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Mental Health Crisis Practitioner – First Response, Crisis

Job details
Posting date: 27 November 2024
Salary: £39,205.00 to £47,084.00 per year
Additional salary information: £39205.00 - £47084.00 a year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 11 December 2024
Location: Radlett, WD7 9HQ
Company: NHS Jobs
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: C9367-24-1651

Summary

The Crisis service supports people experiencing a mental health crisis providing 24- hour access, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to mental health care, advice, support and treatment. The service is for people who are over the age of 18. You will rotate between delivering telephone crisis triage, crisis assessment, resolution and home treatment. You will offer crisis intervention, advice and support on telephone and undertake first response face to face crisis assessments in a variety of settings. You will ensure that service users receive the most appropriate care and treatment following triage and assessment, referring to the most appropriate mental health provision or signposting to the relevant services. You will undertake crisis assessments of people with mental health problems in acute crisis and where appropriate provide intensive community based treatment/support services as an alternative to in-patient admission. For a more indepth person and job description please read the attached