Mental Health Practitioner

The Wokingham Community Older Adults Mental Health Team is looking for an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated Mental Health Practitioner with a relevant professional qualification ( Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist ) to join our friendly and innovative team.
The post holder will be an experienced practitioner with e xcellent assessment and communication skills, offering support to older people with mental health problems and their carers: providing advice, information and treatment in the service-users own homes and the clinic setting.
Your base would be Wokingham Community Hospital where we have access to free parking facilities, staff room and a friendly and welcoming team . We work flexibly to meet service needs both from the office and remotely.
Wokingham Memory Clinic is proud to be an accredited Memory Clinic by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP). Combined with being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection. The post holder would therefore be expected to work towards helping the service maintain these accolades of high standards.
The post holder will also offer support to older people with mental health problems and their carers, providing advice, information and treatment in the service-users own homes and the clinic setting. You will be jointly responsible for patients on the Memory Clinic caseload, working collaboratively with the other Memory Clinic practitioners, the wider team and other disciplines from both statutory and voluntary sectors, as well as contributing towards the development of the service., 1. Have the relevant professional qualification ( Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, )

2. You must be enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated with a passion and understanding for working with Older People
3. You will be an experienced practitioner with the relevant mental health / clinical experience.
4. Be a car driver with the ability and readiness to travel.