Job summary
As part of Community Transformation, we are changing the way we manage referrals. We have developed a Referral and Assessment Hub in Wigan and are looking to recruit three Mental Health Practitioners to support the screening of referrals and subsequent assessments within the Hub.

You will screen referrals to the Hub for people with mental health difficulties. Following your screening/assessment as a Trusted Assessor, you and your colleagues within the Team's MDT will determine the care pathway of the service user within mental health services, ensuring that the service user is allocated to the most appropriate service, including the VCFSE sector and Social Care.

You will provide duty assessments for the Referral and Assessment Hub at the designated base or at a venue agreed with the service user and carer. You will need to be able to travel across Wigan and Leigh. There may also be times when that duty assessment will require you to in-reach into the inpatient wards if a service user is an inpatient at the time of referral.

These posts are full time position and the working hours will be 9am-5.00pm Monday to Friday initially and over a flexible rota. Dependent on service need, the service may be extended in future to cover seven days per week, including Bank Holidays.

Main duties of the job
Key duties will include:

• Triage of referrals coming into the Referral and Assessment Hub as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing an onward journey if not appropriate for Community Services.
• Maintain a competent knowledge of community resources available outside of statutory services to support people in mental health recovery.
• Complete assessment for those inpatients who may require a mental health service upon discharge.
• To link in with the MDT and attend a daily meeting to discuss your assessments.
• To promote awareness of the role of the Referral and Assessment Hub within local service area/team, GP practices and the wider community.
• Supporting service user, carer and stakeholder involvement.
• Promote a culture of learning, education and professional development.
• Adhere to the principles of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in line with Trust Policy and local reporting procedure, ensuring junior staff compliance with this.

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Closing date: 12 November 2026

Staff benefits

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Essential person specification

• Post-registration experience of working in a multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team, Home Treatment Team or other statutory mental health community services
• Professional qualification and current registration (Qualified RMN, OT or Social Worker)
• Able to travel around the Trust footprint
• Evidence of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management processes

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Apply through our website.