Job Title: Mental Health Community Practitioner
Agency: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Location: Evesham, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 39,959 to 48,117 £ / Year

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Job summary

Join our team; we pride ourselves on providing outstanding care to patients across Evesham, Upton and Pershore. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development and a wide range of wellbeing and support.

This is a full-time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part-time.

In the Evesham Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMHT) we strive to improve the mental health and wellbeing of our local communities.

We have incorporated a huddle into the daily functioning of the team, which enables us to be focused on the recovery of the patient through a multidisciplinary approach, with expertise from doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, support workers and psychological therapies staff.

If you are passionate, self-motivated and looking to be part of an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of NMHTs, then we would welcome your application and look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

• Will work as a key member and resource of the MDT core team.
• This post will offer a challenging and exciting opportunity to gain experience of working across South Community Mental Health Service, developing relationships with Primary Care, partner agencies and wider mental health services.
• You will have the opportunity to design and deliver evidence-based recovery-focused mental health interventions and groups. Knowledge of delivering psychoeducation within a group environment and 1:1 would be an advantage.
• You will have experience of working with this user group in community settings. You will have a registered qualification in mental health nursing, occupational therapy or social work.
• You will hold a blended caseload of common mental health disorders and severe mental illness patients.
• The ability to work flexibly as the needs of the service demand is essential.
• Attend weekly MDT meetings, participate in professional meetings, signpost to adjunct services depending on patient need.
• Support and guidance to the carers of patients accessing the services

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification relating to Health or Social Care e.g. in social work, nursing, OT with current professional registration.
• RMN, BSc/DipSW, BSc OT.
• Recent evidence of continuing professional development.
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at the point of offer.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
• Delivery of evidence-based interventions in mental health.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a Mental Health setting.
• Assessment of people presenting with mental health problems.
• Assessment and management of clinical risk.
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Managing own caseload.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of principles of assessment of people with mental health problems.
• Knowledge of principles of risk assessment and management.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2006 and other relevant legislation.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post.

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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