The Mental Health Practitioner role within the A2i Team involves providing assessment and short- term intervention (up to six months) for individuals with severe and enduring mental illness. The post holder acts as a lead professional for a defined caseload, ensuring the effective comprehensive assessment, care planning, and risk management tailored to individual needs.
You will deliver recovery-focused, therapeutic interventions in collaboration with service users, promoting choice, independence and personalisation. The role requires working closely with multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies, ensuring coordinated and effective care. You will also organise and lead clinical meetings such as reviews, MDT discussions and case conferences.
Strong communication skills are essential, as you will regularly manage complex and sensitive information with service users, carers and professionals, maintaining accurate and timely clinical records. The role also includes mentoring and supporting junior staff and students, contributing to service development, audit and quality improvement activities.
You will be expected to work autonomously while managing competing demands, demonstrating sound clinical judgement and adherence to professional standards. This is a dynamic and rewarding role, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patient outcomes while contributing to a high-quality, recovery-oriented mental health service.