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Mental Health Practitioner (Developmental Role) • Peterborough
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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1. Can you tell us about your background and how it has prepared you for this role with the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team? Can you tell us about your background and how it has prepared you for this role with the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team?

2. What specifically drew you to apply for this position at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust? What specifically drew you to apply for this position at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust?

3. Describe your experience with conducting comprehensive mental health assessments. What approach do you take? Describe your experience with conducting comprehensive mental health assessments. What approach do you take?

4. Can you provide an example of a time when you effectively managed a high-risk presentation? What steps did you take? Can you provide an example of a time when you effectively managed a high-risk presentation? What steps did you take?

5. What strategies do you employ when developing care and treatment plans collaboratively with service users? What strategies do you employ when developing care and treatment plans collaboratively with service users?

6. Communication is key in mental health practice. Can you discuss a situation where your communication skills made a significant impact on a patient's care? Communication is key in mental health practice. Can you discuss a situation where your communication skills made a significant impact on a patient's care?

7. How do you ensure effective collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team? Can you provide an example? How do you ensure effective collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team? Can you provide an example?

8. Can you describe a challenging situation you faced in your previous roles and how you overcame it? Can you describe a challenging situation you faced in your previous roles and how you overcame it?

9. In this role, you may face rapidly changing situations. How do you stay organised and prioritise your tasks under pressure? In this role, you may face rapidly changing situations. How do you stay organised and prioritise your tasks under pressure?

10. What does leadership mean to you in a mental health setting, and how do you embody those qualities? What does leadership mean to you in a mental health setting, and how do you embody those qualities?

11. How do you approach personal and professional development in your career? What are your specific goals? How do you approach personal and professional development in your career? What are your specific goals?

12. How do you ensure that you provide care within the least restrictive environment while also safeguarding patients at risk? How do you ensure that you provide care within the least restrictive environment while also safeguarding patients at risk?

13. What is your understanding of the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and its significance in crisis care? What is your understanding of the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and its significance in crisis care?

14. Reflecting on your experiences, what do you consider to be your greatest strength as a mental health practitioner? Reflecting on your experiences, what do you consider to be your greatest strength as a mental health practitioner?

15. What areas do you feel you need to develop further, and how do you plan to address these areas in this role? What areas do you feel you need to develop further, and how do you plan to address these areas in this role?

16. What do you think are the biggest challenges currently facing mental health practitioners in community settings? What do you think are the biggest challenges currently facing mental health practitioners in community settings?

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Role: Mental Health Practitioner (Developmental Role) in Peterborough

Interviewed on Thursday 10 April 2025 at 14:43.

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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nMental Health Practitioner (Developmental Role) with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust in Peterborough\n\n Hi , my name is Mike and I am the Service Manager for both Peterborough and Cambridge CRHTT's. This post is for the Peterborough team but we have positions both ends of the county. We are HTAS accredited, reflecting the high standard of care we provide, and have great opportunities for personal growth and development. Peterborough Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team is a well-established service at the heart of acute crisis care within Peterborough and surrounding areas. Covering a large geographical area, rich with diversity, team is made up of very experienced staff, of various disciplines, all with their own unique brilliance. You will be responsible for conducting comprehensive assessments and collaboratively planning care and treatment interventions with those we are supporting. This includes effectively managing high risk presentations at times, so requires a good knowledge base and comprehensive skill in risk management and safety planning. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following: Superb clinical and communication skills together with vision and enthusiasm to develop the mental health services; Strong leadership and people management skills; A dynamic approach with the ability to thrive on exciting challenges The desire to develop their expertise; Have a relevant degree and previous experience of working with patients with unstable conditions; Have the expertise, passion and experience to make a real difference to caring for people; Experience of working as a member of a full multi-disciplinary team. About us Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities The post holder will work within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team to provide a mental health service seven days a week, within a community setting, by providing an urgent response and/or psychosocial assessment to those who present with a range of mental health problems and who are in mental health crisis. Referral agencies include the First Response Service, in-patient facilities, psychiatric liaison service and other adult CPFT mental health services. To work in partnership with service users and carers to provide treatment within the least restrictive environment. To provide rapid response assessment to those at risk of being admitted to hospital and provide care, support and treatment within a community setting or facilitate admission to hospital and promote rapid discharge. To work completely within the Framework of the Care Programme Approach (CPA) To provide clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis This a developmental post. Following completion of the preceptorship period objectives and competencies will be set to be achieved in the following 6 months. Successful completion of these objectives and competencies will result in a Band 6 post. "}