Mental Health Practitioner (Band 5 – 6 Progression Post) Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Manchester M40 5BP £29,970 – £44,962 a year – Full-time

We are looking for an enthusiastic mental health practitioner to join our small friendly, nurse led team.

You will require experience of working in a mental health setting and awareness of delivery of community mental health care.

You will hold and manage a caseload of people (for up to 6 months) facilitating assessment, care planning, sign posting, short term interventions and safe discharge. Your role will also include liaison with other multi agency services.

The team covers an ethnically and culturally diverse area, and you will have the opportunity to work with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, and with a wide range of psychosocial needs. By assessing your clients and their carers needs you will be able to access and sign post to a wide range of community resources and provider services available in the local area.

As we recognise the importance of supporting our staff to achieve an effective work-life balance and also maintain positive wellbeing, we work with staff to develop ways of supporting flexible working for them.

Assessments, care planning, psychosocial interventions, safeguarding and care connecting.

We work closely with probation, approved premises and Greater Manchester Police as part of safe risk management.

At times we work in a liaison role with our partner agencies – supporting vulnerabilities and mental health concerns.

Please see the attached job description for all duties

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Staff benefits

Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts