Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner
Location: Totnes, TQ9 5JA
Salary: £37338.00 to £44962.00
Date posted: 13th December 2024
Closing date: 26th January 2025
Job Description:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within the South Hams Core Adult Mental Health Team based at Leatside Surgery Totnes.
You'll be joining Devon Partnership Trust, which encompasses urban, rural and coastal demographics that combine to make this a fascinating and beautiful area to work.
The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic, motivated and skilled service and help the team in the South Hams core team to build upon the successful work they have and continue to achieve.
The South Hams Core Adult team are proactively engaging with the local Primary Care Network, working alongside the local GP Surgeries.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver high quality comprehensive mental health services. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on providing expert assessment and treatment for people with complex mental health difficulties and their carers.
This will include recovery co-ordination (design and co-ordination of treatment packages that are personalised and evaluated).
We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and energy who wants to make a difference to peoples lives; is creative and innovative and highly motivated. You must have assessment and care planning skills and experience in mental health and multi-disciplinary working is desirable.
You will need to have excellent communication skills, be able to exercise clinical judgement in respect of assessing and managing risk. In addition, you need to be committed to the values and principles of recovery, and able to help deliver a safe, timely, caring and responsive service.
About us
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.
Person Specification
Experience
* Substantial experience of managing a extensive and complex caseload of clients with a range of complex mental health problems. Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector. Providing clinical supervision. Mentoring students in line with professional requirements.
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment. Participation in user involvement in services. Experience of delivering model based psychological therapy.
Qualifications
* A professional mental health qualification eg RMN, Social Work Degree or equivalent, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions.
* Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism.
* Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff.
* Evidence of leadership/management training within a core service.
Knowledge and Skills
* An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
* CPA Process.
* Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
* Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
* Able to plan creatively to maximise effectiveness of care plans, including complex multi-agency care plans.
* Able to work independently and as part of a team.
* Excellent clinical assessment skills.
* Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.
* Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health Awareness of community structures and social care management responsibilities.
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.
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