Mental Health Practitioner in Grimsby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner to join the Care Home Liaison Team. Please note the earliest start date for this position is 1st February 2027.

Main duties of the job

Our ideal candidate would be a committed team player as well as being able to work independently, demonstrating initiative and being passionate in promoting good quality care to maximise independence. Within this role you will be responsible for assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating care plans using a person-centred approach. You will gain training, support, and guidance to ensure you are working collaboratively with external agencies to provide the best possible care for our service users. This role requires someone who can manage in a fast-paced environment completing assessments to support diagnosis. The day-to-day work will be led by the needs of the service users and the service which will require effective time management and prioritisation skills as well as effective communication and autonomous working. All of our staff are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team within mental health services.

About us

Hello! We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond. The whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use. We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eating disorder facility. Ranked as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies top 100 large company list. As a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre. Working at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it. We like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Job responsibilities

• Communication & relationship skills: Use communication skills to conduct assessments of service-users and communicate complex information related to their mental health needs, to service-users, carers, relatives and other professionals. Effectively communicate complex and/or sensitive information where there are barriers to understanding. Maintain and develop effective communication and working relationships within the team and with external agencies. Promote and implement creative ways of working with service-users. Manage highly confidential information in respect of members of the public in accordance with local and national policy.
• Knowledge, training and experience: The post-holder will hold current registration on part 3 or 13 of the NMC register or hold a Registered Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Mental Nursing (RMN) certificate. Have post registration experience and/or training, relating to older people and mental health and apply this knowledge when delivering care to service-users.
• Analytical & judgement skills: Under supervision make decisions about the range of options for treatment and care plans based on judgement of service-users need. Conduct comprehensive assessments of both service users and carers in line with team operational policies.
• Planning & organisational skills: Plan and co-ordinate care plan review meetings with colleagues in the team and with staff in other teams and agencies, ensuring that review meetings take place at the appropriate time. Under supervision, prioritise, plan and co-ordinate own workload and activities in line with the changing needs of the team and service.
• Responsibilities for patient/client care: Develop programmes of care for service-users and act as care co-ordinator for service-users, ensuring links with Adult Social Care. Assess and review service-users clinical risk management plan using the DICES risk assessment. Provide specialist clinical advice to service-users, their carers, relatives and other professionals on needs relating to their difficulties and mental health.
• Responsibilities for policy & service development implementation: Adhere to all Navigo policies and legislation relating to the role. Contribute to the evaluation and development of the service. Propose improvements and changes to own work area and critically explore new ways of working where required.
• Responsibilities for human resources: Participate in Navigo clinical supervision strategy. Provide clinical supervision for junior colleagues. Act as a mentor for students and assist other members of the team in supervising and teaching their students.
• Responsibilities for information resources: Accurately document episodes and information relating to client care in patient notes, using agreed methods of documentation. Record personally generated information as required by the team or service, as directed by the Clinical team leaders / Team Manager.
• Responsibilities for research and development: Participate in surveys or audits or research in relation to own work, as required by the team or service. Be aware of up to date relevant published research, benchmarking and innovative practice in other areas and ensure own practice is evidence based.
• Freedom to act: Deliver care for service-users and carers, working within professional codes of practice, organisational policies, local protocols and national legislation. Have the ability to work independently, with peer support and supervision where required.
• Physical effort: Work in a clinic/office based environment. Regularly drive to visit service-users in their own homes or in a community setting.
• Mental effort: Concentration is frequently required in order to carry out client assessments and write up patient episodes in notes on the majority of working days.
• Emotional effort: Work directly with difficult family situations and circumstances. Communication with service-users, families and other agencies around receiving a diagnosis of dementia, adult protection, suicide and overdose, and other mental health issues.
• Working conditions: Some exposure to unpleasant working conditions, much of the work is carried out in the community.

Person Specification

• Takes responsibility for own personal development.
• Evidence of engaging in learning activities and professional development.
• Evidence of communication skills.
• Commitment to ethos of MDT working.
• Evidence of ability to work within a team.
• Evidence of ability to keep confidentiality.
• Evidence of an interest and enthusiasm for working with this client group.

Experience

• Experience of working with older people.
• Experience of working within a CPA framework/ Memory diagnostic.
• Experience of liaising with other teams or services, for example GPs, voluntary sector services.
• Worked as key-worker/care co-ordinator or equivalent.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.
• Relevant professional Mental Health legislation/guidance.
• Aware of current research in the field.

Qualifications

• Current Registration on part 3 or 13 of NMC register.
• Occupational Therapist or Social Worker currently registered.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.