Job Description

Job Title: Mental Health Practitioner
Location: Northampton
Pay Rate: £48 per hour

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Band 6/7 Mental Health Practitioner on behalf of a private provider in Northampton for a locum position.

This role is open to Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, or Social Workers with relevant experience—particularly those with expertise in dysphagia.

Responsibilities:

• Complete comprehensive assessments for service users with complex needs.
• Provide specialist input for individuals with dysphagia, ensuring safe and effective management.
• Develop, implement, and review care/support plans in collaboration with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Advise, support, and train carers, families, and colleagues in safe swallowing and feeding practices.
• Contribute to safeguarding and risk assessments, escalating where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure compliance with professional standards.
• Work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.

Benefits:

• Excellent hourly rate – up to £48/hr
• Flexibility: work up to 3 days a week
• Opportunity to specialise in dysphagia in a supportive private setting
• Open to OT, SALT, or SW candidates at Band 6/7 equivalent
• Referral Bonus – Not the right fit for you? Refer a colleague and earn a reward when they’re placed!

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Band 6/7 equivalent Mental Health Practitioner (OT / SALT / SW)
• Private provider – Northampton based
• Up to £48/hr (locum)
• Up to 3 days per week – flexible working pattern
• Tracheostomy experience not essential
• Must have proven experience in this field

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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