Multi-Disciplinary Team Manager

Birmingham City Council Adults Directorate is delighted to share with you an exciting opportunity for a Multi-Disciplinary Team Manager to join Birmingham Specialist Mental Health Team, to commence with immediate effect.

As a desirable we are looking for someone with mental health experience or a qualified AMHP who would be sufficiently experienced in mental health and Adults social work who is able to make independent decisions around complex situations including safeguarding and serious mental health issues, to join this team.

As a Team Manager you will manage the newly created Specialist Mental Health Team South working closely with the Team Manager for the Specialist Mental Health Team North as the team is expanding. You will supervise the Senior Practitioners in the Team and will be responsible for ensuring a safe and effective high-quality service offer with a key focus on improving and driving performance for the citizens of Birmingham. You will hold additional responsibilities consistent with your role and grade in the form of Portfolio responsibilities which for this role may include supporting with the commissioning of training/supporting with AMHP training where the post holder holds the relevant qualification or experience.

You will be supported by the Head of Service and will have the additional support of the existing Management Team for Mental Health. You will be expected to demonstrate clear leadership and management across key areas including building strong links with external partners. You will be experienced in the management and motivation of staff, demonstrating leadership skills in order to positively influence and engage the team to develop and apply strengths and asset-based approaches into practice, building and sustaining positive relationships within the team, service and organisation, ensuring citizen focus throughout promoting positive outcomes for adults.

You will be experienced in Partnership working with a range of key stakeholders including Homeless Services, Police, The Mental Health Trusts and Children's Trust.

In Birmingham, we are working hard to ensure Birmingham Adult citizens are placed at the heart of everything we do, and we believe they deserve the best outcomes. Adult services reflects and responds to the changing needs of Adults/citizens. It works to enable a reflective and flexible approach, with a strong focus on Safety, which focuses on intervention and keeping citizens where practicable in their own homes, and offered resources suitable for their needs. Adult Services is proud of its workforce, who are committed, dedicated, and work to a high standard. We are seeking other like-minded practitioners who are prepared to join and grow with their teams, and prepared to commit to continuous evolvement of Birmingham Adults Services.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

We pride ourselves on establishing strong professional relationships with our partner agencies such as Health, and offer respectful advice, guidance and support at all times.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.


• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.


• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.


• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.


• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.


We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.