Job Title: Mental Health Practitioner
Agency: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Location: United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 39,959 to 48,117 £ / Year

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Job summary

We are making one of the largest investments in community mental health services in recent years and are recruiting enthusiastic and compassionate Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Mental Health Social Workers to join our Adult Community Mental Health Teams across Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bolton and Wigan.

This is your opportunity to be part of a major transformation programme that is redesigning community mental health services, strengthening multidisciplinary working and improving outcomes for local people.

As part of our commitment to safer staffing and delivering high-quality personalised care, we are significantly expanding our workforce and investing in the development of our staff.

We believe people with serious mental health difficulties deserve timely access to skilled professionals, personalised support and meaningful therapeutic relationships.

To achieve this, we are creating bigger, safer and more responsive Community Mental Health Teams that place recovery, personalisation and outcomes at the heart of everything we do.

Depending on local demand and workforce requirements, some practitioners may initially focus on assessment and formulation activity, whilst others may support ongoing treatment, care coordination, complex case management or assertive outreach work. This flexibility will provide opportunities to broaden your skills and gain experience across the pathway.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner, you will work within an Adult Community Mental Health Team delivering safe, personalised, recovery-focused and trauma-informed care to adults with serious mental health needs.

You will:

• Undertake assessments and contribute to formulation.
• Deliver interventions and therapeutic support.
• Provide Named Worker and care coordination responsibilities where required.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Support risk management, safeguarding and crisis planning.
• Collaborate with carers, primary care, local authority partners, VCSE organisations and wider GMMH services.
• Support people to achieve their recovery goals and move purposefully through the care pathway.
• Work flexibly across the CMHT pathway in line with service need.

Alongside mandatory training, we are investing in an enhanced development programme that includes:

• Suicide prevention and self-harm assessment
• Clinical reasoning and Formulation skills
• Professional curiosity
• Trauma-informed care
• Psychosocial interventions
• DIALOG+ implementation

We are committed to helping our practitioners develop the knowledge, confidence and expertise needed to deliver excellent community mental health care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Social Worker with current professional registration and compliance with the relevant governing body requirements.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to community mental health practice.

Desirable

• Practice educator, mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Training or experience in DIALOG+, outcomes-focused practice, trauma-informed care, psychosocial interventions or formulation-informed

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary mental health team.
• Experience of managing a caseload and coordinating care for people with complex mental health, social and/or risk-related needs.
• Experience of completing assessments, formulations, care plans, risk assessments, safety plans and clinical reviews.
• Experience of collaborative working with carers, families, GPs, local authority colleagues, VCFSE partners and wider system partners.
• Experience of participating in MDT meetings, safety huddles, supervision and reflective practice.

Desirable

• Experience of service development, quality improvement, audit, incident learning or complaints learning.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of the Personalised Care Framework and the transition from CPA to a needs-led, outcome-focused model of care.
• Understanding of the Named Worker role, including coordination of the care and support plan while working within shared MDT responsibility.
• Knowledge of personalised care and support planning, DIALOG+ or outcome-focused conversations, co-production and recovery-focused practice.
• Knowledge of risk assessment, formulation, safety planning, safeguarding adults, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and least restrictive practice.
• Understanding of trauma-informed, culturally sensitive and strengths-based practice.

Desirable

• o Understanding of community mental health transformation, MDT working and the role of CMHTs within the wider community pathway.

Closing Date: 31 August 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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