Mental Health Community Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Kidderminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Community Practitioner within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team. This role focuses on delivering population-based mental health care to the Wyre Forest community, emphasizing collaborative work with specialist practitioners and primary care networks.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 with long service

Generous NHS pension

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of supportive staff networks

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualifications such as RMN, BSc/DipSW, BSc OT required.
• Recent evidence of continuing professional development is essential.

Responsibilities

• Completing assessments on patients referred.
• Holding a caseload of patients and providing treatment.
• Developing care plans with patients and the MDT.

Skills

Assessment of mental health problems

Risk assessment and management

Evidence-based interventions

Education

Relevant professional qualification in Health or Social Care

Job description

Go back Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Mental Health Community Practitioner

The closing date is 31 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to employ a MentalHealth Practitioner within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team for 30 hours aweek. This role will focus on the delivery of population based mental healthcare for the community of Wyre Forest. You will be working alongside a team ofhighly specialist practitioners and have direct relationships with theprofessionals within the local Primary Care Networks (PCN). If you are seekinga role that will encompass new ways of working that will be the future deliveryof community mental health care in England, then this is an opportunity youshould not miss. Consideration will be made for flexible working and there maybe some opportunities for staff members to work from home where clinicallypossible.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of a MentalHealth Community Practitioner within our team includes (but not limited to):

Completingassessments on patients referred within the Wyre Forest locality. Referralswould typically come from GPs, however, may also come from internally withinthe trust or other agencies.

Holding acaseload of patients with a range of mental health illnesses and providingtreatment to these individuals using evidence-based interventions asappropriate.

To develop careplans with patients and the MDT, to the utilise these care plans to supportthem in recovery.

To be able torisk assess and risk manage patients in response to their current needs.

To take part inthe duty system and act appropriately when dealing with patients who areexperiencing difficulties in the absence of their allocated worker.

Receive clinicaland managerial supervision regularly, and to also supervise and support juniormembers within the team.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitalsand community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental healthand learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people ofall ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexibleworking options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you workunsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties andcriteria for the role please refer to the job description and personspecification attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of principles of assessment of people with mental health problems
• Knowledge of principles of risk assessment and management
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2006 and other relevant legislation

Additional Criteria

• Will be required to complete breakaway / de-escalation training
• To participate in regular locality duty system if required
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualification relating to Health or Social Care e.g. in social work, nursing, OT with current professional registration
• RMN, BSc/DipSW, BSc OT
• Recent evidence of continuing professional development
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
• Teaching / training qualification
• Psychological therapy qualification

Experience

• Experience of working in a Mental Health setting
• Assessment of people presenting with mental health problems
• Assessment and management of clinical risk
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Managing own case load
• Working in a primary care setting
• Working in collaboration with VCSE service
• Experience of Care Coordination
• Training/developing staff and / or patients
• Experience of delivering evidence based psychosocial interventions

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust