Oxfordshire Mind – wellbeing manager

About the role

Are you passionate about supporting those in mental health crisis, with experience in management?

At Oxfordshire Safe Haven we provide non-clinical support to people in mental health crisis. Face-to-face and over the phone, we offer de-escalation, distraction and empathetic crisis support to anyone in the county.

We're looking for a caring, experienced, and passionate individual to form part of our management team.

The work will be a mixture of leading shifts and managing deputies and frontline workers.

In the role, you will: 

• Recruit, manage, supervise, and develop staff to achieve their full potential
• Provide leadership, guidance and support to staff making complex day-to-day decisions
• Lead the resourcing, administration and safe day to day running of the team and project
• Produce accurate, timely and impactful reports 
• Oversee the project budget to ensure finances are managed responsibly
• Work with colleagues, partner organisations and professional agencies to improve and develop effective support for service users
• Keep up to date with the services offered by Oxfordshire Mind and local mental health services
• Do regular risk assessments and take appropriate and timely actions to mitigate and manage risks
• Help develop the wellbeing service

About you

You'll have:

• Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues and the needs of people living with mental health problems 
• Knowledge of good practice in safeguarding
• Experience in leadership or management 
• Experience of external networking and internal collaboration with colleagues
• Experience of managing risk 
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Self-awareness and an ability to reflect and learn from your experiences
• An ability to work well as part of a team and on your own
• Effective organisational, planning, admin and IT skills

How to apply

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