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Senior Mental Health Practitioner Job at Ipswich Full Time

Job summary

We have a substantive Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner post within Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Team open to applications from Occupational Therapists, Registered Mental Health Nurses and Social Workers . The team is based in Ipswich, working with people open to the local community mental health teams with a diagnosis of complex psychosis. We are an Occupational Therapy led service, offering rehabilitation interventions to Service Users and their carers in the community, and in-reaching into our acute and rehabilitation wards. The team is a specialist multi-disciplinary team providing time limited assessment and interventions as well as carers group and Family Intervention. The team has OTs, mental health nurses, a peer support worker and a psychologist and works closely with the inpatient rehab ward (SRRS).

You will be a qualified professional with experience of supporting people with psychosis and their families, preferably in the community. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of the impact of complex psychosis on peoples lives and the value of therapeutic intervention to enhance quality of life.

We are looking for people to join us to continue to build the rehabilitation service which was established in 2023.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge, and experience.

Main duties of the job

The team currently operates as an intervention service, with care coordination remaining with the CMHT. You will have cases allocated to you as a rehab keyworker.

The typical job roles and responsibilities will include:

  • Working with other multi-disciplinary professionals within the team.
  • Undertake initial assessments.
  • Liaise with statutory and voluntary sectors
  • The successful candidate will be an integral part of this team. You will contribute to meetings both within the service and in wider networks.
  • Effective personal planning and organisation of daily workload.
  • Flexible working and manage own working time effectively and accordingly to service demands.
  • Managing and providing a high quality of care.
  • Managing a case load of patients that have complex psychosis.
  • Initiate, create and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, ensuring that practice is patient centred.
  • Practicing in line with policy, guidance and legislation.
  • Carrying out risk assessment
  • Working closely with the ACS mental health team to support our patients, meeting both their mental health needs and their Care Act needs.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Benefits included with this role are:-

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more
  • Relocation packages.

Details

Date posted

15 June 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

246-ESU8052397

Job locations

Suffolk Rehab

15 Ribbans Park Road

Ipswich

IP3 8XL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post will involve you working in the community. You will require effective communication and ability to be creative in planning how to engage with your caseload. You will be undertaking initial rehab assessments, liaising closely with CMHT staff, supported accommodation providers and families. As a band 6 you will be expected to contribute to service development and supervise others.

**Valid Driving Licence for the UK is required for this role.**

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post will involve you working in the community. You will require effective communication and ability to be creative in planning how to engage with your caseload. You will be undertaking initial rehab assessments, liaising closely with CMHT staff, supported accommodation providers and families. As a band 6 you will be expected to contribute to service development and supervise others.

**Valid Driving Licence for the UK is required for this role.**

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
  • Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course)

Desirable

  • Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
  • Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages

Desirable

  • Experience in delivering group based interventions

Skills

Essential

  • Competent assessment skills
  • Competent and effective documentation and record keeping

Desirable

  • Prevention and Management of Suicide training
  • Safeguarding training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act

Other

Essential

  • Ability and willingness to travel independently to meet the needs and requirements of the service

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
  • Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course)

Desirable

  • Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
  • Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages

Desirable

  • Experience in delivering group based interventions

Skills

Essential

  • Competent assessment skills
  • Competent and effective documentation and record keeping

Desirable

  • Prevention and Management of Suicide training
  • Safeguarding training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act

Other

Essential

  • Ability and willingness to travel independently to meet the needs and requirements of the service

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).


Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Suffolk Rehab

15 Ribbans Park Road

Ipswich

IP3 8XL

United Kingdom

Employer’s website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Suffolk Rehab

15 Ribbans Park Road

Ipswich

IP3 8XL

United Kingdom

Employer’s website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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