Mental Health Practitioner - Band 5-6 Development

Job summary

Are you a Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, looking for an opportunity to work within community mental health services?

If so, then we have an opportunity for you!

We have a fantastic development opportunity for someone who has recently qualified and is looking for a team they can invest in - and also be invested and developed in.

Within the Bolsover and Clay Cross Adults of Working Age Community Mental Health Team, we believe supporting colleagues to meet their maximum potential is essential to providing great care.

Therefore, we are looking to appoint someone to a Band 5/6 Developmental role.

The person will be supported to develop the competencies to work at a Band 6 over a two year period (or up to two and half if newly qualified to factor in preceptorship) and once all competencies achieved, they will be promoted to a Band 6 automatically.

It is an exciting time to join our service and be a part of the transformation of our community services in line with the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults, called Living Well.

Social Workers: We have a professional Social Work and Occupational Therapy Leads who will be able to offer you professional supervision, alongside robust management and clinical supervision from the leadership team.

Main duties of the job

The posts will involve working with a varied caseload of people who are seeking support with their mental health, supporting them with a goals-based approach through their recovery journey.

It is essential that you have good communication skills and that you operate as a well-integrated member of the multi-agency team, maintaining a person-centred and person-led approach.

We are looking for individuals that can provide psychologically informed interventions either on a 1:1 or group basis and have a passion for making a positive difference.

As a senior member of the team you will be expected to take a leadership role through mentoring and coaching, supervision, role modelling professionalism and be a valued member of the team. You will need to have the ability to transport yourself and service users across a wide, geographical area, without compromising service needs.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities