This exciting role offers the opportunity to help lead and develop our Mental Health Support Desk (MH SD) within the wider IAP model. You'll join an existing dynamic leadership team including another Team Manager and a Team Leader, working closely together to oversee all aspects of service delivery and development., To provide operational management and leadership for all staff and volunteers in the team and area of your responsibility.Along side your manager you will ensure the development of Integrated Business Plan and to ensure delivery of key targets in relation to service performance, integrated governance, workforce planning,partnership development and financial sustainability within your team.To work in close partnership with Service Users, Careers, Clinical Staff, Trust performance Management and Finance Staff, Corporate Services, Human Resources, Community Care, Independent and Not-for Profit Organisations in the delivery of operational services.

We're looking for an experienced leader with strong management skills to support our multidisciplinary team of registered and non-registered mental health professionals.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.