Community Mental Health Practitioner:- Access Pathway

Community Mental Health Practitioner: Access Pathway

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The Mental Health Practitioners have a crucial role in processing, assessing and determining the mental health and social care needs of a person referred to determine their ongoing needs and facilitation of service provision. The role will require excellent risk assessment and management skills in relation to and positive risk taking and decision making to enable safe and effective responses for an identified client group, largely by telephone/assessment.

You will participate in the delivery of the agreed aims and objectives of the service and identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved. They will assist in the delivery of a high standard of Mental Health care to service users referred to the service. They will implement agreed systems for the monitoring of effectiveness of care.

You will be based with either the Shropshire or Telford Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (dependant on preference). At times, there will be some expectation to be based at either The Redwoods Centre or Hall Court.

You will be working closely with the Crisis team and the Access Call handlers.

The post is working 22.5 hours per week and will alternate each week between:

Week one: Monday to Friday 4pm - 8.45pm

Week two: Saturday and Sunday 8am - 8pm

Main duties of the job

• Leading on the assessment of people referred to the Access Team.
• Development and maintenance of effective communications within the area of work and promotion of positive working relationships with pathway colleagues, departments and other agencies.
• Organising and delivering informal, team-based, training to the wider team which focuses on the particular needs of all age clients with functional mental health problems.
• Managing time effectively to ensure the best use of staff and resources when acting as Shift Co, informing senior members of the team/pathway when issues impacting on service delivery become apparent.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached detailed job description and person specification for further information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Be a Registered Mental Health Professional e.g Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.

Experience

• Experience of previous working in a similar role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.