Structured Clinical Management Link Worker

Structured Clinical Management Link Worker NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Community Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 311-R411-26

Site Birch Hill Hospital Town Rochdale Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/07/:59 Interview date 06/08/2026

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Pennine Care is committed to improving services for people with Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN) in line with the GM model for treatment of CERN and the National Community Mental Health Framework.

Main duties of the job

You will work within the Structured Clinical Management (SCM) team, which is part of the Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN) Pathway. In the role of Structured Clinical Management Link Worker you will be providing senior presence and expertise. Your role will be to work with people with CERN who are in the SCM service, and are not yet ready to engage with the SCM programme or therapy, presenting in chaos and with highly risky behaviours. You will act as case holder and actively liaise with other agencies involved to ensure a consistent and multi agency clinically appropriate approach to the person's care. You will have access to SCM training, regular group and individual clinical supervision, and the support of a skilled and friendly team.

The Team is based at Birch Hill Hospital, though we work across the HMR footprint in various community/clinic settings. The Birch Hill site also has some significant benefits, including free and ample onsite parking, excellent canteen, and newly refurbished digital hub which will allow enhanced ICT support and extra space to work and meet with colleagues.

Birch Hill is also a mental health specific site, which allows close working with other secondary care colleagues on the inpatient unit, in EIT and the Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN) team.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
• Access to Continued Professional Development.
• Involvement in improvement and research activities.
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.

Person specification Education

• Professional qualification in health or social care (Nursing, allied health professional, social work).
• Current registration with professional body.
• Masters level education or equivalent experience/training.
• Significant evidence of appropriate post-registration training/development.
• Training in Structured Clinical Management.
• Therapy qualification.

Experience

• Proven experience of working with people with complex personality disorder.
• Significant post-registration experience working at band 6 level.
• Proven experience of completing mental health assessments, risk assessments and risk management plans without direct supervision.
• Experience of leading MDT and multi agency working coordinated around service users.
• Significant experience of working with service users experiencing suicidal ideation and self-harm.
• Experience of leading multi-agency safeguarding processes/investigations.
• Experience of giving expert advice and supervising the work of professionally qualified staff.
• Previous experience of working to a model of SCM.
• Care coordination of people with personality disorder.
• Completing Care Act assessments and commissioning processes.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.