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Interviews are due to be held on 23 September 2024.
The Wokingham Community Older Adults Mental Health Team is looking for TWO enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated Senior Mental Health Practitioners (Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist) to join our friendly and innovative Home Treatment Team (HTT).
Your base would be Wokingham Community Hospital where we have access to free parking facilities, staff room and a friendly and welcoming team. There is also the opportunity to work remotely, and a balance of office and home would be encouraged.
The normal rota hours are either 9-5pm or 11-7pm, including weekend shifts which are 9-3pm usually once a month (Appropriate supervision will be provided for weekend cover). We would also welcome candidates who may wish to work long days / and or work their shifts flexibly across the week. There will be the opportunity for NHSP overtime to cover sickness and leave.
The successful candidate must display a passion and understanding for working with Older People, but appropriate training and support will be provided as needed.
You must be enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated to contribute towards maintaining standards of high-quality care to our patients. In our latest CQC inspection we achieved ‘Outstanding’ and therefore the successful candidate would be expected to work towards helping the service maintain these accolades of high standards.
The post holder will be well supported and guided by our Clinical Lead and HTT Lead as necessary and have day to day responsibility for their own allocated caseload and HTT caseload. They will act as a keyworker assessing the patient’s needs and providing high quality mental health interventions appropriate to the individual, including care management.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits Of Working For Us Include
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Clare Bailey Job title: Joint Service Manager Email address: clare.bailey@berkshire.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01189047200