Mental Health Practitioner


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Taunton, TA2 7PQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	12 Oct 2026
Closing date:	26 Oct 2026

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Summary

You will join a multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Service providing support to adults with complex and enduring mental health needs across Somerset. You will be responsible for delivering specialist mental health assessments and interventions while promoting recovery, social inclusion and positive outcomes for the people you support. Using a strengths-based and recovery-focused approach, you will work collaboratively with service users to identify goals, develop personalised care plans and support individuals through periods of stability, relapse and recovery. You will utilise a range of psychosocial interventions and draw upon knowledge of psychological approaches such as CBT-informed and solution-focused practices. You will assess, manage and respond to risk, exercising sound professional judgement in challenging and complex situations. The role requires excellent communication skills, enabling you to engage effectively with service users, carers, families and a broad range of professionals and agencies. As a senior practitioner, you will contribute to the leadership and development of the service by providing supervision, mentorship and support to Band 5 practitioners, support workers and students. You may also be required to coordinate team activities, support recruitment and induction processes, and deputise for the Team Manager when appropriate. You will actively contribute to clinical governance, audit, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives, ensuring practice remains evidence-based, safe and aligned with professional standards. You will be expected to maintain continual professional development and remain up to date with developments in mental health practice and policy.

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