Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 14/10/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner to join the Care Home Liaison Team. The role involves assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating person-centred care plans. You will work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, managing a fast-paced environment and liaising with external agencies to provide optimal care for service users. The position requires effective time management, prioritisation, and communication skills.
Essential criteria
- Takes responsibility for own personal development.
- Evidence of engaging in learning activities and professional development.
- Evidence of communication skills. Able to communicate effectively with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
- Commitment to ethos of MDT working.
- Evidence of ability to work within a team.
- Evidence of ability to keep confidentiality.
- Evidence of an interest and enthusiasm for working with this client group.
- Experience of working with older people.
- Experience of working within a CPA framework/ Memory diagnostic.
- Experience of liaising with other teams or services, for example GPs, voluntary sector services.
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in innovative nursing/social work practice.
- Worked as key-worker/care co-ordinator or equivalent.
- Experience of taking part in recruitment and selection processes.
- Experience of care management role within CMHMS
- Knowledge of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.
- Evidence of knowledge of current professional issues.
- Relevant professional Mental Health legislation/guidance. Basic theoretical concepts in nursing/social work.
- NICE guidelines, NSF, Clinical Governance.
- Awareness of current research in the field.
- Knowledge of Person Centred Care
- Knowledge of audit process.
- Knowledge of PSI and CBT.
- Current Registration on part 3 or 13 of NMC register.
- Occupational Therapist or Social Worker currently registered.
- Have undertaken other relevant training and courses relevant to the post.
- Skills & Attributes
- Takes responsibility for own personal development.
- Evidence of engaging in learning activities and professional development.
- Evidence of communication skills. Able to communicate effectively with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
- Commitment to ethos of MDT working.
- Evidence of ability to work within a team.
- Evidence of ability to keep confidentiality.
- Evidence of an interest and enthusiasm for working with this client group.
- Experience of working with older people.
- Experience of working within a CPA framework/ Memory diagnostic.
- Experience of liaising with other teams or services, for example GPs, voluntary sector services.
- Involvement in innovative nursing/social work practice.
- Worked as key-worker/care co-ordinator or equivalent.
- Experience of taking part in recruitment and selection processes.
- Experience of care management role within CMHMS
- Knowledge of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.
- Evidence of knowledge of current professional issues.
- Relevant professional Mental Health legislation/guidance. Basic theoretical concepts in nursing/social work.
- NICE guidelines, NSF, Clinical Governance.
- Awareness of current research in the field.
- Knowledge of Person Centred Care
- Knowledge of audit process.
- Knowledge of PSI and CBT.
- Current Registration on part 3 or 13 of NMC register.
- Occupational Therapist or Social Worker currently registered.
- Have undertaken other relevant training and courses relevant to the post.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Navigo Health and Social Care CIC
Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 14 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly
motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner to join the Care Home
Liaison Team
Please note the earliest start date for this position is 1st February 2027.
Main duties of the job
Our ideal candidate would be a
committed team player as well as being able to work independently,
demonstrating initiative and be passionate in promoting good quality care to
maximise independence. Within this role you will be responsible for assessing,
developing, implementing and evaluating care plans using a person-centred
approach. Within this role you will gain training, support, and guidance to
ensure you are working collaboratively with external agencies to provide the
best possible care for our service users.
This role requires someone who
can manage in a fast-paced environment completing assessments to support
diagnosis. The day-to-day work - for this role will be led by the needs of the
service users and the service which will require effective time management and
prioritisation skills as well as effective communication and autonomous
working.
All of our staff are an
integral part of the multidisciplinary team within mental health services.
About us
Hello!
We
are Navigo. We look after North East Lincoln
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