Mental Health Practitioner
Navigo Health and Social Care CIC
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Job summary
The Post Holder will provide high quality care and treatment in either the home, Sussex house, inpatient and hospital settings
Main duties of the job
The Post Holder will be expected to take responsibility for a number of tasks including:
1.Process referrals prioritise, risk management, risk assessment of clients who are in crisis and may be displaying high risk behaviours.
2.The Post Holder will be the first line contact for all mental health at all times to the general Trust and primary care via the Single Point of Access (SPA).
3.The Post Holder will be responsible for defining the level of acute mental health crisis and the use of resources. This includes the decision to admit a person to either the acute inpatient beds, or Sussex house crisis beds, processing of general practitioner referrals and urgent Acute Mental Health and Memory Service referrals.
4.The Post Holder will have to have an understanding of the relevant policies and their application to related face to face physical aggression and associated actions, eg COSHH, Infection Control, exposure to body fluids. Exposure to both verbal and physical aggression.
About us
Hello!
We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire mental health and well-being. We are an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond.
The whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.
We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.
Ranked as one of the top UK companies to work for, we featured in the Best Companies top 100 large company list and were named sixth best health and social care company 2023.
As a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre and two cafes.
Working at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it.
We like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.
Come join us!
Date posted
22 May 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
B9816-320
Job locations
Tees House
Second Avenue
Grimsby
DN33 1NU
The Gardens
Second Ave
Grimsby
DN33 2BA
Employer details
Employer name
Navigo Health and Social Care CIC
Address
Tees House
Second Avenue
Grimsby
DN33 1NU
Employer's website
https://navigocare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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