Mental Health Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust was awarded funding by the Department of Health to participate in a nationwide rollout of the mental health treatment requirement (MHTR) programme. This is part of a wider national rollout programme of community sentence treatment requirements (CSTR). GMMH Is one of 12 mental health providers who are delivering the CSTR programme. MHTR’s is an effective framework of managing risk and linking offenders with health and social care supports, however they are underused as a sentence option for people with mental health problems.

This post is offered as an opportunity for an experienced band 6 mental health practitioner to work within the Mental Health Treatment Requirement team across Greater Manchester.

The role will be to provide low level psychological interventions for depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders and learning difficulties. In addition the post holder will provide case management to the service users to ensure global health needs of the cohort.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

2. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist
3. To assist in the co ordination and running of therapeutic groups.
4. To collate and report audit data in order to meet the audit requirements of the service.
5. To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
6. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings

7. To assist in the design of computerized databases and to be responsible for their continual updating and ongoing statistical analysis.
8. To be aware of, and comply to, National Regulations and local Trust Policies concerned with Data Protection.

9. Triage using evidenced based assessments, care plans which are recorded and monitored for progress to move service users through the systems.

10. Sign-post and advise both service users and professionals of all the commissioned serves available in Bolton.

11. Support service users to participate in positive diversionary activities and seek employment.



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