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As Mental Health Team Manager, you will play a pivotal leadership role within Haringey’s integrated Adult Mental Health Service, overseeing the delivery of high quality, person centred support for adults with mental health needs, often in complex and high risk situations. Working in close partnership with North London NHS Mental Health Trust, housing providers, and voluntary and community sector partners, you will lead a multi disciplinary team of Social Workers, Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs), care management staff, and students. You will be responsible for the team’s operational performance, quality of practice, workforce development, and safeguarding oversight, ensuring that statutory responsibilities are met and residents’ rights are upheld. You will promote strengths based, recovery focused, and trauma informed practice, enabling adults to exercise choice, maintain independence, and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. This role also involves managing resources effectively, overseeing care budgets, contributing to service development, and supporting continuous improvement across Adult Services.
Job Responsibility:
Oversee the delivery of high quality, person centred support for adults with mental health needs, often in complex and high risk situations
Lead a multi disciplinary team of Social Workers, Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs), care management staff, and students
Responsible for the team’s operational performance, quality of practice, workforce development, and safeguarding oversight, ensuring that statutory responsibilities are met and residents’ rights are upheld
Promote strengths based, recovery focused, and trauma informed practice, enabling adults to exercise choice, maintain independence, and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities
Manage resources effectively, oversee care budgets, contribute to service development, and support continuous improvement across Adult Services
Requirements:
A recognised social work qualification and professional registration, with substantial experience in adult mental health within a statutory setting
Proven experience of managing and developing staff, supporting performance, wellbeing, and continuous professional development
A strong working knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act, Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act, and safeguarding adults frameworks
Confidence in overseeing complex and high risk cases, applying defensible, proportionate, and rights based decision making
Experience of effective multi agency working, particularly within integrated health and social care systems
A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, with the ability to address health inequalities and promote anti discriminatory practice
What we offer:
Leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays
Potential hybrid working opportunities
Health and wellbeing support
Generous local government pension scheme
Range of discount schemes across leisure and culture