Home Based Treatment Team Practitioner

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

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Job summary

Are you an experienced nurse, social worker or occupational therapist with a background in Mental Health and a drive for working in urgent care? If you thrive in a dynamic environment, have excellent problem solving skills and have a real passion to make positive changes to those experiencing mental health crisis-Salford Home Based Treatment is the team for you!

HBTT is a true alternative to hospital admission, supporting people to remain in their own homes whilst receiving a high level of care and treatment for their mental health.

We work within both medical and social models of care and use a strengths-based approach to recovery, ensuring service users receive the right care at the right time. We work closely with community teams across the Salford footprint to ensure consistent and knowledgeable care.

Our team is truly multi disciplinary- our Mental Health Practitioners are from various professional backgrounds: RMNs, Social Workers, Occupational Therapy. We work alongside our medical team and Clinical Psychologist with a recovery focus.

We believe that staff well-being is the building blocks of a great team and ensure that staff are valued and supported through regular supervision, team formulations, regular team training and development opportunities.

Your role within the team will allow you to develop excellent skills in both bio-psycho-social assessment and risk management, alongside key working service users who require full HBTT support.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the Home Based Treatment Team in Salford.

We welcome practitioners from a nursing, social work or occupational therapy discipline.This is a fantastic opportunity to join an enthusiastic and dynamic community team. Home Based Treatment Team provides an alternative to inpatient admission and support people with severe and acute mental health problems in their home whilst undergoing intensive treatment for their mental health needs.Candidates will be expected to work as a keyworker providing assessments and inform treatment plans for those people under Home Based Treatment. You will be a good communicator and self-motivator who delivers high quality care. You will be expected to carry out in depth assessments in the community and you will be expected to contribute and formulate care plans and risk management plans.

Home based treatment team is a 24/7 service and you will be working on a rota basis, including some weekends, evenings and nights when the service requires .

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the Borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Date posted

02 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

437-6802935

Job locations

Salford Home Based Treatment Team

Meadowbrook Unit

Salford

M6 8HG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

  • Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
  • Excellent pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Wellbeing programme
  • Blue Light Card Discounts
  • fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

  • Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
  • Excellent pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Wellbeing programme
  • Blue Light Card Discounts
  • fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person Specification

.Education / qualifications

Essential

  • Must have professional registration: NMC, Social Work England, HCPC

Desirable

  • Post qualifying training psycho-social intervention's

.Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience in urgent care and/or community

Desirable

  • Experience of managing and formulation of risk and completing assessments

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent risk assessment and management skills

Desirable

  • Experience of suicide prevention, completing MSE

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Good assessment skills
  • Ability to work alone

Desirable

  • Confident independent decision making, experience of assessing patients independently
Person Specification

.Education / qualifications

Essential

  • Must have professional registration: NMC, Social Work England, HCPC

Desirable

  • Post qualifying training psycho-social intervention's

.Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience in urgent care and/or community

Desirable

  • Experience of managing and formulation of risk and completing assessments

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent risk assessment and management skills

Desirable

  • Experience of suicide prevention, completing MSE

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Good assessment skills
  • Ability to work alone

Desirable

  • Confident independent decision making, experience of assessing patients independently

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Salford Home Based Treatment Team

Meadowbrook Unit

Salford

M6 8HG


Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Salford Home Based Treatment Team

Meadowbrook Unit

Salford

M6 8HG


Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Manager

Hayley Heselwood

hayley.heselwood@gmmh.nhs.uk

01613582424

Date posted

02 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

437-6802935

Job locations

Salford Home Based Treatment Team

Meadowbrook Unit

Salford

M6 8HG


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