Job summary
The Safer Neighbourhood Service (SNS) is an established, multi-agency service embedded at the heart of Rotherham's public protection and vulnerability landscape. The service has evolved to meet increasing complexity across criminal justice, safeguarding, public health and community systems. It has become instrumental in supporting the management of high-risk, high-demand individuals within the borough.
We are now seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join this service.
The SNS is co-located with South Yorkshire Police and works with Adult Social Care, Probation, Public Health, housing services and a wide range of voluntary and third-sector organisations. The service provides expert mental health advice, assessment, formulation and risk management across multiple forums and pathways.
It is a service that operates where traditional boundaries meet. The SNS supports individuals who are often experiencing severe mental illness, complex trauma, personality difficulties, exploitation, offending behaviour, self-neglect or chronic vulnerability. Many are high-frequency callers, subject to safeguarding processes or multi-agency risk management frameworks.
As the Mental Health Practitioner, you will work alongside the Clinical Lead to provide specialist mental health expertise across a range of multi-agency contexts. You will bring comprehensive assessment skills, curiosity and confident decision-making into environments that require both clinical and systemic awareness.
Main duties of the job
The role includes:
- The completion of comprehensive assessments
- Contributing to complex, sometimes high-risk forensic cases
- Providing triage, consultation and liaison to numerous agencies
- Representing mental health services within multi-agency forums
- Contributing to suicide prevention strategy, real-time surveillance panels and postvention responses
- Delivering training to partner agencies on mental health, risk, suicide prevention and trauma-informed approaches
The role requires sound professional judgement and the ability to translate clinical information into clear plans for other agencies.
You will bring:
- Experience of working with complex presentations
- Confidence in risk assessment and dynamic risk management
- Knowledge of the MHA, MCA and Safeguarding frameworks
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and inter-agency collaboration
- Excellent communication and report-writing skills
- The ability to work independently within demanding contexts
- Emotional resilience and reflective capacity
This post offers offers:
- Influence across health, criminal justice and safeguarding networks
- Exposure to complex and challenging cases within the borough
- Development in advanced risk assessment and multi-agency leadership
- Opportunities to shape local suicide prevention and vulnerability strategies
- A role embedded within innovation, partnership and service transformation.
Experience of working alongside criminal justice agencies would be advantageous, though not essential.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person Specification
Educational Qualifications & Vocational Training
Essential
- RMN/RNLD current professional registration with NMC or Registered Social Worker with Social Work England.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development inclusive of applicable external training.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma, specialist training, experience, short courses or specialist training.
- Development inclusive of applicable external training.
Desirable
- Formal Risk Assessment Training
- Clinical Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration experience within Adult Mental Health Services.
- Experience working with patients with complex needs and high risk behaviours.
- Experience of working in the community. Experience of MDT working. Experience of delivering evidence-based treatments.
- Skills in coordinating and planning inter-agency approaches in mental health care.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk.
- Experience of working with statutory and non-statutory agencies both internally and externally.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based treatments.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a range of services.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to use initiative and work without immediate supervision, largely as a lone worker
- Knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding, empathic approach
- Report-writing skills.
- IT skills.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-professional team.
- Excellent assessment skills, including risk assessment, to provide nurse led treatment planning.
- Understanding of the importance of user/carer involvement in care planning.
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding.
- Good knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act.
Desirable
- Psychological therapy skills, e.g., CBT/DBT/ACT.
- Ability to work in a changing environment
- Ability to elaborate on the translation of personal and professional skills into practice.
- Knowledge and understanding of the roles of external agencies working within the SNS and that the SNS works into.
- Experience or knowledge of the criminal justice system and its associated processes.
- Ability to work in a changing environment
Skills
Essential
- Access to transport and the ability to travel between the required geographical area.
- Demonstrable interpersonal resilience.
- Work in accordance with the Trust Values
- Compassionate in meeting the needs of vulnerable people and their families
- Ability to use own initiative when needed and to make decisions independently and with integrity
- Committed to continual quality and service improvement.
- Self-motivated, resourceful and resilient in challenging situations.
- Self-aware and committed to professional and personal development. Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision
- Ability to understand the expectations and competing demands of numerous different external agencies and services
Person Specification
Educational Qualifications & Vocational Training
Essential
- RMN/RNLD current professional registration with NMC or Registered Social Worker with Social Work England.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development inclusive of applicable external training.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma, specialist training, experience, short courses or specialist training.
- Development inclusive of applicable external training.
Desirable
- Formal Risk Assessment Training
- Clinical Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration experience within Adult Mental Health Services.
- Experience working with patients with complex needs and high risk behaviours.
- Experience of working in the community. Experience of MDT working. Experience of delivering evidence-based treatments.
- Skills in coordinating and planning inter-agency approaches in mental health care.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk.
- Experience of working with statutory and non-statutory agencies both internally and externally.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based treatments.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a range of services.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to use initiative and work without immediate supervision, largely as a lone worker
- Knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding, empathic approach
- Report-writing skills.
- IT skills.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-professional team.
- Excellent assessment skills, including risk assessment, to provide nurse led treatment planning.
- Understanding of the importance of user/carer involvement in care planning.
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding.
- Good knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act.
Desirable
- Psychological therapy skills, e.g., CBT/DBT/ACT.
- Ability to work in a changing environment
- Ability to elaborate on the translation of personal and professional skills into practice.
- Knowledge and understanding of the roles of external agencies working within the SNS and that the SNS works into.
- Experience or knowledge of the criminal justice system and its associated processes.
- Ability to work in a changing environment
Skills
Essential
- Access to transport and the ability to travel between the required geographical area.
- Demonstrable interpersonal resilience.
- Work in accordance with the Trust Values
- Compassionate in meeting the needs of vulnerable people and their families
- Ability to use own initiative when needed and to make decisions independently and with integrity
- Committed to continual quality and service improvement.
- Self-motivated, resourceful and resilient in challenging situations.
- Self-aware and committed to professional and personal development. Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision
- Ability to understand the expectations and competing demands of numerous different external agencies and services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
