Community Mental Health Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health service as a B6 Community Mental Health Transition Practitioner in Warrington. You will support young adults transitioning to mental health services, facilitating their journey and helping them navigate treatment options. This role is vital for connecting young individuals with appropriate supports and advocating for their mental health needs.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young adults in a mental health setting.
• Ability to navigate the mental health system effectively.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with young adults and their families.

Responsibilities

• Support young adults' transition into mental health services.
• Act as a keyworker, enabling informed decisions around treatment.
• Analyze performance against transition standards for quality improvement.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Flexibility

Education

Relevant healthcare qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Warrington Recovery Team and help establish a new role within our Service.

Warrington Recovery Team (Warrington Adult Community Hub) is looking to recruit a B6 Community Mental Health Transition Practitioner to support the transition for young adults aged 18-25 into the CMHT/Recovery Team. The role involves connecting young adults to their chosen pathways and interventions, engaging with the young adult, carer, and referrer prior to referral where possible, and supporting informed decisions around treatment and transition.

The Transition Practitioner will aim to meet NICE transition standards and promote Mersey Care principles of transition. They will be an integral part of the Recovery Team MDT, working closely with Children and Young People services and other supporting services across the wider system, including primary care and VCFSEs.

Our office base is Wakefield House, with core hours currently from Monday to Friday, 9-5 (subject to change). The role requires initiative and flexibility to support all potential referrals of young adults aged 18-25, supporting them until they achieve their transition goals and begin treatment within the team. The practitioner will act as a keyworker during this period, helping navigate the mental health system and serving as a point of contact for the young adult and their carer.

The Transition Practitioner will regularly analyze performance against transition standards to identify areas for quality improvement and help shape the role across Community Mental Health Services.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people across the region, and is commissioned for services covering the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services supporting physical and mental health, including high secure mental health facilities.

Our commitment is to ‘perfect care’—safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support staff development and work with service users, families, and carers to co-design future services. We are currently implementing a programme of organizational and service transformation to enhance quality and reduce costs.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Barry McKeown
• Job title: Senior Nurse Practitioner
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]