Community Mental Health Practitioner

The post holder will be a member of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team working with people in Gloucestershire who are thought to be experiencing a period of mental health crisis or psychological distress. The service will provide an acute, mobile, 24 hour, 7 days a week community service as an alternative to hospitalisation. To contribute to the rapid assessment and implementation of crisis resolution or evidence based home treatment for service users who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. To optimise the service users ability to remain in the community and/or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with the principles of recovering and social inclusion and the 10 essential capabilities. To facilitate early discharge from hospital and respond to agencies requiring assessment of clients who are being considered for immediate psychiatric hospitalisation We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National