Job overview
We are excited to invite applications for the role of Mental Health Practitioner to join our dynamic and innovative team at Salford Living Well. As a community mental health service delivered in partnership with GMMH, Mind in Salford, Six Degrees, Wellbeing Matters, and START, we emphasise collaboration with service users and local communities.
We are seeking an experienced Mental Health Practitioner with previous experience of working with moderate to severe mental health challenges within a multidisciplinary team environment. Our broader team includes professionals from various backgrounds such as recovery workers, peer support workers (experts by experience), occupational therapists, social workers, nurses, pharmacists, doctors, and psychiatrists. Together, we aim to provide holistic support with a strong focus on both psychological and social wellbeing. At Salford Living Well, co-production and trauma-informed practices are at the core of everything we do. The emphasis on continuous innovation makes Living Well an attractive and exciting service to be a part of, rich with opportunity to contribute to service development.
Main duties of the job
This role offers a dynamic and rewarding experience, encompassing a variety of responsibilities including clinical work, staff support and supervision, training, and service development. You will have your own caseload, and your clinical duties will involve conducting initial conversations, developing care plans and formulations, delivering mental health interventions, and liaising with, or making referrals to other services. You will also be required to explore and manage safety or safeguarding concerns, with support from the wider team. Additionally, post holders will supervise other members of the team and provide support to the broader team and within your allocated neighbourhood. You will be included in the team hub rota, offering support to the wider team with any urgent enquiries, on your scheduled days.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
1. Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
2. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
3. Excellent pension
4. Cycle to work scheme
5. Salary sacrifice car scheme
6. Wellbeing programme
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
7. Registered professional qualification
8. Willingness to participate in own continuing professional development within this specialist field
9. Experience of working within a multi disciplinary team
10. Experience of community working
11. Experience of working with individuals with complex mental health needs
12. Effectively able to manage own caseload
13. Ability to conduct first line assessments for individuals newly referred into the service, utilizing a biopsychosocial framework
14. Maintain confidential case records
15. Participate in multi-agency clinical meetings
16. Full understanding of strengths based working and trauma informed Care
17. A range of skills/Interventions that will meet the need of a diverse client group
18. Good knowledge and application of Risk formulation/management
19. Good knowledge of Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and Care Act
20. Knowledge and understanding of the Clinical and Social care Governance standards
21. Ability to undertake visits on a daily basis to service users homes within caseload, clinical meetings at Trust and Non-Trust venues, and other community venues relating to your service user activity
22. Prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
23. Good IT knowledge and experience of case recording on systems
Desirable
Desirable criteria
24. Post registration qualifications
25. Involvement in service development
26. Understanding of current national policy and initiatives in relation to enduring mental health issues and substance misuse
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.
Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click .
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it.
Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.