Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment.

Mental Health Services Urgent Care and Access Pathway has an exciting opportunity for a skilled Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner with an interest and/or experience in the criminal justice system, and substantial mental health experience to join the Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Service. The service operates from police custody and court, which directly engages and supports vulnerable people going through criminal justice system. You will be working with both adults and young people, within what is a very interesting and rewarding area of care that is continuing to develop. As a front-line service, each day can be different in what can be a busy and unpredictable environment.

As a Mental Health Practitioner, the post holder will have clinical responsibilities across the service and be able to supervise junior staff. The post is open to experienced practitioners from a variety of disciplines including mental health nursing, social work, and occupational therapy who are passionate and motivated.

The successful applicant will be required to apply for Leicestershire Police vetting clearance and have it approved before a contract can be agreed. Please be aware of the common failures in relation to police vetting.

Main duties of the job

This role operates over a seven day week covering various shifts ranging from 7.5 hour to 12.5 hours. The services this role would operate in include: Custody, Magistrates Court, Outreach and the Triage Car. The role may be required to travel between Police Stations and community venues within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Provide timely support and assessment to individuals with vulnerabilities who are in Police Custody or Court including a mental state examination and risk assessment

Work with the Police on the Triage Car to facilitate an effective response to incidents involving mental health or learning disabilities and reduce unnecessary detentions under Section 136 Mental Health Act and voluntary attendances to A&E Promote independence, foster a learning culture, enhance the autonomy of the service user, ensure high quality, compassionate, person-centred care

Clinically and professionally line manage and supervise to junior team members Ensure evidence-based practice to continually improve service quality Be responsible for performing comprehensive service user assessments, plan, implement and evaluate individualised quality care

Work collaboratively and clinically within a multi-agency team and contribute to the provision and development of an effective service in line with legislative, procedural, and contractual requirements

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Keyham Lane Police Station, Colin Grundy

Hamilton

Leicester

Leicester

LE5 1FY

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Keyham Lane Police Station, Colin Grundy

Hamilton

Leicester

Leicester

LE5 1FY

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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