Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is looking for an experienced Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our University Community Mental Health Team at the Reed Mews Wellbeing Centre in Exeter.

This exciting opportunity will have a vital impact on delivering high-quality, comprehensive mental health services to Exeter University students with complex needs.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for managing a defined caseload, delivering expert assessment and treatment for people with complex mental health difficulties and their carers. A key part of the role is the design and coordination of personalised treatment packages that are recovery-focused and aligned with payment by results. You will also provide statutory Adult Social Care functions, including assessment, care planning, and reviewing.

Your work will involve liaising with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies, ensuring integrated, holistic care for service users. In addition to your clinical responsibilities, you will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision to other team members and participating in the development and evaluation of services.

Please note that shortlisted candidates will need to attend a face to face interview at a physical location. Remote interviews will not be able to be accommodated for this role.

Essential Criteria:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality, comprehensive mental health services to individuals with complex needs and their carers.
• Manage a defined caseload, providing expert assessments and treatment planning.
• Design, coordinate, and evaluate recovery-focused, personalised treatment packages.
• Provide statutory Adult Social Care functions, including assessment, care planning, and reviews.
• Liaise with statutory and non-statutory agencies to ensure coordinated, integrated care for service users.
• Contribute to the clinical leadership of the team by offering supervision and support to other team members.
• Participate in team development, service evaluation, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Job responsibilities

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.