Senior Practitioner

1 week ago


Rochdale, Rochdale, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS FT Full time
The Mental Health Living Well Service are recruiting additional staff to complement their current offer.

There are 6 services across Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton providing assessment, triage, short term interventions and support to individuals struggling with their mental health.

Senior mental health practitioners (PCNs)
Adult Care
Substance Misuse Services
Wellbeing Coordinators
You will provide guidance in risk management and help signpost and refer on to relevant services where required.

You will be expected to provide short term interventions and work in collaboration with community based services to aid recovery.

The service covers 7 days a week, inc bank holidays however we perceive the working week will mainly be Monday- Friday with some flexibility to offer support to individuals outside of these hours.

The post will involve being based within one of the 6 sectors in HMR, you will be part of a wider MDT who come together to support individuals in their times of need, you will be working independently and alongside colleagues as part of the network.

The post will involve triaging referrals within the huddles and assessing the appropriateness for mental health support, and signposting to other services if not appropriate.

This post will be responsible for the assessment and formulation of presenting mental health problems experienced by individuals at a secondary care level.

You will be responsible for delivering brief psychological based interventions for people experiencing common mental health problems.

You will be providing short term support to individuals to support with strengths based support, help with strategies for anxiety management and living with low mood, making community connections, trauma informed care, practical support amongst a wide range of other interventions.

Implement recovery pathways
This post involves liaison with other roles and services within the community.

Living Well offers early support to individuals who need mental health support, we aim to support individuals in their local areas with the right person who can meet their needs.


The service receives routine and urgent referrals into mental health services, the team use a huddle approach where each referral is discussed and together a individualised plan is made that would best meet their needs.

We aim to ensure there is a true multi agency approach to the support we offer, we strive to provide excellent care using a strengths based approach and encourage engaging with community based/ voluntary based offers in local areas.

Experience of working with individuals who present to mental health services in crisis and have symptoms of mental health illness
Further training in brief psychosocial interventions
Primary care mental health work experience
Experience of providing supervision to junior staff

Understanding of current mental health legislation, Safe Guarding and Child Protection Legislation
Awareness of NICE Guidance in the treatment of mental health problems and knowledge of treatments and interventions appropriate for individuals with mental health needs
Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues
Knowledge of psychosocial assessment and risk assessment/management processes
Comprehensive mental health and risk assessment skills
Ability to contribute to the development of effective packages of care and risk management plans
Skills in planning, delivery and evaluation of training

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