Community Mental Health Practitioner

3 months ago


Weymouth, United Kingdom Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Weymouth & Portland Community Mental Health Team are looking for 1 Mental Health Practitioner to join our well established team in meeting the needs of our demographic. If you are a RMN, OT or Social Worker with experience working with people suffering severe mental illness whether this be inpatient or community based we would love to hear from you.

The care co-ordinator role is for a specified caseload of people with diagnosis of SMI. Building therapeutic relationships with them to enable you to develop recoveryfocused wellbeing plans and implementing them in partnership with them.

The role willalsoinvolve assessments ofpeoplereferred to the service and at times covering the duty role asrequired. The role involvesliaisonwith ourcolleaguesin the Home Treatment Team, Connections, Community Resource Team andPsychiatricliaison as well as the wider community including 3rd sector colleagues and resources.

The post holder will work as part of an established integrated multi-disciplinary team. This team is made up of a several Psychiatrists, ANP, Nurses, Social Workers, Support Time Recovery Workers, Occupational Therapist, Psychologists, Employment specialists and a Carers support worker.

This job is challenging, but if you’re ready for this then we are looking for people who are reliable, committed and motivated with excellent communication, organisational skills and the ability to prioritise. The team are very supportive and you will have case management supervision as well as clinical supervision and opportunities for training.

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.



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