Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing high standards of evidence-based, client-centred care to children and young people with mental health problems within the THRIVE Framework. You will deliver interventions, advice, consultation, and supervision to colleagues and external partners. The post is part of the CYPMH strategy and is expected to evolve with national and local initiatives. The team offers urgent mental health assessments and extensive home treatment support for complex young people in the community.
Essential criteria
- Appropriate professional qualification by RMN, AHP Social Worker
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Evidence of post registration study.
- Approved training in CYPMHS
- Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
- Effective Care Co-ordination
- Care Planning and evaluation
- Quality and clinical audit
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working with young people
- Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit
- Able to communicate effectively.
- Possess good listening and negotiation skills
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Professional attitude
- Flexibility
- Possess a caring, compassionate and empathic attitude
- Values
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Health & Safety/Risk Management Mental Health Act
- Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision.
- Appropriate professional qualification by RMN, AHP Social Worker
- Degree
- Evidence of post registration study.
- Approved training in CYPMHS
- Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
- Effective Care Co-ordination
- Care Planning and evaluation
- Quality and clinical audit
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working with young people
- Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit
- Able to communicate effectively.
- Possess good listening and negotiation skills
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Professional attitude
- Flexibility
- Possess a caring, compassionate and empathic attitude
- Values
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Health & Safety/Risk Management Mental Health Act
- Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision.
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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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 30 August 2026
Job summary
The Crisis Response and home Treatment Team offers an alternative to the 9-5 working
The team is a pan Borough service working across the four Boroughs .
The team offer urgent mental health assessments and have an extensive home treatment offer supporting complex young people in the community
Main duties of the job
As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with mental health [ problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.
You will be expected to provide interventions, advice, consultation and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE and clinical competency
As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient m
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