INCS MHTR Practitioner - Bristol

Additional Information:: DHI offers up to 31 days paid leave (service related) in addition to statutory holidays. As an employee you will have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle Scheme, company pension scheme (contribution 7%) and Blue Light Card.

The Role

Would you like to join a new and innovative service? Are you motivated by reducing custodial sentences for people with mental health issues and stopping the cycle of re offending?

DHI are now delivering Mental Health Treatment Requirements, as part of the Integrated Non-Custodial Service, across Bristol, BNES and South Gloucestershire.

Are you interested in providing evidence based psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions to people within the Criminal Justice System made subject to Community Sentence Treatment Requirements (CSTR)?

We are recruiting two Mental Health Treatment Requirement Practitioners to join our team. This post will work closely with our criminal justice partners, including prisons, probation and courts, to deliver high quality services that support people whose offending is associated with mental health issues. They will also work to support clients to reduce co-existing substance use and offending behaviour, providing real opportunities for recovery and to reduce harm to communities and individuals.

If you have experience of working with people who experience mental health issues, are motivated by supporting socially excluded people and are flexible, passionate and resilient then please have a look at the job description and person specification.

About You

At DHI we highly value transferable skills and life experience. If you have good organisational skills, can manage relationships, solve problems, and are resilient, adaptable and flexible then we would love to hear from you.

Your background could be from anywhere where you have needed to apply problem solving and motivational skills. Teaching, ex-armed forces, customer service are all examples of just some professions where we believe these transferable skills are often found, or you may have lived experience.

Our Values

We are an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and our values underpin this.

If you share DHI’s values of flexibility, stimulation, self- direction and zest for life, then we encourage you to apply.

We look forward to exploring these with you during the interview process should you be successful at the shortlisting stage.

What We Offer

We offer on the job support and mentoring within the team for this role, as well as training with regard to drug and alcohol related topics that are relevant to the post.

As an employee of DHI, you will have also access to our Employee Assistance Programme, our Cycle Scheme, 26 days annual leave and company pension scheme.

Next Steps

If you’d like to know more about the role contact Rachel Barnes on to arrange an informal discussion. Or to apply please see below.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis, vacancies may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

All applicants are required to submit a covering letter that should address the following questions in no more than 500 words maximum.

• State how you meet the requirements within the Person Specification
• What do our core values mean to you in relation to this role?

We strongly encourage you to complete our Equality & Diversity monitoring form to help us achieve a diverse workforce. The form does not form part of the selection process. Please also tell us where you saw the post advertised.