Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
A willingness to be flexible, proactive and to undertake duties which may fall outside traditional professional boundaries
- Other
Post holder will be required to participate in an on-call system
- Other
There is an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role
- Other
Committed to improving mental health services
- Experience
Significant post qualifying experience of working within community mental health settings, working with individuals experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.
- Experience
Experience of working in a supervisory capacity
- Qualifications
RMN and evidence of significant professional development OR CSS/CQSW/Dip SW or equivalent Social Worker training and experience OR Occupational Therapist
- Knowledge & Skills
A knowledge of the Home-Based Treatment Service Model of intervention and its effectiveness
- Knowledge & Skills
Sound knowledge of the factors involved in the development of poor mental health and key features of relapse prevention
- Knowledge & Skills
Ability to organise, prioritise and monitor own and others’ workload
- Knowledge & Skills
Ability to implement and maintain good standards of professional practice to ensure a quality and efficient service
- Knowledge & Skills
The ability to promote good staff care by creating a supportive environment, which contains workload management, supervision, staff development and training opportunities
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of managing a multidisciplinary service or function
- Experience
Experience of service development and quality improvement
- Experience
Experience of working within the Core Fidelity model for HBTs
- Qualifications
Trained supervisor
- Qualifications
Teaching qualification
- Qualifications
Management/leadership qualification
- Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge of service monitoring and evaluation
Job overview
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and passionate individual to join a forward thinking, dynamic Wigan Home-Based Treatment Team (HBTT) as Team Manager.
The post holder will take overall responsibility for the day-to-day management, leadership and development of the service. Using a team approach, the service will provide recovery-focused care with a view to preventing hospital admission and enabling individuals to manage their illness in their own home, thereby improving their quality of life.
The Team Manager will also work with the wider leadership team around all issues related to service development.
Main duties of the job
Ø Retain overall responsibility for the management of the Home-Based Treatment Team.
Ø Manage the workload of the Home-Based Treatment Team, ensuring that appropriate systems are in place for:
- Allocation, transfer and discharge/closure of case responsibility, ensuring that transition in and out of the team is safely managed, in-line with Core Fidelity benchmarks.
- Supporting patient flow both in and out of hospital, including support with gatekeeping and facilitating safe supported discharge from inpatient wards with HBT support.
- Development of robust care planning to ensure service users, carers and staff are adequately supported.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Team Manager (Home Based Treatment Team) with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Leigh, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Team manager role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 18 Sep 2026.
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