Senior Mental Health Practitioner

BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Slough; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave (rising with long

NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career dev.

Cycle to Work and car leasing

Wellbeing tools and discounts

Staff networks for equality

Free parking

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Slough Community Mental Health Service at New Horizons. You will work autonomously with adults with complex mental health needs, delivering assessments, care planning, and evidence-based interventions within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

The role involves risk management, care coordination across settings, safeguarding responsibilities, and providing clinical leadership to junior

Qualifications

• Hold and manage a defined caseload for adults with serious and enduring mental health needs.
• Complete comprehensive mental health assessments, formulations, care and crisis plans.
• Coordinate evidence-based, recovery-focused interventions in various settings.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies to develop coordinated health and social care packages.
• Undertake Care Act 2014 and safeguarding responsibilities as needed.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to junior staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Hold and prioritise a defined caseload autonomously.
• Perform mental health assessments and develop care plans.
• Deliver recovery-focused interventions in homes, community venues and at team premises.
• Collaborate with GPs, local authorities and partner agencies for coordinated care.
• Take safeguarding responsibilities and manage risk.
• Provide supervision to junior staff and students and support risk taking decisions.

Skills

Autonomy/independence

Mental health assessments

Risk assessments

Care planning

Intervention delivery

Team collaboration

Clinical leadership

Supervision of juniors

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Slough Community Mental Health Service at New Horizons. We are looking for an experienced, compassionate and autonomous practitioner who can work effectively with adults experiencing mental health problems. You will join a supportive multidisciplinary team of psychologists, CBT therapists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, nurses and social workers. The role combines specialist assessment, recovery-focused care planning, treatment delivery and positive risk management, with opportunities to support service development and junior colleagues. The post is based at New Horizons, Pursers Court, Slough, with community work across a range of settings.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

• Hold and prioritise a defined caseload, working autonomously with people who have serious and enduring mental health needs.
• Complete comprehensive mental health assessments, formulations, care plans, crisis plans and risk assessments.
• Coordinate and deliver evidence-based, recovery-focused interventions in service users' homes, community venues and team premises.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team, carers, GP practices, local authority colleagues and partner agencies to develop coordinated packages of health and social care.
• Undertake relevant Care Act 2014 and safeguarding responsibilities on behalf of the joint NHS and local authority service.
• Participate in duty work, maintain accurate and timely Rio records, and contribute to clinical governance and service improvement.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to junior staff and students, including guidance on risk assessment and positive risk taking.
• Travel between Trust and community locations as required.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites