Mental Health Practitioner - MHIST - Secondment

Vacancy at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner to join the Mental Health Intensive Support Team (MhIST), an award‑winning intensive community mental health rehabilitation service. This is a 12‑month fixed‑term post to cover maternity leave.

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will work intensively with a small cohort of patients experiencing a range of complex mental health needs, providing a high level of value‑oriented care. The service takes a proactive approach in pre‑empting crisis and working to support patients to remain in the community, so you must be able to demonstrate excellent skills in risk management, adaptive care planning and communication, with a genuine attitude of care, hope and commitment. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to support a holistic and need‑adapted approach to community rehabilitation.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, intervention and support to individuals with complex mental health needs.
• Work intensively with a small cohort of patients, maintaining high value‑oriented care.
• Proactively pre‑empt crisis and support patients to stay in the community.
• Demonstrate strong risk management, adaptive care planning and communication skills.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to deliver a holistic, need‑adapted community rehabilitation plan.

Qualifications & Skills

• Relevant professional background (e.g., Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work).
• Excellent risk management and adaptive care planning skills.
• Strong communication skills and a genuine attitude of care, hope and commitment.
• Experience working with complex mental health needs and in an intensive support setting.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 27/04/2026 and the proposed interview date is 07/05/2026.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date.

The vacancy closes on Friday 1 May 2026.

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