Cheswold Park Hospital
Mental Health Practitioner
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Job Summary
The Specialist Community Forensic Team have an exciting opportunity for Part time (22.5 hours per week) highly motivated Mental Health practitioner to join the team.
The Specialist Community Forensic Team is a multi-disciplinary team support transition, and continued rehabilitation for service users, out of secure care into the community. The team provides specialised intervention and forensic risk management across West Yorkshire.
The role includes working shifts including on average 3 shifts a week, with a mixer of long days and mids that cover a 7 day service within the hours of 08:00-20:00pm Monday-Friday and 9am-5pm on weekend. Supporting pathway development of the service, providing intensive support, case management and intervention to service users. Access to a vehicle is essential.
To Discuss The Post Please Contact:
- Donna Somers, Team Manager on donna.somer@swyt.nhs.uk or 07825 962881
- Stacey Hayton, General Manager on stacey.hayton@swyt.nhs.uk or 07789 753526
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements (salary threshold or occupational requirements) set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, unfortunately we are unable to sponsor anyone on a visa for this role at this moment in time.
Main duties of the job
The All-Age Forensic Community Service is a developing service line within the Forensic Care Group. It includes:
- Forensic CAMHS (inclusive of Y&H FCAMHS, Focus Secure and Focus Wakefield)
- Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service for Learning Disability and/or Autism (FOLS LDA)
- Our adult forensic community service (Forensic Community Transition Team, FCTT (Bretton Centre)
The Vision Is To Create a Collaborative Environment Between Our Community Forensic Services And To Develop And Overarching Clinical Framework That Will Support The Way In Which a Community Forensic Population Is Understood, Supported And Intervened Upon, No Matter What Age. The Purpose Of The Role Is Therefore To:
- Be the lead professional in the case management of service users.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments and risk assessments
- Be enthusiastic about this service user group and motivated to support change and transition needs of individuals.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with other agencies to make clinical judgements promoting joint decision making about care delivery to individuals with complex presentations.
- Be thoughtful and resilient in the way you engage with a multidisciplinary team.
- Have strong and effective engagement skills to service users, family, friends and carers.
About Us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
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Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Details
- Date posted: 29 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Pro Rata
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: C9378-F0720
- Job locations: Newton Lodge, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP, United Kingdom
Job Description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
Has continuing responsibility for the provision of skilled interventions to people with mental health needs within a community setting. Works within a multi-disciplinary team as a member of the Forensic Community Team and wider Forensic pathway.
Key Result Areas:
- Management of own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
- Provision of leadership to the Forensic Community Team in respect of psycho-social interventions to people and their carers in line with national and local practice standards e.g. NICE
- Supervision and support of other team members.
- Participation in service development and clinical governance structures.
Professional:
- Assesses needs and identifies problems relevant to the care of people referred.
- Devises a plan of care in partnership with the person and carers.
- Implements the planned programme of care to ensure a high standard is achieved.
- Reviews the effectiveness of the care provided and where appropriate initiates any action.
- Advises and supports the person and carers to promote health and well-being and to prevent illness.
- Recognises situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of the person and initiates action that may be required.
- Establishes and maintains satisfactory communication with all agencies involved in the persons care in both hospital and community.
- Functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Management of enquiries and direct referrals of people in accordance with Enhanced team operational Policy and participates in the team duty rota.
- Maintain professional registration and demonstrate commitment to statutory codes of practice and continued professional development requirements.
- Responsible for acting up in the absence of the team leader
Administrative:
- Maintains accurate patient care records in accordance with professional codes of conduct and trust procedures and ensures records are made available when required by the appropriate agency.
- Participates in the formulation of policies at unit level.
- Maintains accurate mileage records.
- Manages caseload with due economy of cost and time.
- Ensures safe carriage, storage and administration of drugs prescribed (registered nurses only).
- Responsible for the ordering of stock with due economy.
- Produces monthly statistics in line with trust directives.
- Keeps the Management Team and colleagues informed of developments relevant to the area of responsibility.
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Key Result Areas:
- Management of own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
- Provision of leadership to the Forensic Community Team in respect of psycho-social interventions to people and their carers in line with national and local practice standards e.g. NICE
- Supervision and support of other team members.
- Participation in service development and clinical governance structures.
For Full Job Description, Please See Attached Supporting Documents.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Person Specification
Special Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of recent government legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Health & Safety, Care Programme Approach.
- Able to work incorporating principles of Clinical Governance.
- Proven skills in partnership working with people who use services and their carers.
- Shows awareness of equality and diversity and is able to incorporate this into care planning and the delivery of care.
- Ability to act up in the absence of the team manager.
- Knowledge of using IT systems to record clinical activity.
- Knowledge of audit processes.
- Analytical and creative problem solving skills.
- Knowledge of carer services/ issues.
Desirable
- Proven activity in audit.
- Knowledge and skills in specialist areas such as dual diagnosis, peri-natal mental health, working with people experiencing psychosis, working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder.
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN Current NMC registration.
- Social Worker/Occupational Therapist-current HCPC registration.
- Experience of mentoring/supporting learners or ability to demonstrate the skills required for effective mentoring.
- Practice Education/Practice Assessor Preparation Certificate.
Experience
Essential
- Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing people experiencing complex mental health problems.
- Experience of supporting and supervising colleagues /students /trainees.
- Experience of using IT systems to support, record and monitor clinical activity.
- Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing risk in a variety of settings.
- Proven ability in assessing the needs and strengths of people and their carers Experience of delivering a range of therapeutic interventions.
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