Community Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a Community Mental Health Practitioner within a multidisciplinary Adult Community Mental Health Treatment Team. The post holder will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based care for service users with serious and enduring mental health symptoms. Key duties include acting as a Key Worker, coordinating care, and providing professional advice and support to other agencies and team members. The role also involves risk assessment and managing admissions, case conferences, and discharges.
Essential criteria
- Degree, Diploma or equivalent in R.M.N, and significant pre-qualification experience plus additional training/short courses
Desirable criteria
- Continuing post qualification Mental health training
- Experience of working with People with mental health problems
- Appropriate experience post qualification in the field of mental health
- Crisis working Management of complex needs
- Work in multi-disciplinary Setting
- Local Government experience Mental Health experience Care Programme Approach Care co-ordination.
- Experience of working with Older people with mental health problems
- Understanding of Equal Opportunities' Policy.
- Knowledge of the National Health Service and related organisations.
- Knowledge and understanding of current mental health issues
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and Care Act including other relevant legislation.
- Experience in mental health work
- experience in delivering psycho social interventions
- Knowledge of Dialog plus
- Skills and abilities
- Ability to manage a large case load and co-ordinate care as a key worker
- Assessment and organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise work.
- Range of intervention skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Evidence of co-ordinating /planning interagency approaches to mental health care.
- Ability to work as part of a team and also without direct supervision.
- Excellent communication skills in individual and group settings High standards of literacy and IT skills.
- Degree, Diploma or equivalent in R.M.N, and significant pre-qualification experience plus additional training/short courses
- Continuing post qualification Mental health training
- Experience of working with People with mental health problems
- Appropriate experience post qualification in the field of mental health
- Crisis working Management of complex needs
- Work in multi-disciplinary Setting
- Local Government experience Mental Health experience Care Programme Approach Care co-ordination.
- Experience of working with Older people with mental health problems
- Understanding of Equal Opportunities' Policy.
- Knowledge of the National Health Service and related organisations.
- Knowledge and understanding of current mental health issues
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and Care Act including other relevant legislation.
- Experience in mental health work
- experience in delivering psycho social interventions
- Knowledge of Dialog plus
- Skills and abilities
- Ability to manage a large case load and co-ordinate care as a key worker
- Assessment and organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise work.
- Range of intervention skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Evidence of co-ordinating /planning interagency approaches to mental health care.
- Ability to work as part of a team and also without direct supervision.
- Excellent communication skills in individual and group settings High standards of literacy and IT skills.
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.
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Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Community Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
The post holder will work as a member of a multidisciplinary within the Adult Community Mental Health Treatment Team, providing a service to those experiencing mental health symptoms of a serious and enduring nature.
To be responsible as Key Worker for the assessment and co-ordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence-based care to a defined group of service users and their carers.
To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team.
To act as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group.
Responsible for the appropriate clinical risk assessment of service users contacting the crisis service as appropriate.
Providing an effective advice, guidance and decision making process culminating in the co-ordination of any reviewed plan of care.
Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
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