Current Job Vacancies
Job: Uwch Ymarferydd / Senior Practitioner
Job Ref: RE-1856
Salary: £48,226.00 - To: £51,356.00
Job Scale: Gradd 9 / Grade 9
Job Hours: 37 Awr / 37 Hours
Location: Ystwyth ar draws sawl lleoliad / Agile across several locations
Speciality:
This is an established intergrated Community Mental Health Team for Adults and Older adults in Merthyr County Borough Council that has been established to meet the requirements of the citzens of Merthyr.
This post will be responsible for the assessment of people in their own home, communities / hospital/being discharged, identifying the package of support required to meet their needs safely, developing the plan to support this and reviewing whether the plan is being effective in relation to prevention of re-admission.
This post also will support people according to the Mental Health Measure 2010.
Additionally, as the Senior Practitioner in the team this post will provide supervision and daily support to AMHP’s and Social Workers and ensure the effective functioning of the team.
As a member of the leadership team the Senior Practitioner will make decisions with our partners as part of the intergrated CMHT.
For further information please contact Alyson Jones on 01685 725000 or email Alyson.Jones2@merthyr.gov.uk
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 27.11.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.
Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.
This post will be responsible for the assessment of people in their own home, communities / hospital/being discharged, identifying the package of support required to meet their needs safely, developing the plan to support this and reviewing whether the plan is being effective in relation to prevention of re-admission.
This post also will support people according to the Mental Health Measure 2010.
Additionally, as the Senior Practitioner in the team this post will provide supervision and daily support to AMHP’s and Social Workers and ensure the effective functioning of the team.
As a member of the leadership team the Senior Practitioner will make decisions with our partners as part of the intergrated CMHT.
For further information please contact Alyson Jones on 01685 725000 or email Alyson.Jones2@merthyr.gov.uk
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 27.11.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.
Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.