Senior Mental Health Practitioner- First Response Service

Job overview

Are you looking for a challenging, rewarding opportunity? The Norfolk 111 Mental Health Option Team (formerly known as First Response Service)  is developing and growing .  We are recruiting Band 6 Senior Crisis Care Practitioners to support our helpline from our Norwich base.

The Norfolk 111 Mental Health Option Team is a helpline for people of all ages in Norfolk who need urgent mental health support. Our dedicated helpline is available 24 hours a day, every day and we are looking for dedicated caring, compassionate individuals to join the team. The Norfolk 111 Mental Health Option service provides a 24/7 crisis telephone line, giving support, advice and assessment in a compassionate, patient and recovery focused way.

You’ll be joining a team with experience gained from a range of different settings, working in a supportive and encouraging environment.

Our shifts are typically 7am - 7pm, 8am - 8pm, 1pm - 1am and 8pm - 8am.

We are committed to developing people professionally and are keen to support individuals who are looking to take their first step into a more senior role. This is an opportunity to grow your management skills, take on responsibilities and help us shape and grown our service.  No two days will be the same, but they will include elements of working within an MDT team, providing telephone triage assessments and supporting and guiding service users through crisis in our contact centre based at Weavers Centre, Hellesdon Hospital.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Crisis Care Practitioner you can expect to be:

• Answering calls from Service Users and professionals
• Triaging and assessing over the phone
• Safety Planning
• Documentation of the above including referrals, notes and referrals to other teams
• Liaison with other professionals and teams
• On occasion, creating formulations and plans for our regular callers
• Taking lead/champion subjects such as: Learning Disability, Youth, Drug & Alcohol, Perinatal, etc. (Within that is opportunity for training, sharing knowledge with the team, attending conferences or meetings)
• Shadowing other teams where appropriate/possible
• Brief intervention over the phone where appropriate
• Quality Improvement

You will also have the opportunity to co-coordinate shifts, provide clinical oversight and support to practitioners, supporting with teaching and training opportunities, leading on staff development and being a visible role model that echoes the values of the trust and the vision of the service.

When you join us, you can expect a robust training and induction package with ongoing support. You will have a supernumerary period and an allocated mentor to train and support you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for people who see challenges as opportunities and will have the ability to influence, inspire and energise others, as well as work with people’s strengths to make an all-round better working environment.

We would welcome informal visits or phone calls, please do not hesitate to contact to arrange!

For full details of your responsibilities, please see attached job description.