We are looking for a skilled and highly motivated Assessment and Brief Intervention Worker to join the Exeter City Core Community Mental Health Team. This role acts as the interface between primary care and secondary care mental health services and will be partly based within Exeter City PCN GP practices and partly at Wonford House.

The service continues to develop in line with the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework. The successful applicant will be a mental health nurse, occupational therapist or social worker. An innovative and compassionate clinician who is motivated to deliver individualised, person-centred care and make a positive contribution to service development. This is an opportunity to join us as we modernise and improve our services to meet the needs of local people and their families and Carers.

You will join a rich multi-disciplinary team which includes Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Peer Support Workers, Clinical Associate Psychologists and Community Support Workers. We are also forming closer working relationships with colleagues in Primary Care and the Voluntary Sector., You will be an experienced mental health professional (Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist) who has a genuine interest in collaborative working with people of varying ages and complex needs, including service users, their carers and families.

Working as dedicated practitioner to a primary care network, you will triage referrals, complete assessments, signpost to a wide range of community support services and deliver short term, focused interventions to people with a wide range of needs. You will ensure that service users' recovery goals are central to their care and promote social inclusion, independence and wellbeing.

You will work closely with other PCN-based roles to help address the potential range of biopsychosocial needs of patients with mental health problems. This will include the PCNs MAT, including, for example, PCN clinical pharmacists for medication reviews, and social prescribing link workers for access to community-based support.

Operate without the need for formal referral from GPs, including accepting some direct bookings where appropriate, subject to agreement on volumes and the mechanism of access between the PCN and mental health team.

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.