Job Overview
The GMMH rehabilitation service has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative mental health practitioner to be part of the Home Engagement and Rehabilitation Team. The service is establishing a strong reputation for providing bespoke, intensive and individualised care to service users living with enduring mental health problems to enable them to live their lives to their full potential.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will play a central role within the MDT to ensure high quality, recovery‑focused care is delivered to our service users in the community. They will coordinate a small caseload of service users, leading assessment, collaborative care planning and provision of interventions to encourage self‑management, optimise functioning and promote choice and inclusion as part of care.
The service covers a large geographical area including Manchester and Salford (with plans to expand into Bolton this year), so travel across the Trust footprint is expected. The post holder will need a good understanding of the principles of mental health rehabilitation and community mental health care. Extended hours are offered from 8 am‑8 pm Monday‑Sunday, and the post holder will need to be prepared to work on a rota basis across these times. Full induction and training will be provided as part of the role.
The post holder will also be responsible for organising and supervising recovery workers within the team, responding to crises as necessary and delegating tasks to colleagues. They will play a key role in the development of the service, assisting the leadership team in day‑to‑day operations and supervising and supporting junior colleagues.
Working for Our Organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff across more than 160 locations, delivering inpatient and community‑based mental health care for people across Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and the borough of Wigan, and specialist services across Greater Manchester and beyond. The Trust provides opportunities to learn and develop skills and encourages ideas that improve care for service users.
Staff Benefits
- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for evenings (8 pm onwards) and Saturdays, and 60% additional for Sundays and bank holidays
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years
- Excellent pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card discounts
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Essential criteria
- Relevant professional qualification
- Appropriate professional registration
- Desirable criteria
- Relevant post‑registration training / qualification
Experience
- Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a rehab setting or a community mental health setting
- Experience of working with people with complex needs and co‑morbidities
- Experience of conducting assessments identifying health and social care needs
- Desirable criteria
- Experience of working across both inpatient and community settings
- Experience of delivering line management and clinical supervision
- Evidence of acting as educator for students
- Experience of funding applications/social care/CCG
- Experience of leading safeguarding enquiries
Knowledge
- Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of recovery model, appropriate therapeutic approaches and engagement strategies
- Knowledge and understanding of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act & Care Act
- Working knowledge and understanding of CPA
- Desirable criteria
- Understanding current national policy, initiatives, and principles of mental health rehabilitation
- Awareness of current developments within GMMH rehabilitation division
Skills
- Essential criteria
- Ability to manage a caseload and work autonomously within the team
- Evidence of good time management and organisational skills
- Ability to assess, plan and evaluate care
- Desirable criteria
- Non‑Medical Prescriber
- Approved Mental Health Professional
- Sensory Integration qualification
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