Community Mental Health Practitioner - Forensic
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge/ Peterborough, CB21 5EF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-25-0844 |
Summary
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. To work within the Forensic Psychiatry Community Service to provide specialist assessment, care planning and interventions. To take a lead role in the care planning process, take on care co ordination responsibilities and work within the Care Programme Approach ensuring that Service and Trust policies are adhered to. To take a lead role and work with those people who have more complex and challenging needs across the caseload. To develop practice within the teams in the assessment of health and well being needs. Working closely with the Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists and other members of the multi disciplinary team, act as a central link in the ongoing management of complex cases for the team. To provide specialist knowledge and advice to other agencies for the purposes of public protection. To provide written reports in respect of Mental Health Tribunals as required. To act as a social supervisor for those people who remain subject to Mental Health Act restrictions whilst living out of hospital. Take part in the evaluation of the care of individuals at review meetings, case conferences, ward rounds etc. To attend and contribute to team meetings, providing specialist professional advice and support to staff regarding the management of individual service users and their programmes of care. To provide specialist clinical advice across the Trust as required.To liaise with community statutory and non- statutory community and inpatient services.