Careers at Response
Do you have the desire to empower and promote independence and an interest in mental health?
Mental Health Team Manager – Cholsey Supported Housing Project - £31,200 - £36,400 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experiences)
Contract Type – Permanent, Full Time - 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday, inclusive of bank holidays, Occasional Evening & Weekends, with occasional covering of shifts. You will be required to participate in an on-call rota as part of this role.
Location - Cholsey, Oxfordshire
We are recruiting a Team Manager for our 10-bed Cholsey Service, a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week supported accommodation service for individuals with acute mental health diagnoses. This longer-term living service provides intensive, trauma-informed support tailored to each resident’s recovery journey. The role is ideal for someone experienced in managing spot placements and passionate about complex case management, tenancy sustainment, meaningful activity, and progression in daily living skills.
Role Overview
You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the service, ensuring the team delivers bespoke support packages aligned with individual needs. You will ensure KPIs are met and audits are successful, demonstrating the service is operating efficiently and legally. You will provide leadership to the team and encourage them to perform at their highest level achievable.
Key Responsibilities: Further detail can be found in the Job Description
- Oversee daily operations and ensure support plans promote dignity, choice, and independence
- Manage complex cases and escalate serious concerns to clinical teams
- Facilitate move-ins, manage voids, and coordinate with brokerage and housing teams
- Lead reflective practice following serious incidents
- Supervise and develop staff, manage rotas, recruitment, and training compliance
- Create and manage rotas to ensure adequate staffing across the 24/7 service
- Conduct audits, spot checks, and ensure health & safety standards
- Oversee medication checks and safeguarding processes
- Advocate for residents in clinical consultations and support benefit access
Person Specification: Further detail can be viewed in the Job Description. Even if you don’t have all the specifications below, please still apply as we would welcome a conversation with individual’s with experience in different sectors.
Essential:
- Strong experience managing a team
- Basic knowledge of safeguarding, mental health, and team development
- Strong planning, communication, and management skills
Why join us?
- Be part of a values-driven organisation: Caring, Safe, Creative, Aspirational
- Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable adults
- Access to training, development, and career progression
- Supportive management and collaborative working environment
- Competitive salary and pension scheme
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Opportunities for secondments and internal progression
If this Mental Health Team Manager position sounds like the role for you then please apply today! We would love to hear from you! This vacancy may be closed early. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website. Closing date -
All our roles require an enhanced DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK.