Crisis Team Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health, mental health, learning disability and social care services in the South of England.

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner, to join our friendly and professional team, currently based across two Basepoint locations -- Havant (Harts Farm Way) and Gosport (Aerodrome Road).

Our Crisis Service covers a 24/7 week service covering Havant, Waterlooville, Bordon, Petersfield, Fareham and Gosport, therefore a car driver is essential.

This role will be focused on working within our Crisis and Assessment Team, providing a 4-hour response to service users who present in a self defined crisis, to complete holistic assessments and make a comprehensive decision on treatment required such as Intensive Home Treatment Team or admission to Hospital.

The role is required to provide clinical support to the Safehaven Service, based in Leigh Park 7 days a week, out of hours, alongside MIND and Inclusion. The service provides an out of hour's responsive assessment and treatment facility for service users presenting in a self defined crisis.

Training and partnership working is also available to enhance your learning through brief psychological interventions. As this role requires you have access to a vehicle Southern Health also offer a lease car scheme for community workers (T&C apply).

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Crisis Urgent Assessment and Home Treatment Team, you will ensure that you offer responsive, evidence-based and recovery focused care to the service users.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, which supports individuals at home who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis and who require intensive input in order to remain in the community, averting hospital admission where possible, whilst also supporting individuals along their journey through the Acute Care Pathway from the hospital environment to home. Our team is made up of Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Health Care Support Workers, Psychology support, medical and admin staff.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basepoint Gosport

Aerodrome Road

Gosport

Hampshire

PO13 0FQ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basepoint Gosport

Aerodrome Road

Gosport

Hampshire

PO13 0FQ

Employer's website

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

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