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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
246-WSU7383378
Employer
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
G Block
Town
Bury St Edmunds
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 gross per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust logo

Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams.  We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Job overview

Our Children, Family & Young People Services across Suffolk are seeking dedicated Senior Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join their existing team.

We have opportunities throughout our services, and want to hear from passionate individuals who share our values.

We are confident that being part of CFYP Suffolk would enable you to be the Registered Mental Health Practitioner you trained, and would like, to be. Joining our team will offer you the time and facilities to make a difference.

Ideally you’ll have experience and skills in working with young adults and their families. Our dedicated team is compassionate and responsive. There are processes to review our work, to develop areas of good practice, therapeutic skills and support learning and development of staff.

Mental Health has never been more in the public eye and now more than ever our profession needs to adapt and change to meet the changing needs of our patients and the evolving health and social care integrated systems.

As a secondary mental health workforce, we need to build upon and diversify our compassionate and inclusive leadership when delivering high quality care and diversify into new roles.

If you’d like the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, intriguing role then we’d love to hear from you!

Please see the attached ‘Applicant Letter’ for a full list of services within our Care Group - we have numerous bases in Bury St Edmunds.

Main duties of the job

We recognise that qualified staff make up one of the largest proportion of our workforce and we value the expertise and professionalism that you will bring.

Managing and assessing risk is a large part of our role and as a team we robustly make decisions in complete collaboration with all systems.

As part of this team, responsibilities would include undertaking assessments of young people, working collaboratively with families and other supporting agencies to manage needs, as well as holding a caseload and undertaking duty.

You can expect regular clinical and management supervision with an emphasis on reflective practice. We hold a strong belief in team and individual development, you’ll be provided with a full induction program and access to extensive training and career development.

We are committed to formulation and ensuring that the pathway of the young person is based on the biosocial model of care and that the voice of the young adult is heard and validated throughout their episode of care.

We are seeking a warm, compassionate and needs-led approach with our service users, their families and their network.

 

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

For informal discussions or observational visits to the team please contact Service Manager, Emma Ellis [email protected]

* Previous applicants need not apply *

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
Desirable criteria
  • Recognised Leadership/Manageme nt training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
  • Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
  • Experience in delivery of clinical interventions
  • Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in delivering group based interventions
  • Experience in supporting service development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWomens Staff NetworkCycle to Work

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chris Hicks
Job title
Clinical Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01284 733188
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