Sessional Team Lead (Safe Haven)
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £15.36 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £15.36 per hour (plus enhancement for the unsocial hours) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 December 2025 |
| Location: | Eastleigh, Hampshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Solent Mind |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | REQ00559 |
Summary
About the role
As Team Leader for Safe Haven you will ensure effective day to day operations of our service. You will work closely with the Service Manager and manage a team of staff.
You will ensure our service users are appropriately supported following safeguarding and risk assessments processes.
You will work in partnership with clinical and community services to achieve the best outcomes for the service and people that use it.
Any offer for this role will be subject to a Enhanced Adult Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
About you
You will have experience supervising a team and working with vulnerable people.
You will have excellent communication, IT and digitals skills as well as ability to solve problems.
You must have an understanding of/ or have lived experience of mental health issues.
About us
Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind, the national mental health charity. Solent Mind has its own board of trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a gold award for workplace wellbeing index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a mindful employer.
NOTE TO APPLICANTS - You will be asked about gaps in your employment and to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at interview. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor this role as we do not hold a sponsorship licence. Any offer for this role will be subject to a Enhanced Adult Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receiving your references.
We welcome people from all the communities we work in to apply for a role within Solent Mind, especially those with experience of mental health problems. Offers are made based on merit.
Please submit your application as early as possible, as we may close this advert before the advertised closing date.
As Team Leader for Safe Haven you will ensure effective day to day operations of our service. You will work closely with the Service Manager and manage a team of staff.
You will ensure our service users are appropriately supported following safeguarding and risk assessments processes.
You will work in partnership with clinical and community services to achieve the best outcomes for the service and people that use it.
Any offer for this role will be subject to a Enhanced Adult Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
About you
You will have experience supervising a team and working with vulnerable people.
You will have excellent communication, IT and digitals skills as well as ability to solve problems.
You must have an understanding of/ or have lived experience of mental health issues.
About us
Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind, the national mental health charity. Solent Mind has its own board of trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a gold award for workplace wellbeing index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a mindful employer.
NOTE TO APPLICANTS - You will be asked about gaps in your employment and to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at interview. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor this role as we do not hold a sponsorship licence. Any offer for this role will be subject to a Enhanced Adult Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receiving your references.
We welcome people from all the communities we work in to apply for a role within Solent Mind, especially those with experience of mental health problems. Offers are made based on merit.
Please submit your application as early as possible, as we may close this advert before the advertised closing date.