Social Work Mental Health Practitioner

Mental Health Practitioner – PKC13974£Perth and Kinross Council’s Wellbeing Support Team provides early intervention and relapse prevention services to empower individuals to recover from, or live better with, the symptoms of mental ill health through the provision of information, support, self-management programmes, community connections and peer support. We are recruiting for a Mental Health Practitioner to join our team. You will contribute to assessment, risk assessment, personal outcome recovery care planning and review. You will be directly involved in delivering support to adults with moderate mental health needs living in rural towns and villages in Perth and Kinross. You will plan, organise and manage the delivery of support in line with policy, procedure and best practice. The support offered will be delivered over a six-month period and will be recovery-focused, encouraging the development of self-management skills to support service users to move on from, or live better with, the symptoms of mental ill health. As we embark on an exciting and ambitious journey to transform how mental health services are delivered across Perth and Kinross, we are committed to creating a flexible, responsive and person-centred pathway of support for individuals experiencing mental health challenges. Our vision is to ensure that support is available beyond the traditional 9–5 working week, extending into evenings, weekends, and out-of-hours periods. We are redesigning our model of care for individuals experiencing:• Mental health difficulties• A key component of this transformation is our commitment to collaborative and partnership working, ensuring services are shaped and delivered in conjunction with:• Health services• Do you want to help shape the future of mental health and wellbeing support? Work closely with third sector partners, health colleagues, and people with lived experience• Help develop a model of care that reflects best practice, compassion, and accessibility Work across a range of shifts, including evenings and weekends Work collaboratively across agencies, including the third sector, health services, and lived experience networks, to deliver coordinated and holistic support Can build effective relationships across statutory, third sector and community networks~You will demonstrate good written, IT and verbal communication skills, the ability to undertake assessment of mental wellbeing, and demonstrate succinct, good care planning and review processes. You must have a genuine interest in working with people in a recovery focussed approach to improve their mental health and wellbeing. You will have previous experience of working with people with mental health needs. The Mental Health Practitioner role within the Wellbeing Support Team requires qualification of either a Band 6 Nursing award or Social Work DipSW Degree level. You must have a valid UK driving licence as this post requires you to utilise PKC pool vehicles. A generous annual leave package~6 days public holiday and an additional discretionary day~ Eligibility to join our pension scheme~ Family friendly and positive work/life balance policies such as Flexible Working , Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave , time off for volunteering and our Wellbeing Framework~ We recognise there can be benefits to flexible working and where individual jobs allow, we seek to support this. A healthy work life balance is important to us and we provide supportive management and, where possible, flexible working arrangements to help you achieve that balance. You will have access to training and support for continued professional development. For purposes of connection and collaboration with colleagues and with the community we serve, our full-time employees work on site for a minimum of 2 days per week with the arrangements for part time employees being agreed on a basis which will ensure that they benefit to an equivalent degree. Our FAQs on hybrid working can be found here Hybrid working FAQs . Further details are available in the FAQs at “ How to apply for a job or apprenticeship with us ”. We welcome applications from everyone and as a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to interview applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential requirements of the post. Diversity is important to us and although some of our jobs may be perceived to be traditionally gender specific, we welcome applications from everyone and would encourage you to apply if you meet the job requirements. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government. Working with children and/or protected adults is regarded as a regulated role and under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 you will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check and maintain your membership. If you have lived overseas for a period of 12 months or more (continuous or total) within the last 10 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required….