Bank Social Worker, OT or Community Mental Health Nurse inHaywards Heath inHaywards Heath PUBLISHED THU 30 MAY 2024

Job summary

We are looking for Mental health practitioners - Are you an RMN, OT or Social worker?

We have Positions available at Mid Sussex ATS - Linwood, Haywards Heath and Cantelupe House, East Grinstead.

If you are considering making a career move to work in a community setting this may be a prime opportunity for you! We can offer flexible hours within the working week of Monday to Friday 9-5. Our work is challenging but extremely rewarding, you will work within a Multi-disciplinary team providing Assessment and Treatment to people living in the community. We do ask that you commit to this role for a period of time but all requests will be duly considered.

Main duties of the job

We welcome applications from practitioners who are highly motivated, enthusiastic, creative, flexible and resourceful.

A passion for working with people to support individual recovery goals and to work collaboratively with the service user themselves, their carers, colleagues within the third sector, GPs and the wider mental health service within the Trust is essential.

You will need to be caring, compassionate and a good communicator, with a commitment to improving the lives of our service users through creative, evidence-based practice.

You will need to be keen to embrace new ways of working and enthusiastic about improving clinical practice in line with the latest research and organisational learning.

About us

You will receive high quality supervision, support and training to further develop your skills and experience in a community mental health setting working as part of a large integrated MDT supporting people with a wide range of complex mental health conditions and needs.

The role is varied, fast paced, interesting and at times challenging but also highly rewarding.

We encourage any prospective applicants to get in touch to organise an informal discussion or visit to our team. We look forward to hearing from you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post is suitable for an Occupational Therapist, Registered Community Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker. The post holder will to work in partnership with service users whose needs will be complex in relation to their mental health. You will work with our service users to help develop care plans/recovery plans to help promote a recovery focused model of care. We want our service users to feel empowered and reach their own goals whilst we work alongside them. You should be able to demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group, which would include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate recovery. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist mental health advice and promote recovery.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The post is suitable for an Occupational Therapist, Registered Community Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker. The post holder will to work in partnership with service users whose needs will be complex in relation to their mental health. You will work with our service users to help develop care plans/recovery plans to help promote a recovery focused model of care. We want our service users to feel empowered and reach their own goals whilst we work alongside them. You should be able to demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group, which would include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate recovery. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist mental health advice and promote recovery.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional Registration
EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Previous experience working with the community
Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional Registration
EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Previous experience working with the community
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Mid Sussex ATS - Linwood and Cantelupe House

Butlers Green Road

Haywards Heath

RH16 4BE

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