Mental Health Practitioner

Mental Health Practitioner B6 – Mental Health Social Worker

Only those with Social Work England registration who can evidence at least two years of practice or experience after completing an ASYE are eligible for this role.

Job Overview

This role will support people with mental health conditions in the new integrated mental health teams. It will provide professional nursing support, mental and physical health support, and facilitate engagement with local communities and available services. The post holder will be part of a multi‑disciplinary team covering a Primary Care Network or locality and will work across networks to form an innovative support structure.

Objectives of the Service

• Consider an individual’s needs holistically – mental, physical, and social.
• Reduce the need for repeated long assessments and story telling.
• Provide early advice and guidance with signposting to relevant services so individuals can make full use of community resources.
• Bridge the gaps between community mental health care, primary care, acute care, social services, and support.
• Ensure easier access to the right level of care such as group programmes, therapy, etc.

Duties

• Provide holistic and specialist bio‑psycho‑social assessment for anyone experiencing mental health difficulties and offer specialist nursing assessment where required.
• Provide advice to primary care to help them provide better support to patients and to meet their mental health needs within a primary care setting.
• Carry out robust risk assessments, working collaboratively with the patient and their carer to provide a plan that will support them remaining safe.
• Provide access to a broad range of specialist psychosocial interventions for individual patients where needed.
• Provide expert advice regarding pharmacological treatment options available to mental health patients, seeking clinical guidance from the designated consultant psychiatrist/GP for prescribing advice.

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