Mental Health Practitioner - Bolton, United Kingdom - Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Bolton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Bolton Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) Service has a vacancy for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to work alongside our established Multi disciplinary team.

The ASC team provides post-diagnostic support to autistic people (without Learning Disabilities).

The ASC service is part of the Bolton Directorate which provides integrated mental health and social care services, both in the community and in inpatient settings.

You will provide post-diagnostic support to Autistic adults through structured sessions.

As the job involves working with service users in a specialist context, essential requirements for the post include: experience of working with autistic adults, a relevant professional qualification e.g.

Nursing, Social Work, O.T or Speech and Language therapy; a high level of communication skills; capacity to work productively in a demanding environment and a willingness to undergo further appropriate training.

Desirable qualities include, experience of working with complex clients, experience of planning and delivering therapeutic group work and a high standard of report writing.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 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.

The successful person will be required to undertake a range of activities to deliver the care pathways for the client group.

This will include direct clinical work (including 1:1 work and group work), report writing, and for clients with more complex needs, short-term case management.

There are opportunities to gain a broad range of experience and to develop clinical and teaching skills.

See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits

Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Excellent pension
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Wellbeing programme
Blue Light Card Discounts