Mental Health Practitioner

Are you working as a social worker / OT or Nurse and looking for “that” new role, perhaps to be a part of something new and exciting?Are you looking to develop your career with a group of likeminded professionals?

The service is currently undergoing a new and exciting transformation creating new posts across the Rapid Response team.

We are currently recruiting for a number of Advanced Mental Health Practitioners at both Band 5 (Salary ranging from £28,407 - £34,580 per annum) based at Fir Tree House in Slough.

For these positions we will consider both full and part time applicants and can offer flexible working hours between the core hours of 9:00am - 20:00pm, Monday to Friday with 1 weekend day per month to be covered.

As an Advanced Mental Health Practitioner in the rapid response team, you will offer high-quality mental health assessments and short-term intervention to young people experiencing mental health crisis. You will work closely with the wider CAMH services in Berkshire as well as local authority, education colleagues and other services as required.

You will have excellent communication skills as well as a compassionate nature to ensure you are giving your full support to both patients and their families.

As a service we are very committed to the development of our staff and can offer both internal & external training with this role.

No day will be the same, so here are a few (but not limited it) duties of the role;
- Design and develop interventions as part of the patient and their families care plan
- Assess, interpret, diagnose, and implement treatment for patients
- Make appropriate judgements to ensure the best outcome of treatments for young people and their families as well as the improvement of resilience and recovery which mitigates risks to themselves or others
- Maintain and develop key relationships with professionals external to the area of service, as well as patients and their families
- To be responsible for the accurate maintenance of clinical record keeping and ensuring all systems, records and data are stored and transferred correctly

**The 4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:

- A degree in relevant field as well as a core profession eg Social worker, Nurse, OT etc
- Experience in working with young people with mental health and complex needs
- Demonstrable skills in mental health assessments
- Full UK driving license with access to a vehicle

Berkshire Healthcare has a record of achievement and success that places us as one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We are rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC, we have a history of strong financial performance, and we have a highly skilled and engaged workforce. We aspire to be an outstanding organisation for everyone: our people, our patients, their families, and their carers.

**Some of the benefits of joining our team**:

- Band 5 Salary ranging from £28,407 - £34,580 per annum
- Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
- Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Salary sacrifice scheme for a new car
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
- Advanced IT enablement and support 
- Confidential telephone care service providing independent support and advice for staff.
- And so much more

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.