Community Mental Health Practitioner, Band 6

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We are currently transforming Mental Health Services in Somerset and have an exciting opportunity a for you to be part of an expanding Community Mental Health Service. We have a vacancy for a Mental Health Practitioner (either as a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker) to join our Community Mental Health Service in Taunton.

As part of this expansion in our provision, we are developing a comprehensive package of training and supervision for all our staff. Regardless of where you are in your career, we are confident that we can offer opportunities for you to develop your clinical skills and knowledge. We will ensure you have all the core skills you need to confidently build relationships with our service users in order to best create and deliver an effective and personalised treatment plan with them.

Alongside these core skills, you may be interested in offering psychological interventions, from brief clinical interventions through to specific psychological therapies, such as CAT, CBT or DBT. In this case we can either enable you to utilise your existing skills in this area and/or we can offer the chance to train in these approaches. There will also be opportunities to develop skills in non-medical prescribing and other areas, as appropriate to your needs and interests.

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone wanting to be part of a growing and dynamic Community Mental Health Service who is seeking to specialise their career within this client group.

We would consider part-time hours. You are welcome to contact us for an informal discussion about the post - Amy Stevenson (CMHS Team Manager) - amy.stevenson@somersetft.nhs.uk - 07825 025020 or Grace Blyth (CMHS Team Manager) – grace.blyth@somersetft.nhs.uk – 07825 024439.

We are currently transforming Mental Health Services in Somerset and have an exciting opportunity a for you to be part of an expanding Community Mental Health Service. We have a vacancy for a Mental Health Practitioner (either as a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker) to join our Community Mental Health Service in Taunton.

As part of this expansion in our provision, we are developing a comprehensive package of training and supervision for all our staff. Regardless of where you are in your career, we are confident that we can offer opportunities for you to develop your clinical skills and knowledge. We will ensure you have all the core skills you need to confidently build relationships with our service users in order to best create and deliver an effective and personalised treatment plan with them.

Alongside these core skills, you may be interested in offering psychological interventions, from brief clinical interventions through to specific psychological therapies, such as CAT, CBT or DBT. In this case we can either enable you to utilise your existing skills in this area and/or we can offer the chance to train in these approaches. There will also be opportunities to develop skills in non-medical prescribing and other areas, as appropriate to your needs and interests.

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone wanting to be part of a growing and dynamic Community Mental Health Service who is seeking to specialise their career within this client group.

We would consider part-time hours. You are welcome to contact us for an informal discussion about the post - Amy Stevenson (CMHS Team Manager) - amy.stevenson@somersetft.nhs.uk - 07825 025020 or Grace Blyth (CMHS Team Manager) – grace.blyth@somersetft.nhs.uk – 07825 024439.

Please note: If you are successful for interview, you will be required to bring the following with you: Proof of any essential qualifications stated on the Job Description, proof of NHS payslip if coming from another NHS Organisation and all ID to prove your identity and Right to Work (More details will follow for successful applicants invited to interview)

Our values are simple: Outstanding Care, Working Together, Listening and Leading.

Benefits

With this in mind, we offer a range of staff benefits including

We recognise that our staff are our most valuable resource, we are proud of the excellent levels of service our Trust provides to our service users and the dedication and conscientious of our staff.

Excellent annual leave entitlement

Relocation package – up to £8,000 (Subject to eligibility)

Enhanced rates of pay

NHS Pension Scheme

Free parking on most of our sites

NHS discounts

Training and development

Flexible working

Paid registration fees for the 1st year for newly qualified staff

For more information please contact the recruitment team via email: SomersetNHSJobs@SomersetFT.nhs.uk

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