Community Mental Health Care Practitioner

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Enfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust is seeking two Band 6 Community Mental Health Care Practitioners passionate about mental health. The role involves working within a dedicated team to provide effective, evidence-based care to adults with diverse needs in the community, under a bio-psychosocial model. Candidates will ensure high-quality care delivery while collaborating with various healthcare professionals, contributing to a transformative initiative aimed at enhancing mental health services.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health and care-coordination.
• Ability to provide evidence-based interventions.
• Capable of supporting and mentoring staff.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and evaluate assessments and care for individuals.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal care.
• Conduct complex, person-centred assessments.

Skills

Person-centred assessments

Collaboration

Evidence-based care

Psycho-social interventions

Risk assessments

Job description

We are looking to recruit two Band 6 Community Mental Health Care Practitioners with a passion for working with people with mental health conditions.

This is a well-established, high-performing team delivering compassionate care in the community to adults suffering from mental health problems. You will be working in a diverse, highly motivated, friendly, agile, flexible, and responsive team.

The post-holder will provide effective and timely care within a multidisciplinary team setting for working-age adults presenting with functional mental health problems residing in the London Borough of Enfield.

The post holder will carry a defined caseload and work closely with team members, including Psychologists, Medical professionals, Social Workers, Nurses, and other Health & Allied Professionals to ensure high-quality care.

This work will be underpinned by a bio-psychosocial model of care, and the post holder will ensure that best practice psycho-social interventions are offered within their skill set.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Work as a Care-coordinator in planning, delivering, coordinating, and evaluating assessments and formulations.
2. Collaborate closely with team members, including Psychologists, Medical professionals, and Allied Professionals, to provide optimal care.
3. Conduct complex, person-centred assessments.
4. Ensure all care is evidence-based and interventions consider the physical, cultural, psychological, and spiritual needs of service users.
5. Assess care needs, develop care programmes, including risk assessments and Dialog+, and implement and evaluate these in collaboration with service users and their carers.
6. Support and mentor less experienced staff, support workers, and students on placement within the team.
7. Undertake duties to extend clinical and managerial expertise as delegated by the Team Manager.
8. Perform comprehensive outcome monitoring of all referrals.

This is a permanent position supporting the transformation of Community Mental Health Services, aligned with the NHS Long Term Plan. The initiative aims to integrate health and social care for adults with serious mental illness across Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey.

Supported by £25m in funding, the transformation includes rolling out multidisciplinary teams within Primary Care Networks over three years, providing holistic, wraparound care to service users and the wider community. Our goal is to support individuals living with or recovering from mental illness, addressing challenges like debt, relationships, housing, education, or training, and removing barriers to accessing help.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, fostering leadership development, staff wellbeing, safe speaking environments, and mentoring opportunities.

Our employees contribute to excellent CQC ratings, outcomes, and patient experiences. We aim to create a supportive and healthy working environment where you can thrive.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

• Name: Bola Quadri
• Job Title: Team Manager
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]