BCP Council's Adult Social Care service is recruiting a permanent, full-time Team Manager for two integrated community mental health teams in east Bournemouth and Christchurch/Southbourne. The role centres on allocating and overseeing statutory social care work, supervising up to 10 council staff and keeping complex risk, safeguarding and discharge work safe and defensible. Delivered with Dorset HealthCare for adults with severe and enduring mental illness, with some hybrid working. Visa sponsorship is not offered, so applicants need existing right to work in the UK.
What the job involves
- Lead safe allocation, prioritisation and oversight of statutory adult social care work
- Line manage and supervise up to 10 council colleagues, including qualified social workers and AMHPs, with reflective supervision
- Oversee complex practice, risk management, safeguarding enquiries and defensible decision-making
- Assure practice under the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Human Rights Act 1998
- Maintain oversight of Section 117 aftercare, hospital discharge, care planning, reviews and commissioning decisions
- Promote consistent, strengths-based and person-centred practice
- Monitor performance, quality, demand and workforce wellbeing, escalating operational risks
- Build effective relationships across BCP Council, Dorset HealthCare and the wider health and social care system
- Support service improvement, workforce development and the effective use of public resources
- Provide continual financial oversight of commissioned packages of care, ensuring best value
- Provide visible, supportive and accountable operational leadership across two locations
What’s required
Qualifications
- Recognised professional qualification relevant to the role
Registration & licences
- Current professional registration relevant to the role
Experience
- Substantial experience of adult social care and complex community mental health practice
- Significant experience managing complex care, risk and statutory safeguarding for adults with severe and enduring mental illness
- Experience of supervising, supporting and developing practitioners
Skills & knowledge
- In-depth knowledge of the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act and associated statutory guidance
- Sound professional judgement and the ability to make proportionate decisions
- Effective partnership working in an integrated multidisciplinary setting
- Ability to manage competing pressures across teams and locations
Checks & eligibility
- DBS check at the appropriate level
- Existing right to work in the UK
Other
- Confidence to lead colleagues through demanding and sensitive work
Nice to have
- Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) status
What’s offered
- Enhanced benefits and the new Pay and Reward package
- Clear pay progression within a defined pay band
- Some hybrid working
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