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Working with us

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

Find out about new opportunities first

Sign up to our Recruitment Newsletter here, and we will contact you when we have new vacancies.

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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 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.

Apply to join our Therapy team

If you are interested in working for Gaddum as a therapist please submit a completed application form to hr@gaddum.org.uk outlining whether you would be interested in providing Adult and/or Children and Young People’s therapy.

We will reach out if we have staff or sessional worker vacancies in our team.

Children and Young People’s Therapy

Gaddum’s bereavement services provide therapeutic support to children and young people who have suffered a bereavement in Salford and Manchester area.

As a Bereavement Therapist, you will work with anyone who’s lost someone close to them and they’re finding it difficult to cope with the upsetting emotions that come up when we experience a death of a family member or friend.

Our Therapists offer one-to-one therapeutic, child centred sessions in schools and community venues. Moreover, we provide psychoeducation sessions to parents / carers when requited.

Adult Therapy

Gaddum Talking Therapies is an NHS funded therapy service for people with a common mental health difficulty, like anxiety or depression (formerly known as IAPT).

We offer a range of one-to-one therapy including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), person-centred counselling, integrative therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprogramming (EMDR) therapy as part of this programme.

As a Therapeutic Counsellor in this service, you will join a diverse team of part-time therapists responsible for delivering time-limited therapy sessions to adults in the City of Manchester.

Volunteering

Visit our volunteer page for details of any current volunteering opportunities.

A typical day

A typical day of some of the team at Gaddum, so you can get a taste into what it’s like to work for us.

Carers Manchester Contact Point Support Worker

Children and Young People’s Bereavement Therapist

GP Counsellor

Getting Help Coordinator (Rochale)

What our team say about working for Gaddum

“I love working here, I feel I have a voice and people, including senior leaders, ar prepared to listen”

Gaddum employee

“I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a job as much as this. That’s down to the job itself and those I work with”

Gaddum employee

“A wealth of talent and expertise exists at Gaddum which I feel empowered by to deliver a first class service to the people we support”

Gaddum employee

IiP Silver Award

What staff and volunteers say about me

It was lovely seeing the difference Gaddum makes in the community. I’d love to volunteer with Gaddum again in the future.

Events volunteer

Gaddum is a great place to work. I have been given flexible working along with training and development opportunities. I have never worked anywhere that went out of their way when I needed it the most like they do.

Staff member

My line manager is extremely supportive and the best line manager that I have ever had which makes all the difference.

Staff member

Call me on 0161 834 6069 or send me a message to hr@gaddum.org.uk.