Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead

Salary: £28,119 pro rata FT - Actual - £26,599

Hours: 35 hours pw 

Contract: Permanent 

Location: Hybrid home-working model with regular travel in Buckinghamshire  

Buckinghamshire Mind is seeking a Team Lead to supervise and support a Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Support Workers and work alongside the Bucks Safe Haven team and team leaders.  

The service will support the mental health and wellbeing of people at risk by safety planning and utilising support networks.  

As the Lead of this team, you’ll naturally have skills in working with mental health issues and assessing individual’s needs, together with interventions and signposting to relevant community services. You’ll also have the ability to inspire and motivate others and to run a high-quality service.

Who we are

Buckinghamshire Mind works to support and represent people with mental health illnesses living across the county. We tackle stigma and discrimination head-on. We support our service-users to live safe, purposeful and fulfilled lives in our communities. We believe in their recovery and are hopeful about their future. Working together with National Mind we will not give up until everyone in our community gets the respect and help that they need. 

Who we are looking for

In addition to your skills and experience working with people with serious mental health issues and leading a team, you’ll also have strong interpersonal skills to work with other health professionals, and you’ll be well organised to manage your diary and your reporting requirements. 

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.

What’s the opportunity for you?

This role provides a real opportunity to develop your skills in working in the mental health charity sector, to develop skills in crisis management and in safety planning. You will be supported in the growth your leadership and management skills and be part of a supportive organisation and have the opportunity to see your work bring about positive change. 

You’ll receive monthly supervision and support with your personal and career development.

Key Responsibilities

Purpose of role 

The aim of the Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead is to provide high quality line management, support, and supervision to one Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach workers in addition to working collaboratively with the Bucks Safe Haven teams and Buckinghamshire Mind Operational Manager.   

The Team Lead will have their own caseload alongside coordinating the Mental Health Outreach workers.  

The service is designed to provide a short-term community and remote based intervention to provide listening support and develop Safety Plans with Service Users, and in addition aid the Service Users to locate and utilise support networks both within and external to the community.   

Follow up support will then be provided either remotely or within the community to reconnect with the individual to check if the safety plan is helpful and further develop where appropriate.   

The Safety Plan interventions will focus on support options in the person’s own community, drawing from Third Sector Serviced, Local Authority provision and Primary Health Care services.   

With the support of the Mental Health Safety Plan Outreach Worker, a full and completed safety plan that is individually focused and holistic will be agreed upon and stored in the relevant clinical documentation system and a hard copy sent to the GP and referral source.  

The Mental Health Safety Planning Outreach Team Lead will work in collaboration with Bucks Safe Haven Service and other community resources and must have a skill set in developing relationships to achieve the desired outcomes of: 

• Promote connection and reduce isolation  
• Improve coping skills 
• Signpost and refer to other services and sources of support 
• Provide educational strategies to help with difficulties that triggered self-harm. 

The service will not provide psychological therapy but there may be the need to provide some crisis support, however it is not an emergency service.