Band 6 Senior Practitioner - Veterans Service Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 07/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing mental health support to ex-British Armed Forces personnel within the Op COURAGE urgent care pathway. The Senior Practitioner will manage a caseload of Veterans with complex needs, liaise with local services, and advocate for their access to appropriate support. It's a community-based service covering a large geographical area in the West Midlands, focusing on improving veteran-service engagement.
Essential criteria
- Curent unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
- Experience of supervising qualified staff
- Ability to work autonomously skilled in the assessment of complex patient material including crisis intervention and risk management
- Experience of working as a care coordinator for those with complex needs (working knowledge of MHA/MCA)
- Excellent written skills
- Effective organisational and delegation skills
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
- Knowledge/Understanding of Armed Forces and the mental health needs of veterans and their families
- Audit/evaluation skills
- Experience in a Community Mental health care setting
- Experience of undertaking formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
- Experience of staff supervision
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Curent unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
- Experience of supervising qualified staff
- Ability to work autonomously skilled in the assessment of complex patient material including crisis intervention and risk management
- Experience of working as a care coordinator for those with complex needs (working knowledge of MHA/MCA)
- Excellent written skills
- Effective organisational and delegation skills
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
- Knowledge/Understanding of Armed Forces and the mental health needs of veterans and their families
- Audit/evaluation skills
- Experience in a Community Mental health care setting
- Experience of undertaking formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
- Experience of staff supervision
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 20d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Senior Practitioner - Veterans Service Team
The closing date is 07 October 2026
Job summary
Are you passionate about ensuring our ex-British Armed Forces - Navy, Army and RAF service personnel have access to excellent mental health care? The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the Nation that those who serve or have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly ensuring they are not at a disadvantage due to their Veteran status. A Veteran is an individual who has served one or more days in the military, and it is this group of people that Op COURAGE works with on a holistic level.
Op COURAGE offers support to Veterans within the geographical patch (Birmingham, Black Country, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin) experiencing mental health crisis who require support in engaging with their local primary and secondary services. We do not aim to replace already existing services (e.g crisis teams, CMHT, GP management) but works to build links with these services and advocate for Veterans who may have faced difficulty in engaging or accessing the appropriate support.
Are you skilled in engaging, assessing, helping to support clients who may struggle to engage, present with complex difficulties, and manage dynamic risks? This is an exciting opportunity for a Mental he
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