular commute to and from the work location(s). If the role is home-based, all travel will be paid for on expenses.