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The Wokingham Community Older Adults Mental Health Team is looking for an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated Senior Mental Health Practitioner ( Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nurse) to join our friendly and innovative Home Treatment Team.
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 the two would be encouraged.
The Home Treatment Team is a multi-disciplinary team with specialist skills in caring for older people with mental health needs in the community. The post holder will take responsibility for the assessment and implementation of intensive care and treatment in the homes of people with functional mental health problems, as well as people with dementia.
Band 6 Rate -
Day Rate - £20.35 per hour
Night/Sat Rate - £26.16 per hour
Sun/Bank Holiday Rate - £31.97 per hour
Location: based at Wokingham Community Hospital
Shifts/Hours: Monday to Friday, flexible working hours between 09:00 to 17:00
Length of role: ASAP until 09/05/2022
The successful candidate must display a passion and understanding for working with Older
People, appropriate training and support will be provided as needed.
The post holder will be well supported and guided by the Clinical Team 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. As an integrated service there are care management responsibilities. Knowledge of appropriate legislation such as the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act is key to this post
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