Community Mental Health Practitioner

Salary: Please note that the Correct Salary for this post is band 5 (£32,073 - £39,043)

We are currently looking for highly motivated and innovative Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner to join our CMHT.

Teign Core Mental Health Team are a dynamic, nurturing and supportive team where there is excellent peer support and opportunity for development. You will have a reasonably sized caseload and will also support our assessment function as well.

Main duties of the job

Teign Core Mental Health Team provides compassionate, kind and recovery-focused care to our patients, carers and their families.

You will need to be able to work autonomously in the community and use your own initiative. The successful candidates will have sound clinical skills, with a desire to continue their development as the team grows.

You will also need good assessment and communication skills.

There will be lots of shadowing/training opportunities to help you develop in the role and you will need to work alongside other agencies to promote holistic recovery-focused care.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

Our values

We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin the core values of our organisation. These values include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

Details

Date posted

09 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

C9369-26-0759

Job locations

Teign Core Adult Mental Health Team

Estuary House

Newton Abbot

TQ12 4PH

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Postgraduate experience in at least two inpatient settings or substantial experience working within a mental health and/or learning disabilities setting;

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
• An understanding of CPA Process
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
• Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.

Qualifications

Essential

• An appropriate up to date professional mental health qualification eg RMN, OT or social worker on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions. It will be an essential requirement for newly qualified social workers to demonstrate that they have completed The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) before commencing in post or there will be a requirement to complete this within the first 12 months of employment with the Trust.
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Postgraduate experience in at least two inpatient settings or substantial experience working within a mental health and/or learning disabilities setting;

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
• An understanding of CPA Process
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
• Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.

Qualifications

Essential

• An appropriate up to date professional mental health qualification eg RMN, OT or social worker on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions. It will be an essential requirement for newly qualified social workers to demonstrate that they have completed The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) before commencing in post or there will be a requirement to complete this within the first 12 months of employment with the Trust.
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Teign Core Adult Mental Health Team

Estuary House

Newton Abbot

TQ12 4PH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Teign Core Adult Mental Health Team

Estuary House

Newton Abbot

TQ12 4PH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Experience

Essential

• Postgraduate experience in at least two inpatient settings or substantial experience working within a mental health and/or learning disabilities setting;

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
• An understanding of CPA Process
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
• Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.

Qualifications

Essential

• An appropriate up to date professional mental health qualification eg RMN, OT or social worker on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions. It will be an essential requirement for newly qualified social workers to demonstrate that they have completed The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) before commencing in post or there will be a requirement to complete this within the first 12 months of employment with the Trust.
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development