Senior Mental Health PractitionerinBidefordinBidefordPUBLISHED THU 6 MAR 2025

We are looking for a motivated and dynamic Band 6 (or Band 5 practitioner dependent on experience) to join the Core Community Mental Health Team. The successful applicant will help deliver high quality and comprehensive community mental health services across North Devon.

The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on providing expert assessment and treatment for with with complex mental health difficulties and their carers. This will include liaising with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies and contributing the to safe and effective running of the team.

• 1 x Full time substantive post
• 1 x Nine month full time secondment / fixed term post

This is a really great opportunity to join the team at an interesting and exciting time as we work towards transforming our community service so that we offer the best and most comprehensive care to the people of North Devon. The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic, motivated and skilled service and help the team to build upon the successful work they have achieved.

Devon Partnership Trust will support you to learn the skills you need to thrive in the role. We will offer you the training and development support you need to begin a fulfilling career. In return, you will need to be motivated, flexible and eager to learn.

• Band 5 Salary - £29,970 - £36,483
• Band 6 Salary - £37,338 - £44,962

• Ensure that individual's care and treatment is well managed and is provided in line with practice standards and recovery co-ordination.
• Develop and deliver care packages including assessing, planning, intervention and evaluation.
• Ensure that all interventions have clear outcomes and that these are taken into consideration when sourcing the resources to best meet the individuals needs.
• Ensure that all care and treatment is reviewed within the relevant timescales and focus on integration within existing community resources where possible.
• Deliver services using a recovery and strengths approach where the needs of the individual andtheir carers are held as central and their involvement is proactively encouraged.
• Deliver care in line with evidence based practice and employ engagement and therapeutic skills that are appropriate to the clinical situation presented.
• Enable communication and engagement of individuals and their carers to ensure that they have a voice about the services they receive and how these are developed.
• Ensure that appropriate action is taken to safeguarding adults and children.

About us

The post holder will deliver high quality comprehensive mental health services. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on providing expert assessment and treatment for people with complex mental health difficulties and their carers. This will include recovery co-ordination (design and co-ordination of treatment packages that are personalised and evaluated in line with payment by results). To provide statutory Adult Social Care, Care Management functions (assessment, care planning and reviewing). The liaison with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies is central to this role.

The post holder will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other members and participating in team and service development, and evaluation.