Mental Health Practitioner

4 weeks ago

Stockport, Stockport, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

The Access Team is a dynamic and fast-paced service that provides a single point of entry and first-level gatekeeping into mental health services in Stockport. Our team screens and triages all referrals, undertaking telephone triages, urgent and routine face-to-face assessments, and onward referrals to the most appropriate service, ensuring individuals receive the right care at the right time and from the right service.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
  • Conduct comprehensive assessments of individuals' health and social care needs, including risk assessments.
  • Coordinate assessment clinics and prioritize appointments, ensuring a flexible and creative approach within the team.
  • Develop and implement individualized packages of care, including signposting where necessary, within the stepped care model (NICE, 2003), Fair Access to Care Services, and the Care Programme Approach.
  • Liaise and negotiate with other professions, statutory, and independent agencies to ensure the best possible service is provided to service users and carers, and to appropriately signpost to other agencies.
  • Assist service users in effectively managing their emotional distress, using psychological evidence-based interventions.
  • Provide education and self-help resources to patients tailored to their individual needs.
  • Keep and store up-to-date written records, adhering to Pennine Care policies.
  • Participate in audits of the primary care mental health service as requested.
  • Offer supervision and mentorship to junior primary care mental health workers and students.
  • Utilize managerial and clinical supervision to ensure care and treatment are tailored to service users, family, and community needs, and to identify and act upon learning needs for professional and personal development.
Working for Our Organisation

The Access Team operates from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, working closely with Healthy Minds, The Transition Team, and other internal and external providers, such as the Stockport Prevention Alliance, Open Door, and the Safe Haven.

Person Specification

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the essential and desirable criteria for this role.

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