Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
Are you passionate about making a real difference inpeoples lives?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Band 5 Mental HealthPractitioner to join our friendly team at Crediton Hospital, supporting theCrediton and Okehampton community.
This is a fantastic opportunity for amotivated individual looking for a fixed term or secondment position to covermaternity leave until 31/10/2026. In this varied and rewarding role, you willhold a caseload of clients with severe mental illness (SMI), delivering evidence-basedinterventions and providing day-to-day therapeutic support.
You will workcollaboratively with an experienced multidisciplinary team, including band 6colleagues, the team manager, consultant psychiatrist, and psychologyprofessionals. The ability to travel across the area is essential to meet theneeds of our clients.
If you are driven to promote recovery, independence, andsocial inclusion, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
- Hold and manage a caseload of clients with SMI, deliveringpersonalised, evidence-based interventions.
- Carry out comprehensive risk and needs assessments,complete PROMS, and contribute to the development, review, and implementationof care plans.
- Offer day-to-day therapeutic support and respond promptlyto crisis situations, ensuring accurate and timely clinical record-keeping.
- Liaise closely with band 6 staff, the team manager,consultant psychiatrist, psychology, and the wider MDT to deliver holisticcare.
- Conduct physical health monitoring and participate in dutycover as required.
- Champion recovery, independence, and social inclusion forclients within the community.
- Flexibility and the ability to travel throughout theCrediton and Okehampton area are essential for this role.
About us
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people’s recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience – we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge
- An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
- An understanding of CPA Process
- Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health
Other
- The ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role
Qualifications
- An appropriate up to date professional mental health qualification eg RMN, OT or social worker on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions. (It will be an essential requirement for newly qualified social workers to demonstrate that they have completed The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) before commencing in post or there will be a requirement to complete this within the first 12 months of employment with the Trust.)
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
Experience
- Postgraduate experience in at least two inpatient settings or substantial experience working within a mental health and/or learning disabilities setting;
- Managing a caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
- Working within a community setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
- Demonstrates sound theoretical knowledge of mental health practice;
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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