South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 26 May 2026
Core Community Mental Health Team Barnsley
Are you an experienced mental health practitioner from a nursing, social work, or occupational therapy background looking for your next challenge? We’re excited to offer a full-time Band 6 opportunity within our Core Community Mental Health Team in Barnsley.
Our service operates Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00, and we pride ourselves on promoting a healthy work-life balance. We offer flexible working options, including compressed hours over four days for full-time staff.
You’ll become part of a supportive and skilled Multidisciplinary Team, working in a blended agile and office-based model from Lundwood Health Centre.
Over the past year, we’ve invested heavily in developing our Complex and Emotional Needs Pathway. This has given our team fantastic opportunities for additional training and skill development in interventions such as: SCM, DBT, PSI and a range of other interventions.
We also have a specific pathway within core for clients with SMI (Serious Mental Illness) and we are looking to further enhance this pathway.
We are keen to work with people’s individual strengths and embrace personal development.
We would love to speak with you, answer any questions, or arrange a visit for you to spend time with the team.
Contact us: 01226 645048 Marie Warren Team Manager (marie.warren@swyt.nhs.uk) Claire Parnham Clinical Lead (clare.parnham@swyt.nhs.uk)
Main duties of the job
Practitioners will work as lead professionals providing the following:
- Further assessment of mental health problems and risk.
- Devise a collaborative care plan empowering clients to take ownership of their recovery.
- Promote recovery through evidence-based approaches such as Psychosocial Intervention (PSI), Solution Focused work, Structured Clinical Management (SCM).
- Reduce the need for admission to hospital or intensive home-based treatment.
- Promote social inclusion and improve social functioning.
- Promote collaborative working with primary care and third sector organisations.
- Offer longer‑term treatment pathway for clients who require the administration of intramuscular medication and clients on clozapine therapy. SMI clients will also have additional health and wellbeing checks as part of their plan of care.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
Has continuing responsibility for the provision of skilled interventions to people with mental health problems in the community. Works within a multi-disciplinary team as a member of a Core CMHT.
Key Result Areas:
Management of own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
Provision of leadership to the Core Team in respect of psycho-social interventions to people and carers.
- Supervision and support of other team members.
- Participation in service development and clinical governance structures.
Professional:
- Assesses needs and identifies problems relevant to the care of people referred.
- Devises a plan of care in partnership with the person and carers.
- Implements the planned programme of care to ensure a high standard is achieved.
- Reviews the effectiveness of the care provided and where appropriate initiates any action.
- Advises and supports the person and carers to promote health and wellbeing and to prevent illness.
- Recognises situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the person and initiates action that may be required.
- Establishes and maintains satisfactory communication with all agencies involved in the persons care in both hospital and community.
- Functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Management of enquiries and direct referrals of people in accordance with the Core CMHT Operational Policy and participates in the team duty rota.
- Maintain professional registration and demonstrate commitment to statutory codes of practice and continued professional development requirements.
- Responsible for acting up in the absence of the team leader.
Administrative:
- Maintains accurate patient care records in accordance with professional codes of conduct and trust procedures and ensures records are made available when required by the appropriate agency.
- Participates in the formulation of policies at unit level.
- Maintains accurate mileage records.
- Manages caseload with due economy of cost and time.
- Ensures safe carriage, storage and administration of drugs prescribed (registered nurses only).
- Responsible for the ordering of stock with due economy.
- Produces monthly statistics in line with trust directives.
- Keeps the Management Team and colleagues informed of developments relevant to the area of responsibility.
Education:
- Supervises students and trainees on placement.
- Assists in the teaching and in-service training of staff.
- Is conversant with current trends in clinical practice.
- Participates and accepts delegated responsibility in research and clinical audit as required.
- Attends courses or training sessions relevant to the updating of knowledge and experience.
Personnel:
- Promotes an understanding of mental health and wellbeing.
- Ensures health and safety regulations are observed.
- Attends mandatory training sessions as directed by the Trust.
- Participates in the values based induction and the annual appraisal process.
- Supports the Trusts commitment to a healthy work‑life balance.
Trust Values:
We put the person first and in the centre.
We know that families and carers matter.
We are respectful, honest, open and transparent.
We improve and aim to be outstanding.
We are relevant today and ready for tomorrow.
Safeguarding:
Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.
Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.
Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:
All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to:
ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;
maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;
understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust Data Protection policy;
comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;
receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;
understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;
recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;
ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participating in relevant training;
comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);
demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;
abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;
work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.
adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds;
being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;
Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promply;
In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.
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Person Specification
Special Knowledge/Skills
- Working knowledge of recent government legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Health & Safety, Care Programme Approach, Care Act and Safeguarding.
- Able to work incorporating principles of Clinical Governance.
- Proven skills in partnership working with people who use services and their carers.
- Can evidence awareness of equality and diversity and is able to incorporate this into care planning and the delivery of care.
- Ability to act up in the absence of the team leader.
- Knowledge of audit processes.
- Experience of carer services/ issues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge and skills in specialist areas such as dual diagnosis, peri‑natal mental health, working with people experiencing psychosis, working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder.
Training
- Assessment and care planning skills.
- Risk assessment and risk management.
- Relevant post-registration qualifications and / or training.
Qualifications
- RMN Current NMC registration.
- Social Worker/Occupational Therapist-current Social Work England/HCPC registration.
- Experience of mentoring/supporting learners or ability to demonstrate the skills required for effective mentoring.
- Practice Education/Practice Assessor Preparation Certificate.
Personal Attributes
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