Assistant Practitioner

Role Overview

To provide focused, person-centred telephone support to people experiencing an acute mental health crisis who are known to, and supported by Mental Health services.

• Identify and assess a person's needs, enabling appropriate support, signposting and onward referral to services where required, under indirect supervision of a registered colleague.
• Work alongside registered healthcare professionals to provide recovery and solution-focused care which prioritises service-users' and carers' needs and preferences, respect, privacy and dignity.
• Prioritise patient safety, and functions in accordance with local and national safeguarding, risk management and suicide prevention processes.
• Promote and develop personal strengths, enabling and empowering people and their families to manage their mental health issues in as non-restrictive a way as possible.
• Recognise mental health recovery as a holistic process encompassing individuals' physical, psychological, emotional, financial and social wellbeing.
• Promote and champion the rights, values, responsibilities and diversity of people.
• Promote and maintain effective communication with people in order to build and sustain positive working relationships with individuals, families and carers, team members and other agencies.

24/7 shift pattern.

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. 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.

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.

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. Not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. Please review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - . If 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.

• 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
• Fuel Genie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)