Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Bognor Regis, United Kingdom - Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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The Bognor Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) is a community mental health team supporting people living with severe and enduring mental illness.

Mental Health Liaison Practitioners (MHLP) are part of Assessment and Treatment Service and work as liaison between the ATS and GP Surgeries.

The post holder will work within GP surgeries and will be the liaison and link between primary care and secondary care services.


We are looking for 2 experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner (Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner) to work within GP Surgeries to provide 6- 8 sessions of CBT informed or psycho educational intervention to people with mild to moderate mental health problems.

The successful applicant will also be responsible for completing initial assessments and liaising with GP's, Increased Assessed to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services, local agencies and signposting to third sector and Pathfinder services.


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