Senior Mental Health Practitioner

6 months ago


Wokingham, United Kingdom Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Wokingham Community Older Adults Mental Health Teamis looking for an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivatedSenior Mental Health Practitioner(Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist)to join our friendly and innovativeHome Treatment Team (HTT).

Your base would be Wokingham Community Hospital where we have access tofree parkingfacilities,staff room and a friendly and welcoming team. There is also the opportunity to work remotely, and a balance of office and home would be encouraged.

The post holder will be well supported and guided by our Clinical Lead and HTT Lead as necessary and have day to day responsibility for their own allocated caseload and HTT caseload. They will act as a keyworker assessing the patient’s needs and providing high quality mental health interventions appropriate to the individual, including care management.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you’ll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

**These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare**:

- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

**Benefits of working for us include**:

- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
- Generous NHS pension scheme - 20.68% employer contribution
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- Advanced IT enablement
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries

**The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:
1. Have the relevant professional qualification (Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist) and clinical mental health experience
2. A passion and understanding for working with Older People
3. Good understanding of the relevant legislation surrounding the Mental Capacity Act / Mental Health Act
4. The ability to assess risk in both routine and urgent situations
5. Be a car driver with the ability and readiness to travel



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