Mental Health Practitioner

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The core role is to provide assessment, treatment planning and interventions to service users with moderate to severe mental illness. This includes assessing new referrals, working with a caseload of service users and contributing to the wider team in things such as FACT and Duty roles
We value working to peoples strengths and giving everyone the chance to develop to be the best practitioner they can be
Our Team and Service is committed to supporting you in developing career pathways within the community and retaining good quality and experienced staff.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidates will hold a current Professional qualification as a Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist or a Social worker with an appetite for creative thinking in the face of challenges. If this is you and you have a passion for mental health and the energy to want to work in a supportive and diverse Community Mental Health Recovery Team then we look forward to your application.
We welcome all enquiries for fixed term contracts and secondments.