Senior Mental Health Practitioner OpCourage

Pennine Care; Bury St Edmunds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Compressed hours

Hybrid working

Annual leave

CPD

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an NHS AfC: Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health Social Worker for the Op Courage service, spanning the North West. The post supports flexible, hybrid working across office, home, online and community settings, with a 37.5 hour week on a permanent contract.

The role includes triage/referral screening, MDT collaboration, risk assessment and delivery of evidence-based interventions under the psychological team in MoD venues and community

Qualifications

• Experience as Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker within NHS AfC Band 6 context.

Responsibilities

• Participation in a Duty rota with referrers; risk management and safeguarding support.
• Case management of veterans; clinical interventions and signposting with local services.

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week Job ref 311-F1033-26-A

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

Site Arundel House is base - but work is across the whole of North West Town Bury Salary £39,959 - £48,117 PA, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople

To be a Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health Social Worker within the Op Courage service to veterans and “service leavers” with a six month discharge date from Military, within the North West of England.

As part of the OpCourage North collaborative, assist in triage/screening referrals for the collaborative, alongside specifically NW clients.

The post consists of hybrid working between office, home base, online/ virtual appointments, face to face and community settings.

Responsibilities include:

• Participation in a Duty rota including liaising with referrers and other services, providing support to members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team in relation to risk management and safeguarding issues
• Case management of veterans, clinical interventions and signposting/ liaising with local services.

The service delivery of clinical interventions occurs within a range of venues (including MoD venues) across the North West or home setting where clients’ needs necessitate this.

Main duties of the job

Senior mental health practitioners would be expected to carry out initial face to face mental health, social care and risk assessments using the OpCourage standard assessment (including collecting outcome measures); case management of an assigned group of clients who require on-going monitoring of their mental health and risk management; emotional and practical support; and the delivery of evidence based interventions supported by the psychological team. The evidence based intervention for the clients identified needs relating to their time in the military with a goal of accessing military attributable therapy.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our#PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake screening and telephone assessment duties including liaison with referrers and other service providers to ensure clients are treated in the most appropriate service for their needs.

• To provide a thorough psycho-social assessment of the client (aged 18+), this will include a risk assessment, safety plan and care plan.
• To deliver individualised interventions to the client based on individual care plan
• Liaison with local services, MDT’s and 3rd sector organisations.
• To manage own caseload by delivering brief interventions to the client, whilst maintaining and allocating new clients.
• Undertaking initial assessments as part of duty tasks and offering an additional face to face assessment slot weekly to support the brief interventions pathway.
• To conduct a thorough psycho-social assessment of clients referred to the OpCourage Service, to identify their needs and develop a collaborative care plan
• To provide case management and brief interventions for clients with moderate and complex mental health problems where required focus is generally around Military attributable needs, risk to self or others.
• Ensuring referrals to safeguarding children or safeguarding vulnerable adults are made where required in a timely manner.
• Have a good working knowledge of medication that is prescribed within Primary Care.
• To work jointly with colleagues within Op Courage MDT where