Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary Are you looking for a Mental Health Professional post with a difference? Why not bring your skills into Prison healthcare? Our Integrated Mental Health and Substance Misuse Service at HMP Dovegate is looking for an experienced Mental Health Professionals to join its friendly and professional team. The team is innovative, forward thinking team and committed to a Recovery focused approach that meets people's needs. The variety of the role will keep things fresh and stimulating and you will be part of a supportive team with effective management providing supervision and guidance. If you: o are a qualified RMN, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist with a flexible approach and want to work in a team that encourages new ideas and feedback on how to improve the service; o share our values and are committed to providing high quality care and developing you own skills; o have confidence in dealing with a wide range of situations and other professionals to provide the best care to people within the prison; o are enthusiastic about working within an ever-changing prison environment; o would like to work within a fully multi-disciplinary team to provide varied and comprehensive interventions in-line with the stepped care model. Then we want to hear from you! Main duties of the job Provision of mental health interventions to Service Users within the prison establishment across wellbeing, primary and secondary mental health. This will involve being responsible for managing their own caseload, including assessments, care planning, delivering interventions and reviewing care of patients located within the prison with a mental illness, within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and Care Programme Approach. Post holders are expected to work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team to provide advice and support to primary health care based within the prison and to liaise with, and provide advice and support to statutory and non-statutory agencies. To provide specialist mental health interventions to service users in the prison. About us Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team! For more information about HMP Oakwood and our incentives offer please see attached information. Details Date posted 01 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 301-RJ-26-8241073 Job locations HMP Dovegate Uttoxeter ST16 8XR United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities Please see job description for full list of responsibilities including: Responsible for the management of own caseload, this will include the assessment, monitoring and provision of specialist nursing interventions to individual prisoners with secondary mental health needs. In addition the post holder is responsible for arranging aftercare as required and ensuring care is co-ordinated with other services if necessary. To provide a range of interventions across the integrated offender health model this includes primary care and wellbeing interventions where appropriate. To support and liaise with substance misuse team, primary care team and to deliver wellbeing interventions. Act upon referrals from Prison based Primary Care staff, and external teams. Referrals are allocated through the weekly team meeting. The post holder will provide assessment, implementation and development of care programmes for individuals on their caseload. Job description Job responsibilities Please see job description for full list of responsibilities including: Responsible for the management of own caseload, this will include the assessment, monitoring and provision of specialist nursing interventions to individual prisoners with secondary ment