Job summary
- Main area
- CMHT Slough
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 371-MHS986-A
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- New Horizons
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £51,657 - £58,785 per annum, pro rata (incl. of HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Mental Health Practitioner: Homeless Outreach Liaison
Band 7
Job overview
Slough Borough Council has secured funding through the Rough Sleeper Drug and Alcohol Treatment Grant to support an exciting new role within Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a passionate and skilled Advanced Mental Health Practitioner to work across Turning Point and Community Mental Health Services, helping some of the most vulnerable people in our community access the right support at the right time.
Many individuals experience overlapping mental health, substance use, housing, and criminal justice challenges, yet are often supported by only one service. This role is designed to change that. Working in line with the Community Mental Health Framework (2019), you will help create genuinely joined up care, ensuring people are not lost between services and can access holistic, person-centred support.
Main duties of the job
- Shape and deliver an innovative primary care mental health model.
- Build strong relationships across community services and promote early, proactive assessment.
- Bring expert mental health insight to Turning Point, with regular onsite working.
- Undertake rapid biopsychosocial assessments and deliver brief, evidence-based interventions.
- Work with adults with complex needs, using a biopsychosocial and strengths-based approach.
- Lead on care planning, stepdown pathways and multidisciplinary working.
- Supervise junior colleagues and contribute to the smooth running of the service.
- Engage fully with clinical and managerial supervision and ongoing professional development.
- Deliver specialist psychosocial interventions as part of the role
- Screening, triage, assessment and collaborative care planning.
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Joint assessments with Slough CMHS and support for transition to primary care.
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Preventing people from “falling through gaps” by leading cohesive partnership working.
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Maintaining high quality clinical records in agreed formats.
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Providing education, problem solving and training to primary care and community partners.
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Supervising students, trainees and junior members of the team.
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Supporting evaluation of the evolving HOLT model and contributing meaningful data to SBC, commissioners and Turning Point.
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Staying up to date with relevant evidence and best practice.
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Supporting service leadership tasks, KPIs and delegated management duties.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
• Current registration (RMN, Social Worker, OT, or equivalent).
• At least two years’ post-registration mental health experience.
• Experience supporting adults and older adults with complex/severe mental illness.
• Strong clinical risk assessment and management skills.
• Evidence of effective partnership working across agencies.
• Experience supervising and developing junior colleagues.
• Excellent IT, communication and decisionmaking skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage change and handle conflict sensitively.
• Strong understanding of health inequalities and recoveryfocused practice.
• Knowledge of psychotropic medications, assessment tools and relevant policies.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Eunice on 01753690950 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Independent and supplementary Prescriber
- Evidence of relevant post registration training and development in particular motivational interviewing, brief solution focussed interventions.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 2 years post-registration experience in working with people with mental health needs.
- Community experience in mental health services for adults and older age adults with severe / significant mental illness
- Considerable experience in the assessment and management of clinical risk.
- Experience of effective collaborative working in partnership to deliver holistic health and social care outcomes.
- Evidence of Interdisciplinary / multi-agency working experience including primary care and community/ voluntary sector.
- Experience of leadership and development of junior colleagues.
Desirable criteria
- Proficient in clinical audits and research.
- Experience of working in primary and secondary mental health services.
- Experience in the planning and delivery of training and practice developments to staff.
- Experience in service evaluation and improvements.
- Direct Management/Supervisor experience.
- Experience of providing a range of evidence-based interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems and serious mental illness.
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
Knowledge/Understanding
Essential criteria
- Advanced understanding of the mental health needs of adults.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of practical application and use psychological therapies
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Recognise peoples’ right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eunice Malahleka
- Job title
- Senior Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01753690950
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