Mental Health Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; St Helens; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking Band 6 practitioners to join its Community Rapid Response Team in St Helens. The role involves assessing care needs and delivering support to service users within their homes, emphasizing alternative treatments to hospital admissions. This position includes flexible shift patterns and requires strong collaboration skills with law enforcement and partner agencies.

Benefits

Flexible working requests considered

Commitment to staff development

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health assessment and care planning required.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face assessments of service users.
• Develop and evaluate care programs.
• Provide training and advice related to mental health law.

Skills

Assessment skills

Mental health knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Registered Nurse or equivalent qualification

Job description

Mid CRHT are currently looking to recruit Band 6 practitioners to join the team.

CRHT operates on a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week basis and offers intensive home support to service users as an alternative to hospital admission. The team collaborates with various services to support service users at home.

The CRHT base is in St Helens and covers surrounding boroughs including Halton, Warrington, and Knowsley.

The post involves working on a rotational shift basis, including weekends and night shifts, according to service demands.

The post holder will assess care needs, develop, implement, and evaluate care programs within the framework of Effective Care Co-ordination (ECC).

They will operate as part of an integrated Home Treatment Service and must be flexible to deliver care in different environments.

The team assesses and provides treatment to service users with complex needs, considering alternatives to admission where possible.

The post holder should respect and value service users' choices, working alongside them and their carers to ensure they are central to care planning.

Participation in a 24-hour roster system, on a rotational basis, is expected.

Core responsibilities include face-to-face assessments, specialist mental health assessments, sharing information with police, acting as an advisor regarding mental health law, delivering training to police colleagues, and signposting to partner agencies.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people and covering regions including North Wales and the Midlands.

Services include specialist inpatient and community care, mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three UK trusts offering high secure mental health facilities.

Our commitment is to 'perfect care'—safe, effective, positive, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support staff development and work with service users, families, and carers to co-design future services. A programme of organizational and service transformation is underway to improve quality and reduce costs.

Flexible working requests will be considered.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Genevieve Kerr
• Job title: Team Manager
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]