Mental Health Practitioner

Navigo; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Navigo in Grimsby is seeking a motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join our Care Home Liaison Team. You will assess, develop, implement and evaluate person-centred care plans, promoting independence and high quality care.

The role involves working in a fast-paced environment, coordinating with external agencies, and providing training and guidance to colleagues to ensure collaborative care for service users.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with current NMC Part 3/13 or qualified OT/Social Worker/NMN.
• Experience with older people and mental health care.
• Experience liaising with GPs and voluntary services.
• Ability to work under CPA/memory diagnostic framework is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of service-users and communicate complex information to service-users, carers and professionals.
• Develop, implement and evaluate person-centred care plans; monitor and adjust as needed.
• Collaborate with external agencies to provide comprehensive care for service-users.
• Coordinate caseload and prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Provide guidance to colleagues and participate in clinical governance activities.
• Maintain confidential records and support risk assessment and crisis management.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Assessment

Care planning

MDT collaboration

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highlymotivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner to join the Care HomeLiaison Team

Please note the earliest start date for this position is 1st February 2027.

Main duties of the job

Our ideal candidate would be acommitted team player as well as being able to work independently,demonstrating initiative and be passionate in promoting good quality care tomaximise independence. Within this role you will be responsible for assessing,developing, implementing and evaluating care plans using a person-centredapproach. Within this role you will gain training, support, and guidance toensure you are working collaboratively with external agencies to provide thebest possible care for our service users.

This role requires someone whocan manage in a fast-paced environment completing assessments to supportdiagnosis. The day-to-day work - for this role will be led by the needs of theservice users and the service which will require effective time management andprioritisation skills as well as effective communication and autonomousworking.

All of our staff are anintegral part of the multidisciplinary team within mental health services.

About us

Hello!

Weare Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health andwell-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental healthservices to the NHS and beyond.

Thewhole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for ourown family to use.

Weoffer a range of mental health services, including acute and communityfacilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adultsinpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and anoutstanding specialist eating disorder facility.

Rankedas one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companiestop 100 large company list.

Asa social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have alsodeveloped income-generating commercially viable businesses that providetraining, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby GardenCentre.

Workingat Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but wereally mean it.

Welike to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Job responsibilities

• Communication & relationship skills

  Usecommunication skills to conduct assessments of service-users and communicatecomplex information related to their mental health needs, to service-users,carers, relatives and other professionals.

  Effectivelycommunicate complex and/or sensitive information where there are barriers tounderstanding. This includes communication concerning adult protection, abuse,cognitive impairment and other risks surrounding a service-users mentalhealth. Barriers to understanding include: working with service-users who couldbe hostile or highly emotional, who have complex needs and may be vulnerable.

  Maintainand develop effective communication and working relationships within the teamand with external agencies.

  Promoteand implement creative ways of working with service-users.

  Instigate,develop and maintain a relationship with the client and / or carer tofacilitate the accurate assessment and delivery of care.

  Managehighly confidential information in respect of members of the public inaccordance with local and national policy.

  Actas care co-ordinator and named worker responsible for specialist assessment,reviewing and on-going care.

• Knowledge,training and experience

  Thepost-holder will hold current registration on part 3 or 13 of the NMC registeror hold a Registered Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Mental Nursing(RMN) certificate.

  Havepost registration experience and / or training, relating to older people andmental health and apply this knowledge when delivering care to service-users.

  Provideadvice and support to other agencies around issues relating to mental health.

• Analytical & judgement skills

  Undersupervision make decisions about the range of options for treatment and careplans based on judgement of service-users need.

  Conductcomprehensive assessments of both service users and carers in line with teamoperational policies.

• Planning & organisational skills

  Planand co-ordinate care plan review meetings with colleagues in the team and withstaff in other teams and agencies, ensuring that review meetings take place atthe appropriate time.

  Co-ordinatetransfer or referral of service-users to other teams or services whererequired.

  Undersupervision, prioritise, plan and co-ordinate own workload and activities inline with the changing needs of the team and service. This includes planningand monitoring client medication needs, making appointments for service-users,conducting assessments, managing emergencies and enquiries, responding tocrisis work within individual caseload, ensuring patient records are up to dateand supporting colleagues on a daily basis.

  Havethe ability to work independently and to be able to resolve complexprofessional problems using supervision appropriately.

  Crisisresponse to other staffs service-users, in the event of key workers absenceand delegation from manager.

  Participatein caseload management and ensure relevant information is available for this totake place.

• Physical skills

  Betrained in control and restraint and breakaway techniques and undertake regularupdates.

• Responsibilities for patient/client care

  Developprogrammes of care for service-users and act as care co-ordinator forservice-users, ensuring links with Adult Social Care.

  Assessand review service-users clinical risk management plan using the DICES riskassessment.

  Assesscare needs of service-users and carers to develop and implement appropriatecare plans.

  Providespecialist clinical advice to service-users, their carers, relatives and otherprofessionals on needs relating their difficulties and mental health. Thisincludes a range of health education and advice.

  Initiateindividual carer support where required.Set objectives, monitor and audit effectiveness.

  Participatein clinical governance activities.

• Responsibilities for policy & service development implementation

  Adhereto all Navigo policies and legislation relating to the role.

  Contributeto the evaluation and development of the service.

  Commenton policies, procedures and developments where required.

  Proposeimprovements and changes to own work area and critically explore new ways ofworking where required.

• Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

  Useequipment and resources in a careful and responsible manner.

  Respectthe resources within the restraints of the team budget.

• Responsibilities for human resources

  Participatein Navigo clinical supervision strategy.

  Provideclinical supervision for junior colleagues.

  Actas a mentor for students and assist other members of the team in supervisingand teaching their students.

  Assistin induction of new staff.

  Participatein PDR, identify own developmental needs and maintain professional portfolio.In addition, participate in PDR with junior colleagues where required.

• Responsibilities for information resources

  Accuratelydocument episodes and information relating to client care in patient notes,using agreed methods of documentation. This will be done in accordance with Navigopolicies, professional guidelines and data protection legislation.

  Recordpersonally generated information as required by the team or service, asdirected by the Clinical team leaders / Team Manager.

  Provideoral / written clinical reports as required.

  Managehighly confidential information in respect of members of the public inaccordance with local and national policy.

• Responsibilities for research and development

  Participatein surveys or audits or research in relation to own work, as required by theteam or service.

  Beaware of up to date relevant published research, benchmarking and innovativepractice in other areas and ensure own practice is evidence based.

• Freedom to act

  Delivercare for service-users and carers, working within professional codes ofpractice, organisational policies, local protocols and national legislation.

  Havethe ability to work independently, with peer support and supervision whererequired, to deliver care for service-users / carers and resolve complexprofessional problems.

• Physical effort

  Workin a clinic / office based environment.

  Regularlydrive to visit service-users in their own homes or in a community setting(provision to make reasonable adjustments under the Disability DiscriminationAct applies).

• Mental effort

  Concentrationis frequently required in order to carry out client assessments and write uppatient episodes in notes on the majority of working days.

  Workis carried out in an unpredictable environment. This includes, for example,working with service-users who display unpredictable behaviour, responding toemergency telephone calls, responding to immediate risks to service-users andothers, and to deal changes and queries from service-users carers and otherprofessionals and agencies.

• Emotional effort

  Workdirectly with difficult family situations and circumstances. For example,communication with service-users, families and other agencies around receivinga diagnosis of dementia, adult protection, suicide and overdose, and othermental health issues.

  Workwith service-users who display challenging and potentially verbally and / orphysically aggressive behaviour.

• Workingconditions

  Someexposure to unpleasant working condition, much of the work is carried out inthe community

• Other duties

  Reportactual or potential problems that may put health, safety and security at risk.Report all adverse incidents as per Navigo incident reporting policy.

  Reportall incidents of bullying or harassment, as per the Navigo Bullying andHarassment policy.

  Toundertake any other tasks or duties associated with the post, appropriate tothe level of responsibility, and as directed by line manager.

Person Specification

Skills & Attributes

• Takes responsibility for own personal development.
• Evidence of engaging in learning activities and professional development.
• Evidence of communication skills. Able to communicate effectively with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
• Commitment to ethos of MDT working.
• Evidence of ability to work within a team.
• Evidence of ability to keep confidentiality.
• Evidence of an interest and enthusiasm for working with this client group.

Experience

• Experience of working with older people.
• Experience of working within a CPA framework/ Memory diagnostic.
• Experience of liaising with other teams or services, for example GPs, voluntary sector services.
• Involvement in innovative nursing/social work practice.
• Worked as key-worker/care co-ordinator or equivalent.
• Experience of taking part in recruitment and selection processes.
• Experience of care management role within CMHMS

Knowledge

• Knowledge of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.
• Evidence of knowledge of current professional issues.
• Relevant professional Mental Health legislation/guidance. Basic theoretical concepts in nursing/social work.
• NICE guidelines, NSF, Clinical Governance.
• Awareness of current research in the field.
• Knowledge of Person Centred Care
• Knowledge of audit process.
• Knowledge of PSI and CBT.

Qualifications

• Current Registration on part 3 or 13 of NMC register.
• Occupational Therapist or Social Worker currently registered.
• Have undertaken other relevant training and courses relevant to the post.

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.

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearPay dependant on experience