Mental Health Practitioner (Forensic)

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Radlett; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in the UK seeks a specialist community mental health practitioner for the Community Forensic Team. The role involves providing expertise in managing complex cases and collaborating with professionals in multidisciplinary care. Join a respected organization known for its outstanding services and commitment to mental health recovery.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist mental health practitioner input to the Community Forensic Team.
• Work closely with Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists and multi-disciplinary team members.
• Coordinate assessments and plan, implement, and review care.

Job description

Overview

To provide specialist community mental health practitioner input to the Community Forensic Team in Hertfordshire. This will include the provision of specialist knowledge regarding the management of complex cases.

Team

To work in close liaison with the Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists and other members of the multi‑disciplinary team to co‑ordinate the input of the team and to act as a key professional in the full assessment of individual care needs and to plan, implement and review appropriate care and risk management.

CFT Purpose

The Community Forensic Team (CFT) provides enhanced risk assessment and provides specialist treatment to people with mental disorder in the community who pose or could pose a significant risk of causing serious harm (usually physical) to others. Most (but not all) individuals registered with the CFT have been convicted of serious violent offending. Treatment is geared towards the safe management of risk and recovery of the individual.

Trust

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Staff and Services

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

Values

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Invitation

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?