Mental Health Practitioner - Police Liaison

Improve mental health outcomes of those who have police contact presenting with mental health needs.

o Increase engagement in health and social care services

o Contributing management plans and engagement with community agencies such and the voluntary sector

o Information sharing with GPs and developing information consent process

o Improve response times of mental health assessment to officers in the community

o Reduce officer numbers and time at incidents involving mental health concerns

o Reduce numbers of inappropriate section 136 arrest and improve crisis pathways

o Diversion from Accident & Emergency

o Provide training for police officers and control room staff

o Support continued improvements in frontline mental health responses through possible collaboration with partner agencies such as EMAS.

o Crisis Pathway roles provide specialist mental health assessment in various venues across the county to improve service user experience of mental health pathways.

o Your assessments will seek to reduce the impact of mental health presentations on partner organisations including police, EMAS and the acute hospitals

The Post Holder will need to implement data collection across health and police systems. The primary IT system for recording will be SystmOne in line with NHFT requirements.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered with a qualification for role (RMN/OT/SW)

Desirable: - Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential: - Experience in working within mental health

Desirable: - Mental Health community experience; - Experience in partnership working