Senior Practitioner

Location: Fixed Base – Yeovil – Somerset Crisis House Contract: Permanent, Part Time, 28 hours Salary: £21,165.60 DBS Check: Enhanced with Adults At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe everyone deserves hope, understanding, and the opportunity to live a meaningful life. We're looking for a compassionate and experienced Senior Practitioner to join our Somerset Crisis House service in Yeovil and help people navigate some of the most challenging moments of their lives.

Somerset Crisis House is a 24/7 service providing short-term residential support for people experiencing a mental health crisis, with guests typically staying for up to 14 days. Working alongside NHS partners and community services, we deliver recovery-focused, trauma-informed support that helps people move forward safely and confidently.

About the role

As a Senior Practitioner, you'll use your professional expertise to support individuals in crisis, providing therapeutic interventions, clinical guidance, and recovery-focused care. You'll work as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to assessments, crisis management, discharge planning, and service development.

You'll also play an important role in supporting colleagues by sharing knowledge, helping to develop skills across the team, and promoting psychologically informed practice. What you'll be doing Completing clinical assessments and supporting admission decisions. Delivering therapeutic interventions and recovery-focused support.

Supporting service users to develop coping strategies and personalised recovery plans. Providing specialist advice on crisis management, trauma-informed practice, and mental health recovery. Supporting the delivery of group work and structured therapeutic activities. Working closely with Home Treatment Teams, Urgent Care Hubs, Community Mental Health Teams, GPs, and other partners.

Contributing to risk assessments, safeguarding processes, and incident management. Supporting staff development through mentoring, reflective practice, and training.

What we're looking for

You'll be a qualified Mental Health Professional and passionate about supporting people experiencing mental health challenges. Essential requirements include: Professional qualification as a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Psychologist, or equivalent. Registration with the relevant professional body.

At least 12 months' post-registration experience. Experience working with people with complex mental health needs. Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, DoLS, and safeguarding frameworks. Strong assessment, risk management, and clinical reasoning skills. Excellent communication and report-writing abilities.

A commitment to person-centred, recovery-focused support. Ready to apply? If you're an experienced mental health professional who is committed to helping people through crisis and supporting recovery, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help make sure nobody faces mental illness alone. Why join Rethink Mental Illness?

We believe people do their best work when they feel supported, valued and able to be themselves. You'll benefit from: An inclusive culture , with colleague-led staff networks for Disability & Neurodiversity, Race & Ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, Gender Equality and Menopause. Flexible working and 25 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with the option to buy or sell leave.

Wellbeing support including our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions and Unmind. Learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career. Financial and family benefits including a contributory pension, enhanced family leave and travel schemes. Recognition and rewards including discounts, cashback offers and a Blue Light Card.

Referral bonus where you can earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team. Our commitment to inclusion We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We're also committed to becoming a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider supported by a multi-year equity, diversity and inclusion programme of work.

For more information please view https://www.rethink.org/media/hdtjjy5b/revised-edi-plan-rethink.pdf We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and want everyone to have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and experience. If you need reasonable adjustments during recruitment or when in your role, please let us know and we will work with you to understand what support you need.