Community Mental Health Nurse / Mental Health Social Worker

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Oswestry; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Community Mental Health Practitioner to join their expanding team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with individuals facing severe mental health challenges, providing holistic assessments and tailored interventions. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the well-being of your community while receiving comprehensive support for your professional development. With flexible working options and generous leave policies, this position is ideal for those passionate about making a difference in mental health care.

Benefits

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Travel time paid for community work

Lease car options

Free car parking

Free flu vaccinations

Citizens Advice support

Qualifications

• Registered qualification in CMHN, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Psychological Therapy.
• Post qualification experience with complex mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments and manage complex clinical presentations.
• Provide consultation and support regarding mental health to colleagues.

Skills

Holistic Assessment

Risk Management

Trauma Informed Practice

Mental Health Support

Crisis Intervention

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Social Work Qualification

Qualification in Psychological Interventions

Job description

Main area Community Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Monday - Friday 9-5. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri 9-5) Job ref 301-VA-25-7150648

Employer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site North Shropshire CMHS, Town Oswestry Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/05/2025 23:59

Community Mental Health Nurse / Mental Health Social Worker

Band 6

Job overview

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner to work within our Community Mental Health Service. The service offers support to people with severe & enduring mental illness as well as a comprehensive brief intervention system for people requiring a specialist mental health short term service.

The service has bases at Oswestry and at Market Drayton and covers a geographic area across north Shropshire. You will need to travel independently over a large geographical area and will require suitable transport.

This service is expanding, and it is an exciting time to join the service as a highly skilled NMC Registered Nurse or Social Work England Registered Social Worker.

North Shropshire Community Mental Health Team is a multi-disciplinary service providing assessment and intervention for adults experiencing complex emotional and mental health difficulties as part of the Adult Mental Health Service.

Main duties of the job

As a Mental Health Community Practitioner you will be expected to undertake holistic comprehensive assessments and formulation of complex clinical presentations, including risk assessments and risk management.

The role will involve:

• Contributing to the service Duty System, where you will be required to make telephone triage assessments, consider the urgency of the callers referral and make immediate decisions with the callers to ensure safety planning whilst discussing an initial care pathway / signpost for the person.
• There will be a requirement to undertake the role of named worker for a caseload of service users.
• Participate in both delivering and receiving a range of clinical supervision and professional and clinical development within the pathway.
• Provide consultation, support and specialised higher level knowledge regarding mental health to colleagues, stakeholders, partners and VCSE colleagues working within a range services, including primary care, Local Authority and other areas of the Trust where identified as appropriate.
• Having an embedded understanding and experience of Trauma informed Practice would be an advance. Having an understanding of societal discrimination, health inequality and the impact would equally be of high value in this role.
• As a social worker there is no Statutory requirements within this role. We would support AMHP & BIA career training and have partnerships with Shropshire Local Authority.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following in CMHN, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Psychological Therapy
• Post qualification experience, such as evidence of formal courses and training relevant to people with complex mental health needs related to emotional instability
• Qualification in psychological interventions such as DBT, SCM, CBT, EMDR, MBT, relevant to a client group with complex mental health needs

Experience

• Experience of working with a client group who present with difficulties relating to emotional dysregulation, high risk challenging and chaotic behaviour, highly complex needs relating to trauma
• Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services
• Experience of working with people engaging in high risk behaviours and self harm
• Experience of working within a structured therapeutic model individually and in group settings
• Experience of facilitating psycho-educational and/or skills based groups

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Nikki Marrs Job title Operation Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0808 1964501 Additional information

Alison Franklin - North Shropshire Quality Lead can also be contacted for discussion regarding this vacancy.

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