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An exciting opportunity has become available to work within Melton Adult Community Mental Health Team for a Mental Health Practitioner.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic team player, to join this growing and developing team- which is undergoing transformation to the new Neighbourhood ways of working.
The team will be able to offer you on-going CPD opportunities, reflective practice space within a fun and supportive team environment.
Here at Melton we have cohesive and fun team who make coming to work a pleasure whilst ensuring the highest standards of care are at the heart of everything we do.
For further information or to discuss this post please contact Team Lead; Charlotte Hings on
This post will include assessing new people referred to our service and working with an allocated caseload of existing service users providing low level psychological interventions and liaising with other professionals to coordinate their care under the Care Programme Approach. You will need to be able to safely administer medication in a community setting, engage in medicines management and physical health monitoring.
You will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to provide clear information around health promotion and psychoeducation to people who use our services as well as providing educational input and supervision to nursing students and junior colleagues.
You will need to be able to work flexibly and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team and other agencies. You will need to be able to assess risk dynamically and work to safeguard our clients at al times. You will work in our Team Base and in people's homes.
If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click on the attached Job Description and Person Specification.