Mental Health Practitioner - Home Treatment Team

NHS; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community mental health provider in Cornwall seeks a Mental Health Practitioner for their Home Treatment Team. This role requires travel throughout the county and involves supporting service users in mental health crises. Candidates should have relevant professional qualifications and experience in crisis assessment. The position offers a dynamic work environment with a focus on recovery-oriented practices.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working with service users in mental health crisis.
• Working knowledge of crisis assessment and intervention.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary Home Treatment Team.
• Provide interventions, support, guidance, and signposting.
• Deliver timely face to face assessments as required.

Skills

Effective leadership and management skills

Confidence in decision making

Advanced skills in CBT

Solution focused training/experience

Education

Current professional registration NMC / HCPC

Evidence of continued professional development

Sign Off Mentor (SOM) qualification

Job description

Go back Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner - Home Treatment Team

The closing date is 02 November 2025

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise and resources within our organisation and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe and focused on people's recovery. Our Home Treatment and Crisis service provision is a pivotal part of the acute care pathway for people with acute mental health difficulties, and we are investing substantially in them to improve care. Your experience and enthusiasm could be just what we need to expand our teams.

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

Main duties of the job

Our Mental Health Practitioners will work as part of an established integrated multi-disciplinary Home Treatment Team. The team promotes a dynamic and innovative way of working, triaging and responding to mental health crisis calls and referrals, providing interventions, support, guidance and signposting. The service further delivers timely and responsive face to face assessments where required.

This team is made up of a Psychiatrist, nurses, Approved Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers and Support Time Recovery Workers with the support of an admin team and Psychologists.

This is a full-time post, working 13 long days/nights over a 4 week period.

This an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and develop to deliver a high-quality mental health response to people in crisis. We are a forward thinking and innovative team and are presently working towards HTAs accreditation. If you want to work in this dynamic and progressive team, helping those in crisis please follow the link to apply now!

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Current professional registration NMC / HCPC
• Evidence of continued professional development
• To have Sign Off Mentor (SOM) qualification as in accordance with the NMC and be able to sign off students as proficient for registration

Experience

• Previous experience working with service users in mental health crisis
• Working knowledge of crisis assessment and intervention
• Solution focussed training/experience
• Advanced skills in CBT

Skills and Aptitude

• Effective leadership and management skills
• Confident in their abilities to make rapid and effective decision

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.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust