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For almost 200 years, we’ve supported the people of Greater Manchester and our amazing team of staff. A couple of recent things we’re really proud of are receiving a strong Silver accreditation from Investors in People (IiP) in February this year and also that we support the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter, to improve employment standards across the region.

We don’t just talk the talk about investing in our people – we have a staff wellbeing support scheme, as well as ample training and development opportunities, Plus we offer other benefits like flexible working arrangements and wellbeing days. You’ll see from some of the quotes below how our staff feel about working here.

If you want to make a positive impact on the community and work in a supportive environment, we encourage you to apply to join us.

We are part of the national living wage scheme and have a 35 hour working week. And it doesn’t stop there. There’s also:

Hybrid working
Personal pension scheme
25 days’ holiday entitlement
A day off for your birthday
A winter wellbeing day
Staff support scheme
Blue Light Card membership
Increasing annual leave allocation for continued long service
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption package
Death in service benefit

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How to apply

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, faith and religion, disability and age.

To apply for a vacancy below, please complete our application form and return to hr@gaddum.org.uk.

Current Vacancies

Recovery in Community Peer Support Worker

Accountable to: Head of Community
Reporting to: Recovery in Community Team Coordinator
Location: Hybrid including Inpatient psychiatric settings across Greater Manchester, community settings, home or office working (central Manchester), occasional travel outside of Greater Manchester
Salary: £14,945.40 pro rata (FTE £24,909)
Hours: 21 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

CLOSING DATE: 9:30am on Monday 28th September 2026

Role Context

Recovery in Community s a collaborative initiative delivered in partnership between Gaddum and Manchester Mind. The service supports people to leave inpatient mental health settings and return to their community with the support they need to recover and remain well.

As a team, we deliver psycho-social interventions, advocacy, housing and welfare rights advice, peer support to adults as well as tailored support to young people (those under the age of 25). All we do is underpinned by listening and ensuring people feel heard – because we know that when people are listened to, they recover. The team works with colleagues within the mental health, primary care, inpatient and community sectors.

Role Purpose

As a Peer Support Worker, you will have lived or living experience of receiving mental health care or treatment in hospital. Using your expertise gained through this experience, you will support peers in their mental health recovery who are ready to leave hospital or are already in the community. Receiving support from your colleagues, you’ll develop and manage your casework practice and hold a small case load.

You will walk alongside people to set achievable goals to ensure they get the support that they need, ultimately feeling connected to their communities – the right services and support network.

This role will work with a small but intensive caseload (max 12 cases for a full-time peer support worker) to focus on:

Repatriate: when people are sent to an out of area placement (OAPs) advocate to get them back to Greater Manchester so they can recover in their community.

Discharge: Supporting people when they’re ready to be discharged from inpatient mental health services to get back to the community and recover.
Prevent re-admissions: Work with people, post-discharge, to ensure they continue to get the support they need to make informed choices, stay well and ultimately thrive.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To provide bespoke support to people that are ready to be discharged from inpatient psychiatric care to return to the community, building (with support) packages of care so they have a positive and sustained recovery.

To work alongside people post-discharge, in their community setting (e.g. home or supported accommodation) to ensure they get what they need to stay well.

To effectively manage a small caseload (about 7 people), being flexible to people’s needs and short-term changes in schedule.

To work in a person-centred, trauma informed, empowering and culturally appropriate way that enables people to feel listened to and heard.

To help people engage with services and make sustainable links with their communities.

To use and develop your knowledge of community care, policies, legislation and services to get people the support they need to recover and stay well.

Identify when cases need escalation or onward referral and keep your line manager aware of case developments.

Independently visit people in inpatient and community settings in Manchester and across Greater Manchester, adhering to lone working and risk management procedures.

Occasionally visit people out of the Greater Manchester area who need to return to their community in Manchester (all travel expenses will be paid and non-commute travel time will be part of your working day).

Build relationships with colleagues within services (e.g. inpatient staff, social care, CMHTs etc) to enable improved collaborative working

Take part in multi-disciplinary meetings, representing the views of people, and their aspirations on returning to community settings.

Support the ongoing service development, drawing on your role as an ‘Expert by Experience’ and using what you hear from the people you support to contribute to the development of the services by reviewing and contributing to improvements.

All staff are expected to work within all Gaddum policies and procedures. This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

The full job description and person specification for this role is here.

Adult Carers Outreach and Development Worker

Accountable to: Head of Carers
Reporting to: Carers Hospital Discharge Lead
Location: Hybrid working. Primarily community based, with some home and office working, at Greenfish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LE
Salary: £19,920 pro rata (FTE £24,900)
Hours: 28 hours per week with flexible working required to suit the needs of the role. We welcome applications from candidates seeking fewer than 28 hours per week where this can be accommodated within service needs. The minimum hours we would consider are 17.5 hours (2.5 days) per week.
Contract: Permanent

CLOSING DATE: 12 noon on Thursday 17th September 2026

Please note that we will be conducting interviews on a rolling basis as and when suitable applications are received. As such we would encourage you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity as we may close this vacancy before the above date.

Job Summary

The role of the Outreach & Development Worker is to ensure carers of all ages and backgrounds are aware of their rights and know how to receive support from Gaddum and other services they need at the right time for them.

The job holder will provide outreach & support sessions, deliver groups and events for carers and other relevant partners across Salford. Creating exciting new opportunities for carers through networking and building partnerships.

Job Purpose

The role will focus on the outreach provision, being based in different locations across Salford including hospitals, community venues, mental health settings and others accessed by people with caring responsibilities. The role will include supporting the continued development of the service, assisting with the creation of resources and training. The role will also support our involvement offer; ensuring carers are at the forefront of service change and service delivery.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Day to day duties:

• Facilitate carers drop-ins in venues across Salford, including but not limited to hospital sites (both on wards and public areas), community venues (such as Gateways) and high footfall locations.

• Provide one-off, solution-focussed appointments to address the immediate needs of carers identified in the community or at the point of referral.

• Create networking opportunities throughout all wards of Salford to publicise the service and build/ maintain relevant partnerships.

• Complete Statutory Carers Assessments.

• To be able to travel to various locations in Salford, at times multiple locations per day – often carrying service promotional materials. Salford is a large city covering 37 sq. miles.

Weekly/ monthly duties:

• To work alongside student social workers on placement, providing mentoring, guidance, and shadowing opportunities as appropriate.

• Create and run exciting events and support groups for carers, organisations and stakeholders to attend.

• Create and deliver service presentations aimed at carers, to communicate the support and opportunities available from the service.

• Create and deliver service presentations aimed at community groups, educational bodies and organisations to raise awareness of how to identify and support carers, and to increase the visibility of the service.

• Develop ways to identify carers across Salford and let them know about support available to them and their needs.

• Invite carers to be involved with the service and help us to coproduce/ codesign our service offer.

• Get to know Salford’s diverse communities and organisations, providing culturally appropriate information and support.

• Promote carers rights to carers, Salford’s communities and relevant organisations.

• Maintain a clear record of work completed by note taking and recording on our recording system.

• To meet regularly with line manager for supervision.

All staff are expected to work within all Gaddum policies and procedures. This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

The full job description and person specification for this role is here.

Recovery in Community Case Worker (male only)

Accountable to: Head of Community
Reporting to: Recovery in Community Team Coordinator
Location: Hybrid including NHS settings across Greater Manchester, community settings, home or office working (central Manchester), occasional travel outside of Greater Manchester
Salary: £29,010
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Monday 5th October 2026 at 12 noon

Role Context

Recovery in Community is a successful partnership between Manchester Mind and Gaddum. We support people to manage and live with their mental health in their community. Staff are employed by both organisations but work together collaboratively and as a team.

Role Purpose

You will be building trusting and kind relationships with the understanding that they enable people to be listened to and heard and that this makes a difference.

You will work with people prior to discharge from mental health hospital and then support the person get the care they need so they can recover in the community. We want to enable people to feel connected within their communities – to services, friends and family.

This role will work with a small but intensive caseload (max 15 cases) to focus on:

Get people home: when people are sent to an out of area placement (OAPs) advocate to get them back to Greater Manchester so they can recover in their community.
Discharge: Supporting people when they’re ready to be discharged from inpatient mental health services to get back to the community and recover.
Prevent re-admissions: Work with people, post-discharge, to ensure they continue to get the support they need to make informed choices, stay well and ultimately thrive.

We share skills, experience and learning across the teams so that everyone benefits and we can make a meaningful difference.

Main responsibilities:

To provide support to people that are ready to be discharged from inpatient psychiatric care to return to the community with the services and resources they need to recover.
To work alongside people post-discharge, in their community setting to ensure they get what they need to stay well.
To effectively and independently manage a small but intensive caseload (max 15 cases), being flexible to people’s needs and short-term changes in schedule.
To work in a person-centred, trauma informed and culturally appropriate way that enables people to effectively engage with services and make sustainable links in with their communities.
To use your knowledge of community care, policies, legislation and statutory services to get people the support they need to recover and stay well.
Identify when people need referrals to secondary services and make appropriate referrals.
Independently visit people in inpatient and community settings in Manchester and across Greater Manchester, adhering to lone working and risk management procedures.
Occasionally visit people out of the Greater Manchester area who need to return to their community in Manchester (all travel expenses will be paid and non-commute travel time will be part of your working day).
Build relationships with key professionals to ensure individuals achieve their goals (e.g. inpatient staff, social care, CMHTs, community services etc).
Effectively engage in multi-disciplinary meetings, representing the views of people, and their aspirations on returning to community settings.
Support the development of a supportive and productive referral route into and out of the service.
Support the development of this new service, responding professionally to changes as we improve and evolve our working practice collaboratively.

All staff are expected to work within all Gaddum policies and procedures. This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

A full job description and person specification is here.

Recovery in Community Worker (Referral and Assessment)

Accountable to: Head of Community
Reporting to: Recovery in Community Team Coordinator (Referral and Assessment)
Location: Hybrid including NHS settings across Greater Manchester, community settings, home or office working (central Manchester), occasional travel outside of Greater Manchester
Salary: £29,010
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2028

Role Context

Recovery in Community is a successful partnership between Manchester Mind and Gaddum. We support people to manage and live with their mental health in their community. Staff are employed by both organisations but work together collaboratively and as a team.

As the Recovery in Community Worker (Referral and Assessment) you will be supporting people in who have been referred into Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) services but may not meet the threshold for secondary or specialist mental health services. The aim of this work is to ensure that people referred receive the right support at the right time.

You will work closely with the Referral and Assessment team at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust (GMMH) to take referrals and ensure people get access to the mental health and social support they need.

Role Purpose

You will be building trusting and kind relationships with the understanding that they enable people to be listened to and heard and that this makes a difference. You will be part of a team providing effective person-centred support to people who come through the referral and assessment hub – many of whom often have tried many times to get the help they need. We want to enable people to feel connected within their communities – to services, friends and family.

You will also be building relationships with NHS and statutory services. The structure of the service is brief intervention (working with people for a short period of time) with a focus on supporting people to connect to community services and resources effectively.

You will be well supported in this role. The service takes a team-based approach, and you will be joining a team of five and you will be supported directly by a Team Coordinator as well as being part of the wider Recovery in Community Service.

We share skills, experience and learning across the teams so that everyone benefits and we can make a meaningful difference.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Take referrals from the GMMH (Greater Manchester Mental Health) Referral and Assessment Hub and build trusting relationships with people so that they receive the support they need to recover and stay well.

• Build relationships with other key professionals to ensure individuals achieve their goals (e.g. GPs, social care, community services etc).

• Support the development of a supportive and productive referral route into and out of the service, managing exit from the service safely.

• Support the development of this new service, responding professionally to changes as we improve and evolve our working practice collaboratively.

• Provide a trauma-informed service to people: listening, offering safety, choice and empowerment to the people you support so they can effectively engage with services and make sustainable links in with their communities.

• Identify and deliver appropriate interventions.

• Identify when people need referrals to secondary services or specialist mental health services and make appropriate referrals.

• Independently travel to visit people in a range of settings across in Manchester and across Greater Manchester, adhering to lone working and risk management procedures.

• To integrate effectively with colleagues at Manchester Mind, taking a “one team approach” to deliver a seamless service, understanding the different roles in the Recovery in Community team and recognising each other’s strengths.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date case notes and records using agreed case management systems, following standard operating procedures.

• Support people to engage in our service through coproduction, engagement events and feedback forms.

• Contribute to service reporting, monitoring and evaluation as required.

• Identify additional needs that people have and highlight them to Manchester Mind with a view to sharing them with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust and commissioners.

• To work in line with service policies and operating procedures.

• To identify concerns and provide safeguarding support in line with best practice.

Main Duties and Responsibilities