21 Mental Health Practitioner Interview Questions & Answers
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Here’s the FULL LIST of MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Q1. Tell me about yourself and why you want to work in mental health?
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“I am very passionate about mental health and the impact it can have not just on a person’s wellbeing and future, but on society as a whole. Over the years I have continually strived to improve whilst maintaining competence and professionalism in a profession I very much enjoy. When I am at work, I am one hundred percent committed to the values of the health care organization I am working for. I am a professional, solid team worker, and somebody who understands the importance of maintaining professional client relationships and confidentiality, and also somebody who can be relied upon to achieve consistent results within the mental healthcare team I am a part of. I want to work in mental health simply because it’s an environment that is closely aligned to my own skills, attributes, and experience. It is a role I can have a significant positive impact on people’s wellbeing and future lives. Being happy in my work and making a positive difference is important to me, and this is a sector I can see myself working for a long period of time.”
Q2. Why do you want to work for our organisation as a Mental Health Practitioner?
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“I am looking for long term employment within mental health and the standards you set are ones I can closely relate to. Your organization has a long history of setting high standards in patient care and everything you do is geared towards continuous improvement and innovation. Mental health is vital in today’s society, but the work carried out by organizations needs to comply with all relevant legislation and guidance whilst striving to maintain a set of values that define compassion and care. I can see myself working here for a long period of time alongside other like-minded professionals who want to provide a first-class service.”
Q3. What are the most important values in mental health and which, in your opinion, is the most important?
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Q4. What skills and qualities are needed to work in mental health?
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Q5. What does confidentiality mean to you?
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Q6. What experience do you have within the Mental Health sector?
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Q7. Tell me a time when you worked with other people within a healthcare team to provide excellent patient or client care?
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Q8. What is safeguarding?
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Q9. Explain a situation you were in when you helped to improve people’s lives?
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Q10. Why should we choose you over the other candidates?
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Q11. What challenges are we facing right now within the mental health sector?
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Q12. Tell me a time when you had to change your style of communication to get your message across?
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Q13. Talk me through the steps you would follow when dealing with an upset or confused patient or client who was in your care?
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Q14. What are your main strengths?
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Q15. What’s your biggest weakness?
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Q16. What would you do if you didn’t get on with someone in the mental health team?
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Q17. How would you implement Health and Safety procedures as a Mental Health Practitioner?
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Q18. Describe a stressful situation at work and how you handled it?
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Q19. What is Clinical Governance?
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Q20. How would you handle the stress of being a Mental Health Practitioner?
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Q21. That’s the end of your Mental Health Practitioner interview. Do you have any questions?
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Yes! I Want To Pass My Interview!Mental Health Worker / Nurse / Practitioner Job Description
In a society where mental health is thankfully more prominent than ever, it is important we provide competent and professional mental health support workers, nurses and practitioners to help people overcome the challenges that life presents. A mental health support worker, nurse or practitioner is responsible for providing and facilitating care and support for patients and clients in line with the policies and procedures determined by the NHS Trust or healthcare organization they are employed by.
Part of your role as a Mental Health Practitioner is to look after a patient’s mental health and this can be achieved through therapy, drugs, consultations, art or a combination of all four. There are many different areas of expertise you can specialize in within mental health, but they all carry similar duties and responsibilities in respect of professionalism, compliance, confidentiality, health and safety, and regulation.
Whilst there are many core qualities needed to become a competent mental health nurse, support worker or practitioner, the prominent ones include:
- Excellent communication and listening skills;
- Problem solving capabilities;
- Patience and resilience;
- An understanding of clinical governance and health and safety regulations;
- An understanding of confidentiality and the rules regarding this within healthcare;
- Good observational skills;
- Psychosocial skills and abilities.
It is a role that requires the ability to work calmly under stress at times and you will be responsible for maintaining competence on a regular basis.
MENTAL HEALTH WORKER / PRACTITIONER JOB INTERVIEW TIPS
Before you attend your mental health worker or practitioner interview, be sure to read and implement the following important tips.
INTERVIEW TIP #1 – Read the job description for the mental health job role you are applying for and think of previous specific situations you have been in where you have successfully met each of the essential criteria. There will be a number of behavioural interview questions asked during your interview that focus on the qualities listed within the job description and person specification.
INTERVIEW TIP #2 – Values are big thing nowadays and there is a strong possibility you will be asked questions relating to them! Regardless of the trust or healthcare organisation you are applying to work for as a Mental Health Support Worker or Practitioner, make sure you study the values and be able to give examples where you have demonstrated each one of them in a previous role.
INTERVIEW TIP #3 – In preparation for your mental health job interview, prepare answers to all of the questions listed on this page. During our research, we have concluded that the 21 questions featured here are the ones most commonly asked during all types of mental health career interviews.
INTERVIEW TIP #4 – Confidentiality, clinical governance and health and safety are important aspects of a mental health worker’s role. Again, on this page, we have created interview questions based on each of these three important areas and we strongly recommend you prepare answers for them.
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