Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge in a supportive and forward-thinking team? Then you'll be interested in the exciting opportunities that have arisen to join the Salford Home Based Treatment Team.

HBTT is an alternative to hospital admission, supporting people to remain in their own homes whilst receiving a high level of care and treatment for their mental health.

The Team consist of experienced multi disciplinary colleagues, including Nurses, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, O/T and Psychologist all working within Recovery based model. You will have ongoing supervision with opportunities to develop via relevant training, appropriate to this role.

The role within the team will allow you to develop skills in both assessment and risk management, alongside key working service users who require full HBTT support.

If you are passionate about supporting people and want to enhance your clinical skills in assessment and risk management, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the Home Based Treatment Team in Salford.

We welcome practitioners from a nursing, social work or occupational therapy discipline.This is a fantastic opportunity to join an enthusiastic and dynamic community team. Home Based Treatment Team provides an alternative to inpatient admission and support people with severe and acute mental health problems in their home whilst undergoing intensive treatment for their mental health needs.Candidates will be expected to work as a keyworker providing assessments and inform treatment plans for those people under Home Based Treatment. You will be a good communicator and self-motivator who delivers high quality care. You will be expected to carry out in depth assessments in the community and you will be expected to contribute and formulate care plans and risk management plans.

Home based treatment team is a 24/7 service and you will be working on a rota basis, including some weekends, evenings and nights when the service requires .

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see full Job description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy.

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

.Education / qualifications

Essential

• Must have professional registration: NMC, Social Work England, HCPC

Desirable

• Post qualifying training psycho-social intervention's

.Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience in urgent care and/or community

Desirable

• Experience of managing and formulation of risk and completing assessments

Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent risk assessment and management skills

Desirable

• Experience of suicide prevention, completing MSE

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Good assessment skills
• Ability to work alone

Desirable

• Confident independent decision making, experience of assessing patients independently

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Salford Home Based Treatment Team

Meadowbrook Unit

Salford

M6 8HG



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