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Bolton, Greater Manchester (On-site)
£28,884 - £31,698 FTE per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Part-time (30 hours per week (part-time))
Temporary (Fixed term until the end of March 2027)
Job description

Team Leader

Service: Bolton Listening Lounge

Salary: £28,884 - £31,698 FTE per annum (£23,419.46 - £25,701.08 per annum for part-time, 30 hours per week)

Location: BAND, 125 Deansgate, Bolton, BL1 1HA

This post is office based working evenings and 3 weekend evenings on a four week rolling Rota (One full weekend, a Saturday or Sunday evening and two weekends off). Our office space is wheelchair accessible.

Hours: 30 hours per week (part-time)

Contract: Fixed Term until the end of March 2027

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the

importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

Working in partnership with Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust and MhIST (Mental Health Support Team), the Bolton Listening Lounge is a collaborative approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support from late afternoon into the evening.  It provides a safe space for people who are experiencing mental distress or who feel that they are going through a personal crisis. Our service staff will offer low level calming interventions and one to one support to identify the cause of the emotional distress and to put in place a plan including signposting and referring on to other organisations and services.

We are looking for someone with knowledge and understanding of Mental Health conditions and their impact on daily living and a strong track-record of working with individuals and their families to deliver positive outcomes. You will provide leadership to a small team of Support, Time and Recovery workers and demonstrate a commitment to a one team approach. You will have demonstrable experience of supporting staff or volunteers in their role and aptitude for managing professional relationships.

Main Responsibilities:

1. To provide leadership, guidance, supervision and appraisal to a small team of STR workers and to work with the Service Manager and HR on any absence, conduct or performance issues as they arise.

2. To be committed to providing an integrated one team approach to people who use our service and to work as part of a team to provide support to people using the Listening Lounge

3. To support STR workers to develop good practice in service delivery, recording and risk management skills and to implement Quality Assurance activities to monitor practice.

4. To manage risk and safeguarding effectively, offering support and advice to staff and monitoring high risk cases, ensuring that escalation processes are appropriately and consistently applied, and updating the Service Manager and external agencies as required.

5. To support workers in delivering targeted work with individuals to plan their support and achieve the goals and outcomes that are important to them, and to work with the wider Listening Lounge team to support the development and implementation of an action plan to support the individual.

6. To actively promote the use of outcome tools and analyse relevant data to support the Service Manager in delivering on KPI’s as required. To produce outcomes focused reports which evidence achievement and to adhere to timeframes at all the times.

7. To be responsible for the Health and Safety of STR workers on a day-to-day basis, including ensuring local policies and procedures are adhered to.

8. To develop and maintain networks with other organisations and agencies in order to strengthen safe working practices for service users, in line with organisational and local policies and processes

9. To maintain accurate case records and up-to-date case files using the agreed case management and recording system (currently INFORM). To ensure information handling is compliant with GDPR law and FA policies and procedures.

10. To attend and when required to chair team meetings.

11.  To make a commitment to regular supervision, including the ability to be responsive to critical challenge, advice, feedback and direction.

12. To have an understanding and to comply with, Family Action’s procedures for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

13. To deputise for the Service Manager as and when required.

Benefits:

  • an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days pro rota, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays / of 30 working days plus bank holidays
  • up to 6% matched-pension contributions
  • flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
  • enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
  • eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
  • cycle to work scheme
  • investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:

·       Apply via our website and click the “Apply Now” link to fill out our digital application form

· Closing Date: Closing date Tuesday 31st March @5pm

· To learn more about Family Action: Careers

Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing Monday 6th April 2026.  

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community / particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. 

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person. 

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.

Application resources
Organisation
Family Action View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 501 - 1000

Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.

Posted on: 10 March 2026
Closing date: 31 March 2026 at 19:24
Job ref: 1729
Tags: Mental Health, Safeguarding, Wellbeing, Social / Support Work

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