Mental Health Practitioner

The Wokingham Community Older Adult Mental Health Team is looking for an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated Mental Health Practitioner with a relevant professional qualification (Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist) to join our friendly and innovative team.

The post holder will be an experienced practitioner with excellent assessment and communication skills, offering support to older people with mental health needs and their carers: providing advice, information and treatment in the service-users own homes and the clinic setting.

Your base would be Wokingham Community Hospital where we have access to free parking facilities, staff room and a friendly and welcoming team. We work flexibly to meet service needs both from the office and remotely in line with service needs.

Wokingham Memory Clinic is proud to be an accredited Memory Clinic by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP). Combined with being an ‘Outstanding’, well-led, organisation, and having an ‘Outstanding’ Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection. The post holder would therefore be expected to work towards helping the service maintain these accolades of high standards.

This post is 22.5 hours a week - core hours 9-5 Monday to Friday. We would consider applicants who wish to work these hours across 4 or 5 days. The post holder will also offer support to older people with mental health problems and their carers, providing advice, information and treatment in the service-users own homes and the clinic setting. You may be asked to work across the wider service; however, you will primarily be jointly responsible for patients on the Memory Clinic caseload. You will work collaboratively with the other Memory Clinic practitioners, the wider team and other disciplines from both statutory and voluntary sectors, as well as contributing towards the development of the service.

The Post Holder Will

• Undertake comprehensive assessments in a range of settings including the patient’s own home
• Provide the appropriate clinical follow up with training and support
• Identify and select from a range of health, social and voluntary agencies which could assist and improve the care of individuals and their families.
• Be jointly responsible for the Memory Clinic caseload, meeting the needs of our patients and carers whilst working collaboratively with other Memory Clinic practitioners and wider service.
• Monitor and evaluate care plans, making adjustments as appropriate
• Have excellent problem-solving abilities.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites.