Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner – Non-ARRS
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This permanent Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner role is based in North Birmingham, working with adults from diverse backgrounds. You will undertake autonomous clinical work, including mental health assessments, collaborative care planning, and brief interventions. The role offers flexibility to respond to clinical and service needs across the wider North Birmingham locality, fostering connections between primary care and secondary mental health services.
Essential criteria
- Experience of triage/assessment and community working
- Knowledge of community transformation
- Professional Qualification - Nursing/OT/Social Worker
- Skills - Assessment
- Experience of triage/assessment and community working
- Knowledge of community transformation
- Professional Qualification - Nursing/OT/Social Worker
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 5d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who enjoys clinical variety, collaborative working and the opportunity to work across traditional service boundaries?
North Neighbourhood Mental Health Team is recruiting a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work across the North Birmingham area.
This is a permanent, Trust-funded non-ARRS post. Unlike an ARRS practitioner role aligned to a particular Primary Care Network or GP practice, this post sits within the core North NMHT and provides flexibility to respond to clinical and service needs across the wider North Birmingham locality.
Based at Northcroft in Erdington, you will work with adults from communities with varied cultural, social and economic backgrounds. Your work may include mental health assessment, formulation, collaborative care planning, brief interventions, follow-up and liaison with GP surgeries, primary care practitioners, CMHTs and community organisations.
The role offers breadth, autonomy and the opportunity to help strengthen the connections between primary care, neighbourhood services and secondary mental health care.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 practitioner, you will undertake autonomous clinical work while remaining closely connected to the wider multidisciplinary team.
The role will include:
- Undertaking holistic mental health assessment
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