Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner – Social Worker: Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Bognor Neighbourhood Mental Health Team Lead Practitioner

Qualified or Newly Qualified Social Worker

The Bognor Neighbourhood Mental Health Team are looking for a qualified and experienced Mental Health Practitioner (Social Worker) who has a keen interest in working in a supportive multi-disciplinary setting with patients experiencing mental health difficulties.

The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.

You will be joining a warm, friendly, highly supportive team of dedicated colleagues who work together to offer the best possible service to the people we see.

Main duties of the job

  • To maintain patient safety, in collaboration with patients, carers and other team members
  • Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of patient harm, abuse or neglect and taking all reasonable steps to protect the patient.
  • Provides clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines.
  • Undertakes urgent and priority assessments withrisk assessments.
  • Responsible for decision making and coordination in a crisis situation.
  • Take responsibility for the management of complex people who present to the team when their Care Coordinator / Lead Professional is absent from work and the person requires an urgent response.
  • Working to support the team where Intensive Home-Based Treatment is required.
  • To liaise with other services eg: Police; A & E as required.
  • Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards and offering a consistent approach to people open within the team.
  • Support the team to deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care.
  • Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
  • Support members of the team with other specialist assessments, as required for example, application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; Knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, s42 Care Act regarding Safeguarding Adults and Making Safeguarding Personal.
  • To maintain professional standards of care at all time

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse / health professional with current registration appropriate to the job role
  • Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB / professional equivalent
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group (mental health or neurodevelopmental)
  • Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
  • Experience of supervising staff
  • Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
  • Experience of working consultatively with professionals
  • Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
  • Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
  • Experience of working within the CPA process
  • Understanding of clinical governance
  • Previous experience of working in the community

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 11 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.