As the Team Manager for our South East Mental Health and Substance Misuse Team, you''ll lead a vital service dedicated to delivering high quality support to adults in our community. Through person centred, strengths based social care, you''ll empower individuals to maximise their independence and improve their quality of life. Our Mental Health Service is entering an exciting period of transformation, reshaping how we work and developing innovative, needs led approaches to improve outcomes for the people we support. We are rethinking our processes, strengthening collaboration with health partners, and enhancing our engagement with individuals who are hardest to reach. This is a unique opportunity to influence and lead meaningful change - driving forward new ways of working and playing a key role in shaping the future direction of the service. What you''ll be doing: Providing line management support to the team, with a focus on wellbeing, quality of work and performance management. Taking responsibility for key decision-making, including agreeing outcomes for escalations and complaints. Undertaking strategic planning to ensure we continue to deliver an effective service, whilst continuously improving in response to the changing environment. Managing complex multi-agency work, negotiating with partner agencies using robust legal knowledge. Overseeing safeguarding enquiries that involve the highest level of risk. What we''re looking for: Social Work qualification