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Primary Care Mental Health Worker

Primary Care Mental Health Workers (PCMHW) provide treatment, support and advice to those suffering with mental health issues. They promote positive mental health to organisations, the community and healthcare professionals. The responsibilities of a PCMHW include treating patients using a range of therapeutic approaches, understanding current mental health issues and maintaining patient records. You would work in a team of healthcare professionals. Often this job is a stepping stone into other career pathways as graduates aiming to get paid experience are often hired.

Look below to see the skills you need, the route to the career and the relevant work experience.

Skills Required

~ A good understanding of mental health issues

~ Excellent listening skills to engage with service users

~ The ability to build strong, trusting relationships with service users, other health professionals and colleagues

~ Independence and the ability to use your initiative, for example when lone-working or working one-to-one with service users

~ Flexibility in your approach to providing service-user support

~ Good written skills to write reports, letters and manage patient files and records

~ Strong time management skills and organisation to manage service-user interactions and group sessions

~ Professional practice awareness and the ability to develop your own clinical practice

~ An ability to manage your own personal wellbeing when dealing with difficult situations and emotional issues.

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