About the role
Salary: £39959.00 to £48117.00
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner working within Older Adult Services in Rochdale.
To triage all referrals that are made to the service as the single point of entry and first level gatekeeper to mental health services
To make onward referral to the most appropriate service to meet the individual needs of the service user following triage
To carry out a thorough assessment of the service users' current mental health problems and individual needs, including a risk assessment
To provide short term crisis management as appropriate
To identify the need for protection in line with safeguarding children and the Protection of Vulnerable Adult Policy and to comply with statutory obligations
To liaise and negotiate with other professions, statutory and independent agencies to ensure the best possible service is provided to service users and carers
To evaluate systematically and record, outcomes of mental health assessments
To involve family and carers in the assessment process with service users consent
Please see attached job description