Mental Health Practitioner – Community | Sponsorship Available

Position: Mental Health Practitioner – Community

Job Type: Full Time

Salary: £39,959 – £48,117 per annum

Location: Greater Manchester

Employer: Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust

Application Deadline: September 30^th, 2026

Job overview

We are making one of the largest investments in community mental health services in recent years and are recruiting enthusiastic and compassionate Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Mental Health Social Workers to join our Adult Community Mental Health Teams across Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bolton and Wigan.

This is your opportunity to be part of a major transformation programme that is redesigning community mental health services, strengthening multidisciplinary working and improving outcomes for local people.

As part of our commitment to safer staffing and delivering high-quality personalised care, we are significantly expanding our workforce and investing in the development of our staff.

We believe people with serious mental health difficulties deserve timely access to skilled professionals, personalised support and meaningful therapeutic relationships.

To achieve this, we are creating bigger, safer and more responsive Community Mental Health Teams that place recovery, personalisation and outcomes at the heart of everything we do.

Depending on local demand and workforce requirements, some practitioners may initially focus on assessment and formulation activity, whilst others may support ongoing treatment, care coordination, complex case management or assertive outreach work. This flexibility will provide opportunities to broaden your skills and gain experience across the pathway.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner, you will work within an Adult Community Mental Health Team delivering safe, personalised, recovery-focused and trauma-informed care to adults with serious mental health needs.

You will:

• Undertake assessments and contribute to formulation.
• Deliver interventions and therapeutic support.
• Provide Named Worker and care coordination responsibilities where required.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Support risk management, safeguarding and crisis planning.
• Collaborate with carers, primary care, local authority partners, VCSE organisations and wider GMMH services.
• Support people to achieve their recovery goals and move purposefully through the care pathway.
• Work flexibly across the CMHT pathway in line with service need.

Alongside mandatory training, we are investing in an enhanced development programme that includes:

• Suicide prevention and self-harm assessment
• Clinical reasoning and Formulation skills
• Professional curiosity
• Trauma-informed care
• Psychosocial interventions
• DIALOG+ implementation

We are committed to helping our practitioners develop the knowledge, confidence and expertise needed to deliver excellent community mental health care.

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

• Pay Enhancements
• 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
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Social Worker with current professional registration and compliance with the relevant governing body requirements.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to community mental health practice.

Desirable criteria

• Practice educator, mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Training or experience in DIALOG+, outcomes-focused practice, trauma-informed care, psychosocial interventions or formulation-informed

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary mental health team.
• Experience of managing a caseload and coordinating care for people with complex mental health, social and/or risk-related needs.
• Experience of completing assessments, formulations, care plans, risk assessments, safety plans and clinical reviews.
• Experience of collaborative working with carers, families, GPs, local authority colleagues, VCFSE partners and wider system partners.
• Experience of participating in MDT meetings, safety huddles, supervision and reflective practice.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of service development, quality improvement, audit, incident learning or complaints learning.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the Personalised Care Framework and the transition from CPA to a needs-led, outcome-focused model of care.
• Understanding of the Named Worker role, including coordination of the care and support plan while working within shared MDT responsibility.
• Knowledge of personalised care and support planning, DIALOG+ or outcome-focused conversations, co-production and recovery-focused practice.
• Knowledge of risk assessment, formulation, safety planning, safeguarding adults, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and least restrictive practice.
• Understanding of trauma-informed, culturally sensitive and strengths-based practice.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of community mental health transformation, MDT working and the role of CMHTs within the wider community pathway.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

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.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

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 here.

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 here.

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. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

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