# Mental Health Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Manchester
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Mental health professionals
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15T09:51:50.433Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Wigan/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8098741
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8098741?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity as arisen for a Band 6 fixed term contract within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Service. The post holder will undertake a key worker role, alongside an assessment and formulation role within the team. The Neighbourhood Mental Health Service will enable timely access to mental health services when people need it most and provide support for people who might not traditionally meet the threshold or criteria of existing mental health services. The team will be multidisciplinary and will also include third sector organizations.  The areas that this team will cover is the whole of the Wigan Borough.

### Main duties of the job

You will need to have experience of triaging and signposting referrals as well as being able to liaise with multitude of agencies and professionals. Experience and knowledge of community services and third sector organizations in Wigan will be beneficial for this role.

Wigan Neighbourhood Mental Health Service will be compassionately led, trauma informed, and recovery focused. We will also be developing peer mentor opportunities for people who have been through the service. CPD opportunities are available and personal interests/skills will be supported to develop and grow.

The Neighbourhood Mental Health Service has co-produced key values and principles that all staff and peers share. As a result, our model is a humanistic and person-centred model of care. Our core values are based on creating open, honest, safe spaces and conversations where all people’s strengths are valued.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job description & Service spec

The service operates between 9 – 5 Monday – Friday excluding bank holidays.

## Person Specification

### Mentorship

**Essential**

- - Mentorship Qualification

**Desirable**

- - Experience mentoring students

### Qualifactions

**Essential**

- Qualified mental health professional
- Professional Registration

**Desirable**

- Further training/qualifications in mental health

### Professional Experience

**Essential**

- Experience working as a qualified practitioner
- Experience working with own case load
- Knowledge & understanding of safeguarding & managing risk

**Desirable**

- Experience working in the community
- Knowledge and understanding of mental health conditions
- Understanding of trauma informed care

## Documents

- [mhp - jd/ job spec (pdf, 432.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10392704)
- [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931)

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