Mental Health Practitioner

Overview

In this role you support young people and adults experiencing early psychosis as part of STEP, a multidisciplinary team. You will conduct timely assessments, develop recovery-focused care plans, and deliver evidence-based interventions to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis. You will work with families and carers, coordinate with wide partners, and contribute to service development and quality improvement. This position offers leadership opportunities and a chance to shape high-standard, person-centred care within a specialist early intervention service. You will work in a collaborative environment that values innovation and professional growth.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working options
• NHS pension scheme
• Generous annual leave
• Career development opportunities
• Blue Light Card discounts
• NHS-specific perks

Responsibilities

• Triage and assess referrals for first-episode psychosis or at-risk individuals
• Deliver specialist assessments and create personalised recovery-focused and risk management plans
• Provide individual therapeutic interventions using motivational interviewing, solution-focused and CBT approaches
• Deliver family interventions and support for carers and significant others
• Build therapeutic relationships to promote engagement, recovery and independence
• Assess and manage risk, safeguarding concerns and changes in mental state
• Liaise with primary care, inpatient services, community teams, CAMHS, housing and voluntary sector partners
• Contribute to service development, audits, and quality improvement
• Provide supervision and mentoring to Band 5 and unregistered staff, students and peer workers
• Support team leadership and deputise for the Team Manager when needed
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records in line with standards

Key requirements

• Significant post-registration experience in multidisciplinary community mental health services
• Experience in managing physical health of clients, including observations and basic procedures or willingness to train
• Experience in risk management and crisis response
• Experience in assessment, care planning, development and evaluation with clients and carers
• Experience and knowledge of working with people with mental health problems
• Current UK professional registration
• Post-qualifying professional development in an acute setting (essential)
• Desirable: degree/diploma in family interventions in psychosis or CBT for psychosis / psychosocial interventions

• excellent communication and ability to convey complex information
• collaborative team player with leadership capabilities
• empathy and patient-centred attitude
• motivational interviewing
• solution-focused techniques
• cognitive behavioural approaches

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