Community Mental Health Hub – Mental Health Practitioner(UK Sponsorship)

Job Description

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a pioneering 24/7 Community Mental Health Neighbourhood Centre in the west of York. The service is part of a two-year NHS England-funded pilot designed to transform how mental health support is delivered at a community level.

The hub provides an open-access, person-centred environment where adults can receive timely mental health support without traditional barriers. It has been co-designed with partners and communities to improve accessibility, responsiveness, and recovery-focused care.

You will work within a highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary team including clinicians, social workers, peer support workers, recovery workers, social prescribers, and voluntary sector partners.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will provide frontline mental health support within a dynamic and evolving service. Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering initial mental health assessments for individuals accessing the hub
  Providing short-term therapeutic and psychosocial interventions
  Offering clinical advice, guidance, and specialist input to the wider hub team
  Supporting care planning, signposting, and pathway management
  Working across multiple settings including the hub, GP surgeries, community locations, and service users’ homes
  Contributing to 24/7 service delivery, including some weekend and out-of-hours work (no night shifts)
  Supporting collaborative working across primary care, secondary care, and voluntary organisations
  Contributing to teaching, training, and upskilling of partner agencies
  Helping develop integrated, recovery-focused mental health pathways

About the Service

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust delivers mental health and learning disability services across the North of England, working in partnership with local communities to improve wellbeing and access to care.

The York Community Mental Health Hub is designed around co-production principles, ensuring service users, carers, and professionals work together to shape care delivery. It represents a shift toward more flexible, accessible, and preventative mental health services.

About You

This role is suited to a registered mental health professional with strong clinical and collaborative skills.

Essential Requirements:

• Current professional registration with an approved regulatory body
  Minimum 18 months post-qualification experience (including completion of preceptorship/competency framework where applicable)
  Experience working with individuals experiencing mental health difficulties
  Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
  Knowledge of mental health legislation and safeguarding principles
  Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  Ability to travel independently across the locality

Desirable Experience:

• Experience in community-based mental health services
  Leadership, supervision, or mentoring experience
  Involvement in service improvement or quality initiatives
  Teaching or training experience

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

You will be expected to demonstrate understanding of:

• Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
  Risk assessment and risk management approaches
  Care Programme Approach (CPA)
  Psychological and recovery-focused models of care
  Clinical governance and evidence-based practice
  Multi-agency working across health, social care, and voluntary sectors
  Important Information

Right to Work & Visa Status

This role requires eligibility to work in the UK. Please note that the starting salary does not meet the threshold for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship under current rules.

• Health and Care Worker visa guidance
  Skilled Worker visa overview
  Right to work in the UK
  Criminal record certificate requirements
  UK visa and immigration information

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is committed to delivering inclusive, person-centred care and fostering a supportive working environment. The Trust values diversity and promotes equality across all services, ensuring staff and service users feel respected and included.

Why Apply?

• This is a unique opportunity to be part of a new and innovative mental health service model that focuses on accessibility, early intervention, and recovery. You will work in a supportive, multi-agency environment where your clinical skills directly contribute to shaping future mental health care delivery.

If you are passionate about community-based mental health care and want to be part of a service that actively transforms how support is delivered, this role offers both purpose and professional growth.