Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) Band 6

Are you a dedicated Mental Health Practitioner looking for a rewarding role where your expertise truly matters? Our West Lancashire Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is seeking a Band 6 professional to join us on a full time basis.

Overview

This is your opportunity to manage a diverse caseload, providing essential assessment, planning, and review for service users with complex mental health needs. As a vital member of our multidisciplinary team, you will champion person centred care pathways and make a tangible impact on individual recovery and well being within the community.

We are looking for an experienced professional with strong skills in risk assessment and management, and a passion for collaborative working. A full driving licence is essential.

Main Duties

• Hold responsibility for a defined caseload, providing expert assessment and crafting personalised care plans for adults with complex mental health conditions.
• Deliver evidence based interventions, regularly review progress, and coordinate effectively with other health professionals to ensure seamless support.
• Conduct thorough risk assessments and develop robust management plans to safeguard service users.
• Provide community based care, travelling to meet service users in their homes and local settings.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant professional qualification (e.g. RMN, Social Worker, OT) with current UK registration (NMC, SWE, HCPC).
• Significant post qualification clinical experience working with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems.
• Experience assessing, planning, implementing, and reviewing care in a community setting.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in clinical risk assessment and management.
• Ability to manage a complex caseload autonomously with effective prioritisation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build therapeutic relationships.
• Full valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for community visits.
• Experience working within a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
• Additional training in a therapeutic modality (CBT, DBT, Family Intervention) is desirable.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rates, paid promptly.
• Dedicated consultant providing continuous support.
• Flexible placements that fit your career goals.
• Streamlined compliance and registration process.

Professional Development & Team Working

• Maintain and develop own professional knowledge and skills in line with revalidation requirements.
• Contribute to the development of others through supervision, mentorship, and sharing of best practice.
• Work cohesively as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to case discussions and clinical reviews.
• Communicate effectively with GPs and other health and social care agencies to ensure integrated care.

Key Working Relationships

• Service users, families, and carers.
• CMHT multidisciplinary team (Psychiatrists, Nurses, Psychologists, OT, Support Workers).
• GPs and primary care services.
• Community and voluntary sector organisations.
• Inpatient mental health services.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check to identify any previous convictions.