Mental Health Practitioner (Thriving Families)

We believe in the power of listening and being heard. The Mental Health Practitioner will build collaborative and kind relationships where people feel heard and understood, enabling people to access services and navigate routes to support. Referrals are received directly from Social Workers into the Thriving Families Team and the Mental Health Practitioner will offer a range of support to families in their own homes, via the phone or in community settings including 1:1 psycho-social support and interventions, advocacy, making onward referrals, communicating with health/social care services and assisting people in addressing practical needs., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.

• Experience of working with the whole family and collaboratively with other agencies to improve mental health.


• Knowledge about various ways to provide emotional and therapeutic support for people.


• Ability to work in an open and positive way that builds kind relationships and is receptive to and appreciative of the skills and talents of everyone., Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services, or had experience of volunteering.
  
  We believe that everyone deserves to be supported in their mental health needs and we have a part to play in that. Our work is guided by our values of