Mental Health Support Service Team Leader - Maternity Cover

December 2024

Are you passionate about working in mental health services? Do you have experience in supervising and managing staff? Are you looking for an exciting new challenge?

Hours: Part-time - 30 hours per week

Salary: £26,145.60 per annum (FTE £32,682)

Contract: Fixed term - maternity leave cover ending January 2026

Location: Adur (Southwick)

West Sussex Mind Values:

Excellence, Equitable, Open, Together, Curious, Unstoppable

Winner of National Mind Anti -Stigma Award 2021

Overview:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic team leader to join our Adur Pathfinder team. You will be working with the service manager to ensure that our adult mental health team in the Adur area delivers a high quality service to those that need it.

You will work with our existing voluntary and statutory partners to ensure that service users are signposted into areas of support, develop our service offer and referral pathways. The successful candidate will work with local community groups to offer mental health support services to those less likely to engage.

Part of the role will be to lead on the implementation of service developments and new initiatives.

If you have experience of:

  • Working with people with mental health needs.
  • Developing staff and volunteers.
  • Working independently, using your own initiative as well as being part of a team.
  • Line management and supervision of staff.

We will be really interested in getting an application from you.

For further information, please see our job description.

How to apply:

Please find below an application form, guidance notes and job description.

If you would like to have an informal discussion prior to applying, please contact Vikki Turpin at vikki.turpin@westsussexmind.org to arrange this.

Closing date: Monday 6th January @ 9:00 am

Interview date: Monday 13th January

Please email completed applications to recruitment@westsussexmind.org    

Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must therefore be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time once we receive sufficient applications and encourage all interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

No agencies or CVs.

West Sussex Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Here is a link to our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion statement - West Sussex Mind | Equality, diversity and inclusion statement

Application Form

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Job Description and Person Specification

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