Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Professionals Limited

The closing date is 01 November 2024

Job summary

Why might this job interest you?

Greater Manchester Mental Health are currently looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner, Social Worker, RMN or Occupational Therapist, to join their Early Intervention Team at Cromwell House. If you are looking to develop your NHS experience and provide social care with the support of working within a multidisciplinary team- then please do apply.

Within this role, you will provide a person centred, statutory social work service for a caseload of patients in accordance with relevant policies and procedures. You will be assessing and planning support plans to meet individual needs as well as working with partners to safeguard service users in the community This service supports people presenting with a first episode Psychosis.

Main duties of the job

What you can expect:

  • Management of discharged from the service and transfers to other services
  • Working collaboratively to seek resolutions to challenges
  • Completing specialist assessments for all referred service users
  • Finding strategies to meet your patients goals

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Date posted

02 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£19.10 an hour

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0042-75584

Job locations

Cromwell House

32 Cromwell Road,

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M30 0GT


Job description

Job responsibilities

GMMH require a temporary experienced mental health, social worker or occupational health therapist to work in Early Intervention Team a service which supports people presenting with a first episode Psychosis.

GMMH are recruiting a temporary B6 assessment practitioner for the service to complete assessments covering Salford citywide.

Assessment practitioner will be responsible for completing initial assessments for all service users referred into the service within two weeks in accordance with the NHS access and waiting time standards. The post holder will be supported by the wider team and have access to admin support. Training will be provided as needed.

Job description

Job responsibilities

GMMH require a temporary experienced mental health, social worker or occupational health therapist to work in Early Intervention Team a service which supports people presenting with a first episode Psychosis.

GMMH are recruiting a temporary B6 assessment practitioner for the service to complete assessments covering Salford citywide.

Assessment practitioner will be responsible for completing initial assessments for all service users referred into the service within two weeks in accordance with the NHS access and waiting time standards. The post holder will be supported by the wider team and have access to admin support. Training will be provided as needed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Social Work or equivalent qualification
  • HCPC Registration
  • Experience of conducting assessments identifying health and social care needs
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Social Work or equivalent qualification
  • HCPC Registration
  • Experience of conducting assessments identifying health and social care needs

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.

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.

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

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Cromwell House

32 Cromwell Road,

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M30 0GT


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Cromwell House

32 Cromwell Road,

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M30 0GT


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

katie ashcroft

katie.ashcroft@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk

03330144370

Date posted

02 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£19.10 an hour

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0042-75584

Job locations

Cromwell House

32 Cromwell Road,

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M30 0GT


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