Cornwall Council
Team Leader/Senior Practitioner Community Mental Health
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Job Description
The Service & Team
This position offers a valuable opportunity to play a key role in ensuring individuals receive timely and appropriate support, thereby minimizing delays and advancing recovery in the least restrictive setting. The role is essential to the provision of high-quality, person-centred mental health interventions and demands robust operational oversight, comprehensive clinical expertise, and strategic vision.
The primary objective is to deliver a strength-based, outcome-focused assessment service for all adults in Cornwall who are eligible for services and currently are open to the Community Mental Health Teams. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the NHS, as well as other professionals and agencies, to fulfil statutory social care responsibilities, identify safeguarding concerns, address complex needs, promote independence and choice, and assist individuals in achieving their desired outcomes.
The Role
Key Responsibilities
- Leading and overseeing the team to ensure high standards and statutory compliance, including best practices under the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983, and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- Contributing and developing mechanisms that balance system demands with individual and family needs, while demonstrating comprehensive knowledge of legal obligations for S117 Aftercare.
- Collaborating with NHS, agencies, community, and voluntary sector partners, while driving service improvement, workforce development, and performance management.
- Supporting staff wellbeing through supervision, coaching, and professional development, and overseeing care management and team performance through promoting best practice.
Leadership
- Ensure effective management and oversight of the team’s function and competency of staff to deliver quality service.
- Lead, supervise, and support Social Workers and Social Care Practitioners, fostering wellbeing and professional growth and promoting good practice.
- Allocate workloads, prioritise urgent assessments, and provide clear direction to promote safe practice and service efficiency.
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The team operates Monday to Friday 9 – 5pm. This is a full-time position. In line with Cornwall Council Policy flexible working options are available for this role, such as compressed hours and hybrid work arrangements.
Essential Requirements
- Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration (Approved Mental Health Professional qualification desirable).
- Significant experience in adult mental health and/or complex case management.
- Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire, support, and develop teams.
- Experience and skills in managing complex situations and managing risk.
- Experience in supporting integration with health and partners building effective relationships to achieve shared outcomes.
- Excellent understanding of legislation, safeguarding, and the principles of least restrictive practice.
What You’ll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include
- A competitive salary.
- A defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions.
- A generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme.
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Apply now to be part of a team that values compassion, collaboration, and innovation.
Additional Information
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
The full role profile is attached here.
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Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council.
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
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