Community Mental Health Transition Practitioner
Band 6
Main area: Transition and Recovery - Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-MHC6789751-B
Site: Brooker Centre, Town: Runcorn
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 22/04/2025
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
The Mental Health Recovery Team/CMHT is looking to recruit a Band 6 Mental Health Transition Practitioner to support transition for young adults aged 18-25 into the CMHT/Recovery Team and connect the young adult to their chosen pathway and interventions.
The successful applicant will engage with the young adult, carer, and referrer prior to referral, where possible, and support the young adult to make informed decisions around their treatment plan and transition.
Main duties of the job
The Transition Practitioner will work within the CMHT/Recovery but will display initiative and flexibility to support all potential referrals of young adults, 18-25 years of age. They will support young adults for a limited time period until the young adult has successfully achieved their transition goals and begun treatment within the team.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Community Mental Health Transition Practitioner will support transition for Children and Young People, aged 18-25, from Mersey Care Children and Young Persons Services (CYPS) and Alder Hey to Adult Community Mental Health Services.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
* To oversee the implementation of National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence (NICE) Quality Statements for transition for children and young people, aged 18-25.
* To ensure a coordinated transition plan for young people moving from children to adults’ services.
* To provide a named worker to coordinate care and support before, during and after transfer.
* To ensure that transition support is person-centred and strength-based.
* To ensure transition support is developmentally appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree level training or equivalent
* Professional registration i.e. NMC, Social Work England, Occupational Health and Care Professions Council
* At least one year’s additional post-registration knowledge and experience
* Evidence of CPD and working towards master level qualification
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience of providing care for people with mental health difficulties within a secondary care environment
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of supporting families and carers
Skills
* Ability to engage service users and carers
* Ability to problem solve
* Ability to identify and implement risk management strategies
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
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