Mental Health Practitioners

As part of Community Transformation, we are changing the way we manage referrals. We have developed a Referral and Assessment Hub in Bolton and are looking to recruit three Mental Health Practitioners to support the screening of referrals and subsequent assessments within the Hub. You will screen referrals to the Hub for people with mental health difficulties. Following your screening/assessment as a Trusted Assessor, you and your colleagues within the Team's MDT will determine the care pathway of the service user within mental health services, ensuring that the service user is allocated to the most appropriate service, including the VCFSE sector and Social Care. You will provide duty assessments for the Referral and Assessment Hub at the designated base or at a venue agreed with the service user and carer. You will need to be able to travel across Bolton. There may also be times when that duty assessment will require you to in‑reach into the inpatient wards if a service user is an inpatient at the time of referral. These posts are full‑time positions and the working hours will be 9:00 am – 7:00 pm Monday to Friday initially and over a flexible rota. Dependent on service need, the service may be extended in future to cover seven days per week, including Bank Holidays. Key Responsibilities Triage of referrals coming into the Referral and Assessment Hub as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing an onward journey if not appropriate for Community Services. Maintain a competent knowledge of community resources available outside of statutory services to support people in mental health recovery. Complete assessment for those inpatients who may require a mental health service upon discharge. Link in with the MDT and attend a daily meeting to discuss your assessments. Promote awareness of the role of the Referral and Assessment Hub within local service area/team, GP practices and the wider community. Support service user, carer and stakeholder involvement. Promote a culture of learning, education and professional development. Adhere to the principles of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in line with Trust Policy and local reporting procedure, ensuring junior staff compliance with this. Employment Conditions All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks. For further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org. The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH. Equality, Diversity & Artificial Intelligence We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under‑represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications: A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing a job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI‑generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for, thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges. We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore them further. Sponsorship We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click here. If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK. Benefits 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years Excellent pension Cycle to work scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Wellbeing programme Blue Light Card discounts fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles) #J-18808-Ljbffr