Senior Practitioner

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Manchester is seeking a dedicated Senior Practitioner to join its Greater Manchester Reconnect service. The role involves supporting individuals leaving prison, enhancing their health and well-being, and working with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should have experience in mental health or related fields, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage complex cases. This position offers many benefits, including additional pay for evenings and weekends, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Pay enhancements for evenings and weekends

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Experienced mental health practitioner with a good working knowledge of community health services.
• Evidence of positive contribution to change management.
• Experience or knowledge of the Criminal Justice system.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals leaving the prison setting to enhance their health and wellbeing.
• Provide supervision and support to junior staff.
• Manage and evaluate a caseload with relevant pathways.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work as part of an MDT

Good problem-solving skills

Ability to deal with sensitive issues

Flexible and responsive approach to care

Education

RMN, RNLD, OT, SW with current professional registration

Post registration training in relevant field

Leadership/Management training

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our expanding Greater Manchester Reconnect service, in the role of Senior Practitioner.

The post holder will have excellent communication and person skills and have extensive experience of working with individuals in mental health, learning disability or criminal justice services.

Our Greater Manchester Reconnect Service is commissioned by NHS England and is a care after custody service that seeks to improve the care of people leaving prison by offering our service and support pre-release, and peer led navigation and support in the community post release.

The Greater Manchester Reconnect Service will be provided in all Greater Manchester prisons and the Greater Manchester community.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team responsible for supporting individuals leaving the prison setting to enhance their health, wellbeing and quality of life, assisting them to connect with and access health services, voluntary sector services and community-based activities and support.

The post holder will work agilely across the GM footprint to:

• Provide supervision, support and advice to junior staff in the team, in line with relevant clinical pathways as outlined within the operational procedures.
• Manage and evaluate a caseload in line with relevant pathwaysas outlined within the operational procedure and will include: -
• Assessment
• Formulation
• Signposting
• Close working with all colleagues
• To support with complex cases

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements 36% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 72% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• RMN, RNLD, OT, SW with current professional registration.
• Post registration training in relevant field
• Leadership/Management training

Experience

• Experienced mental health, CAMHS or learning disability practitioner with a good working knowledge of how health and social care services are delivered in a community setting.
• Experience of Multi-Disciplinary working
• Evidence of positive contribution to change management
• Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches
• Experience or knowledge/understanding of the Criminal Justice system and settings.
• Experience of working with young adults
• Experience of working with women

Knowledge

• Awareness of children/vulnerable adults' guidelines
• Knowledge or willingness to develop awareness of wider mental vulnerability.
• Knowledge of risk assessment tools in mental health.
• Understanding of the interface between health, social care and criminal justice services and a commitment to overcoming potential barriers.
• Knowledge of the wider criminal justice agencies and their role in risk management.
• Awareness of criminal justice legislation.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work as part of an MDT
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
• Good problem-solving skills
• Flexible and responsive approach to care
• Ability to identify and support the management of risk to in a proportionate and defensible manner.
• Ability to work within a culturally diverse community in a wide variety of contexts including highly specialist skills for working in community settings
• Understanding and experience of delivering care with compassion in a sometimes-pressured environment
• Experience of the interface between Health Services and the Criminal Justice System
• Ability to work with minimum supervision in a safe and coordinated manner
• Ability to promote, develop and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in health, social care and criminal justice settings

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.