Team Manager - Mental Health Discharge Team

An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a temporary full‑time Team Manager to join the Mental Health Discharge Team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about enabling people to live fulfilling, meaningful lives and who can inspire others through a compassionate, strengths‑based model of leadership.

About The Team

The Mental Health Discharge Team is rooted in creativity, collaboration and a commitment to supporting adults to return to a place that they call home following a Mental Health hospital admission. The remit includes:

• Strengthening collaboration with system partners with clear lines of communication, information sharing, joint working and developing of infrastructure that supports safe and timely discharge.
• Strengths-based recovery focused on multi-disciplinary discharge planning from the point of admission with the involvement of the person and their family, friends or carers.
• Completing Care Act assessments for people ensuring their strengths and needs are clearly understood and that support is coordinated to enhance wellbeing.
• Undertaking S117 reviews in partnership with the ICB.
• Safeguarding adults work in relation to Priory Arnold and Sherwood Oaks.

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking a leader who:

• Brings compassion, curiosity and confidence in empowering others.
• Can nurture a team culture that values reflective, shared learning and the strengths each individual brings.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of legislation and policy relating to mental health and uses this confidently to support person‑centred practice.
• Is committed to the departments Local Account and to modelling a person centred approach in all aspects of leadership.
• Works collaboratively across systems, enabling effective joined‑up support that promotes independence and positive risk‑taking.

Essential Experience And Knowledge

The successful candidate will be:

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Experienced in working with adults facing complex circumstances, drawing on strengths‑based practice and high‑quality professional judgement.
• Skilled in applying the Mental Health Act (1983) and Mental Capacity Act (2005) to real‑world situations with confidence and clarity.

To Strengthen Your Application

You may wish to reflect on how you can demonstrate:

• Your ability to support and supervise colleagues in a way that promotes wellbeing, professional growth and consistently high‑quality practice.
• Experience of service delivery and improvement, including resource planning, performance oversight and evaluating impact.
• Examples of how you have introduced or championed innovative, strengths‑focused ways of working.
• How you have built and sustained constructive relationships with colleagues, partners, and people with lived experience — including what strengths you bring to collaborative working.
• Your approach to co‑production, empowerment and ensuring that people’s voices shape the support they receive.

This post is also available as a secondment opportunity to existing Nottinghamshire County Council employees. You must seek approval from your line manager before applying. Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full‑time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks. Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation. Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.