Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Team based at Worsley Court, Selby, to support older adults living with mental health needs. The service offers assessment and treatment within the community setting aims to promote both recovery and living well.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework., This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. As a senior practitioner you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with older adults experiencing functional and/or organic mental health problems including their carers and families.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to develop their leadership and clinical skills in a community setting. As a core member of the team, you will also be responsible for your own caseload, providing assessments, care co-ordination and delivering intervention in the community with people who have complex needs ranging from mild to moderate level of need to severe and enduring level of need and complexity. You will demonstrate excellent assessment skills, interpersonal, and team working skills and be able to work collaboratively with a range of statutory and third sector agencies.

This in an exciting period of development within the team with the implementation of managing emotions group and carers support group alongside our already well-established CST. This will enable to post hold to bring their skills and experience into new an innovative service development opportunities.

The team works across two sites, with the second located in York. The team are committed to providing excellent evidence-based quality care to older adults. There is an identified need to offer flexible support to our other community teams within our locality. It is imperative that the successful candidate has a flexible pro-active approach to their person-centred practice.