Senior Mental Health Nurse/Social Worker

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust ,
Ipswich, Suffolk
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The NSFT Suffolk Police Triage team based in Ipswich, are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic health practitioners or allied professional, who are looking to expand their skill and knowledge base within one of a range of Crisis Services within Suffolk. The established Suffolk Police Triage team provides a dedicated frontline support for police officer in the car and also support in the Control Room alongside a mental health professionals, collaboratively working to ensure that all service users with mental health issues are effectively supported during what is often a challenging crisis period and that the specialist mental health skills provided by NSFT would allow timely assessment, treatment and appropriate pathway support at the initial point of contact. Mental health incidents are identified either through proactive observation of police incidents as they occur, or through requests for assistance from officers within the control room or at incidents where officers feel that mental health assessment and direction would be of benefit both to the police and the service user. Our service: Provides effective specialist mental health assessment and risk management at the point of police community contact. Supports the effective use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act and reduce overall detentions under the act. Utilising available resources to provide alternative support in the community. Reduces police time and resources at incidents that may be related to mental health issues Improves service user pathways into and through mental health services through effective triage and sign posting. Develops robust care plan and management strategies to support officers in their response to service users who have frequent contact at the point of crisis Supports processes around the application of section 135 MHA Provides training and development of officers and police staff in the management of mental illness and risk. The Police Triage car is part of the trusts wider Crisis Pathway which is developing to ensure that service users receive timely and effective mental health face to face assessment and treatment within their community at the point of crisis. As such the triage car has full access to all of the existing NHFT pathways and treatment options allowing service users prompt access to effective treatment and pathway direction. The service is county wide service; however, you will be based in Ipswich and be required to function in both the Control room and the Police car. We will provide a full induction. We have a genuine commitment to training and development with shared opportunities across the Trust. We are proud of our culture of honesty, team involvement and ownership to both patient care and job satisfaction. Benefits Benefits included with this role are:- * NHS pension * a comprehensive in house & external training programmes * career progression * starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) * staff physio service * gym membership * NHS discounts and many more. To find out more about the role click the job description then CLICK APPLY to start your candidate experience today. Interview dates are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days' notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs For further details / informal visits contact: Richard Mboma, Matron, 01473 891700 Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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