Senior Mental Health Practitioner

1 week ago

AshtonUnderLyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity to for a senior mental health practitioner within the living well service in Tameside & Glossop. This post will involve working with our Pennine Care NHS Foundation colleagues & our Partners in the Living well service to identify & support patients who are struggling with their Mental Health in the community.

Senior Mental Health Practitioners conduct biopsychosocial assessments & Initial Conversations with people presenting with mental health difficulties, social care needs & risk issues at a primary care level. The aim is to promote recovery & help people maintain their lives within their community environment.

**Key Responsibilities of the Post**:
An SMHP assesses risk, devises risk management plans with service users as part of the Duty function. This pathway promotes self-management to enable service users’ engagement with other parts of LWT & offers advice to colleagues where necessary.

As a SMHP you will also be able to offer brief interventions (max12 wks) including devising coping strategies, problem-solving, motivational & behavioural activation work, anxiety management, risk management & suicide prevention work, medication support, promoting social & interagency support, providing psychological support & biopsychosocial education aimed at insight development, promoting self-help through resources & signposting & reviewing treatment plans with service users deemed too complex for other parts of LWT or who may not meet the criteria for secondary care services.

**Key Requirements of the Person Specification**: Applicants must possess RMN / RNMH / Social Worker / OT or equivalent.

Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher/, is desirable together with significant post-registration experience.

We have a very exciting position for you if you are a Mental Health Professional ,your new career will not only be enjoyable but rewarding as you develop specialist skills & contribute to provide care to some of the most vulnerable people in our locality.

We are a 9-5 Monday to Friday service, which offers flexible working opportunities, hours can be negotiable.

The Team are continually seeking service development opportunities & welcomes an enthusiastic, motivated & caring Practitioner to join our busy & supportive team in Tameside & Glossop.

The Team offers a comprehensive Biopsychosocial assessment for those individuals who may require secondary care services & is able to offer short term support in respect of any identified mental health difficulties if indicated.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within the living well system, you will be an integral part of a MDT that meet regularly to actively case manage patients who present with multiple complex needs. you will complete mental health & risk assessments to identify patients’ needs & provide short-term, low-level interventions to prevent escalation & crisis.

Essential Skills & Abilities

Comprehensive mental health & risk assessment skills Ability to deliver evidence based interventions.

Excellent communication skills, both written, verbal and I.T Skills Ability to form productive working relationships & Good organisational & prioritisation skills.

  • Mental Health Practitioner

    6 days ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is excited to advertise a permanent role for a Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner with 1.5 years at least of experience in an appropriate mental health setting to work in the local Tameside Primary Care Network (PCN) along side a band 7 Senior mental health practitioner and a mental health wellbeing practitioner. The...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    3 weeks ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity for a senior mental health practitioner to work within the Living Well service in Tameside & Glossop. The post involves working collaboratively with individuals in a community setting to help them navigate and connect to a range of mental health services, community activities / services in line with their individual needs,...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    2 weeks ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity for a senior mental health practitioner to work within the Living Well service in Tameside & Glossop. The post involves working collaboratively with individuals in a community setting to help them navigate and connect to a range of mental health services, community activities / services in line with their individual needs,...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    1 month ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS FT Full time

    The Team offers a comprehensive Biopsychosocial assessment for those individuals who may require secondary care services & is able to offer short term support in respect of any identified mental health difficulties if indicated. As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within the living well system, you will be an integral part of a MDT that meet regularly to...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    3 weeks ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner Tameside and Glossop Early Attachment Service 12 month fixed term contract 0.7wte (26.5hours) Could you be the ‘Rare Jewel’ that we are looking for?! A unique opportunity has arisen to work within the nationally recognised Tameside and Glossop Early Attachment Service, one of the ten specialist Parent-Infant...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    3 weeks ago

    Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS FT Full time

    Job summary An exciting opportunity for a senior mental health practitioner to work within the Living Well service in Tameside & Glossop. The post involves working collaboratively with individuals in a community setting to help them navigate and connect to a range of mental health services, community activities / services in line with their...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    2 weeks ago

    Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS FT Full time

    Job summary An exciting opportunity for a senior mental health practitioner to work within the Living Well service in Tameside & Glossop. The post involves working collaboratively with individuals in a community setting to help them navigate and connect to a range of mental health services, community activities / services in line with their...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    3 weeks ago

    Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    Job overview An exciting opportunity to for a senior mental health practitioner within the living well service in Tameside & Glossop. This post will involve working with our Pennine Care NHS Foundation colleagues & our Partners in the Living well service to identify & support patients who are struggling with their Mental Health in the community. ...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    2 weeks ago

    Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    Job overview An exciting opportunity to for a senior mental health practitioner within the living well service in Tameside & Glossop. This post will involve working with our Pennine Care NHS Foundation colleagues & our Partners in the Living well service to identify & support patients who are struggling with their Mental Health in the community. ...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    2 months ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    **Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner Tameside and Glossop Early Attachment Service** **12 month fixed term contract 0.7wte (26.5hours)** **Could you be the 'Rare Jewel' that we are looking for?!** A unique opportunity has arisen to work within the nationally recognised Tameside and Glossop Early Attachment Service, one of the ten specialist...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    2 months ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    We currently very excited to be recruiting to the position of Senior Mental Health Practitioner (wte). FITS is a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team embedded within Children's Social Care with an emphasis currently on training and consultation to promote trauma informed practice across the workforce. We are looking for a senior mental health practitioner with...

  • Mental Health Practitioner

    2 weeks ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    We are seeking to recruit staff with a professional registration (Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy) to work within an exciting new service development within Pennine Care. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about working with children and young people and working innovatively across pathways and traditional boundaries to ensure that...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    2 months ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    To provide triage, assessment and support to an allocated group of service users presenting with mental health difficulties and social care needs to promote recovery, and maintain their lives within their community environment.To assist other practitioners within the primary care mental health service to triage referrals,assess, plan, implement and evaluate...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    3 weeks ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    To provide triage, assessment and support to an allocated group of service users presenting with mental health difficulties and social care needs to promote recovery, and maintain their lives within their community environment. To assist other practitioners within the primary care mental health service to triage referrals, assess, plan, implement and...

  • Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    6 days ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    To provide triage, assessment and support to an allocated group of service users presenting with mental health difficulties and social care needs to promote recovery, and maintain their lives within their community environment. To assist other practitioners within the primary care mental health service to triage referrals, assess, plan, implement and...

  • Mhst Mental Health Practitioner

    2 months ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    #JoinUsBeYou and make a difference to a young person's life. Mental Health Practitioner / Mental Health Nurse We have an opportunity in Tameside MHST We are looking for enthusiastic dynamic motivated individuals who are passionate about making a difference to young peoples lives. Tameside is a Local Authorities in Greater Manchester to successfully...

  • Mhst Mental Health Practitioner

    2 months ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    #JoinUsBeYou and make a difference to a young person's life. Mental Health Practitioner As a result of additional investment we have an opportunity for an additional 3.5 WTE band 6 staff working across our mental health support teams within Oldham, Bury, and Stockport. This additional funding will allow services to identify and address health inequalities...

  • Mhst Mental Health Practitioner

    2 weeks ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    #JoinUsBeYou and make a difference to a young person's life. Mental Health Practitioner As a result of additional investment we have an opportunity for an additional 3.5 WTE band 6 staff working across our mental health support teams within Oldham, Bury, and Stockport. This additional funding will allow services to identify and address health inequalities...

  • Qualified Social Worker Mental Health Practitioner

    2 weeks ago

    Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom Randstad Care Full time

    Are you an experienced Adult Social Worker?Do you have a passion for Mental Health? Are you looking to build a career within the NHS?Yes? Randstad are recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join Pennine NHS Trust as a Mental Health Practitioner based in Tameside and Glossop. This is a full time role offering a great pay rate of £24 - £27 DOE per hour....

  • Camhs Senior Mental Health Practitioner

    3 days ago

    Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    This is a great opportunity to work with young people admitted to paediatric wards within the Pennine Care footprint and who present with mental health needs or risks. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about working with children and young people and who can work innovatively across traditional boundaries to ensure young people get the right...