Band 6 Mental Health Nurse/ Mental Health Social Worker

Job overview

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse or Social worker?

Do you have a desire to be part of the new and developing Sheffield Urgent and Crisis Mental Health Service?

Look no further, apply here!

We are a knowledgeable, motivated and supportive team looking for enthusiastic individuals.

Our aim it to ensure that people experiencing a mental health crisis are offered assessment and intervention quickly and effectively.

Main duties of the job

• To triage urgent/crisis mental health referrals from a variety of sources and to establish an appropriate response.

• To offer mental health assessment, formulation and time limited treatment planning for individuals needing an urgent/crisis response

• To provide a resource of highly specialised, time limited interventions to individuals for up to 72 hours following assessment.

• To work with other disciplines and teams within Sheffield Health and Social Care (SHSC) to ensure service users benefit from a multi-disciplinary approach that best matches clinical need.

• To develop and maintain close working relationships with existing mental health teams, primary care services and other key stakeholders.

• To promote the urgent & Crisis Service through participation in local and national arena.
• To work flexibly to develop team working and to ensure consistent standards of service delivery throughout wider services.   To actively participate in developing team function through tests of change, measuring outcomes, audit and service evaluation.   To work in co-production with service users, providing a high quality and flexible service to meet individual’s needs.   To develop strong links and protocols with other services to ensure smooth and timely transitions for patients moving between services   To include families / carers in decision making and planning
• To work flexibly to develop team working and to ensure consistent standards of service delivery throughout wider services.
• To actively participate in developing team function through tests of change, measuring outcomes, audit and service evaluation.
• To work in co-production with service users, providing a high quality and flexible service to meet individual’s needs.
• To develop strong links and protocols with other services to ensure smooth and timely transitions for patients moving between services
• To include families / carers in decision making and planning

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To undertake the triaging of mental health referrals meeting the threshold for urgent/crisis service and to establish an appropriate response.

• To undertake mental health Crisis assessments, formulation and time limited treatment planning for individuals needing an urgent/crisis response

• To conduct psychosocial mental health and risk assessments in accordance with service policy

• To develop close working links with other mental health teams and agencies to enable swift and appropriate transfer between services.

• To contribute to and deliver time limited, co-productive care plans in consultation with service users, families/carers, community teams, primary care and other appropriate service providers.

• To provide comprehensive written reports as required.

• To participate in clinical supervision both on an individual basis and team/peer supervision. Also to engage in delivering supervision to more junior members of the team.

• Maintain clinical records according to professional and Trust standards.

• To attend and contribute to clinical meetings within SHSC.

• To work flexibly and provide cover in the absence of other clinicians within urgent & crisis service.

• Ensure efficient recording of activity and outcome data.

• To actively take part in and encourage the placement of students within the service.