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Team Lead - Change Mental Health
Created: 15/10/2026News/Events Category: Job Vacancies
Post: Team Lead (Carers)
Organisation: Change Mental Health
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 28 hours per week
Salary: £29,176.75 per annum, pro rata
Location: Central Scotland, covering Fife and Perth & Kinross
Closing date: 26 October 2026
Change Mental Health is looking for a Team Lead to support the delivery of their community mental health and carer support services across Fife and Perth & Kinross. The service provides early intervention, personalised support, peer connection, information and advice, and preventative support to unpaid carers across the area.
The role
This is a hands-on leadership role combining day-to-day team management with direct mental health practice. You'll lead and support staff across services, with particular operational responsibility for their carer support services, helping unpaid carers of people experiencing mental illness to maintain their own wellbeing and sustain their caring role.
You'll manage staff and service delivery, provide regular supervision and work reviews, oversee referrals and caseload allocation, and help your team develop their practice.
Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you'll maintain a small caseload where appropriate and remain involved in one-to-one support, group activities and community-based mental health work. You'll work closely with statutory and third sector partners, strengthen local referral pathways and use outcome information to help demonstrate impact and improve services.
About you
Person specification:
- Experience of working in community-based, recovery-focused or non-clinical mental health services.
- Experience supporting, supervising and providing guidance to staff.
- Experience delivering structured one-to-one support and outcome-focused planning.
- Experience facilitating groups, peer-support activities or community-based mental health sessions.
- Strong understanding of risk assessment and safe decision-making.
- Strong communication, organisation and relationship-building skills.
- SVQ Level 4 Social Services and Healthcare (Adults) or equivalent, or willingness to work towards this if required.
- SSSC registration, or willingness to register if required.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a car, with the ability to travel regularly across Fife and Perth & Kinross.
They are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the charity and are a 'Happy to Talk Flexible' employer.
The role is typically worked Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, within the contracted 28 hours, although some evening or weekend working may occasionally be required. The role may also participate in an on-call rota.
If you are passionate about enabling Change Mental Health to deliver a valuable service to the Scottish community and feel your profile matches this role's criteria, then they want to hear from you!
Benefits
- Professional development including funded opportunities.
- A generous 37 days' holiday.
- A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
- A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
- 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life's challenges. E
- nhanced sick pay and leave entitlements
- Paid Mental Wellbeing Days
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Blue Light discount card
How to apply
Apply on their BreatheHR portal by completing the online application with your CV and cover letter: https://changemh.org/vacancies/team-lead-fife-pk/
Closing date: 26 October 2026
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