Locality Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 02 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2025 |
| Location: | Heywood, OL10 3RY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9311-25-0448 |
Summary
Advice & Signposting:Provide timely mental health advice and signposting to children, young people, families, and professionals accessing #Thrive drop-ins, phone lines, and outreach events. Drop-In Support:Offer emotional wellbeing support to young people attending drop-in sessions, using a warm, person-centred approach and solution-focused conversations. Therapeutic Interventions:Deliver brief, evidence-based therapeutic interventions (e.g. CBT-informed, solution-focused, psychoeducation) to young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the caseload. Community Engagement:Build relationships within local communities, working in partnership with schools, GPs, youth services, and Early Help teams to deliver targeted locality work. Group Facilitation:Co-facilitate wellbeing and psychoeducational group sessions to promote mental health awareness and emotional resilience. Multi-Disciplinary Working:Work as part of the wider #Thrive MDT and local system, contributing to case discussions, joint assessments, and collaborative care planning. Risk Management:Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding and mental health risks, escalating in line with policy and liaising with CAMHS or social care as needed. In line with Pennine care and CAMHS procedures and protocols. Outcome Monitoring:Use appropriate tools to assess, review, and document progress, maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to service evaluation. Supervision: To engage in/deliver managerial and clinical supervision, including with appropriate consent, recording and reviewing of live clinical work.