Street Triage Practitioner

**Street Triage - South Cumbria**

**Mental Health Practitioner - Band 6**

**Hours of work: 37.5 to cover a shift pattern 14:00 - 02:00am (Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri)**

**Base: Kendal Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) or Barrow HBTT- **Dane Garth, Barrow in Furness, LA14 4LF**

An exciting opportunity to work alongside our Police colleagues in the South Cumbria area. The successful applicants will also collocate at the Police station, utilising a shared vehicle to work across South Cumbria.

The purpose of the Street Triage Team will be to provide an effective and timely intervention by police and appropriately skilled mental health professionals, for individuals suffering from mental ill health, creating an appropriate pathway in reduce unnecessary escalation to a crisis situation and/or attendance at the A&E department providing effective care for patients.

This Service will be accessible to people of all ages, where it is believed that they may have a mental illness; a learning disability; personality disorder or use substances; who come into contact with the police, outside of custody.

The team will assess the mental state of the individual and where applicable, include a face-to-face contact and advise if detention under the Mental Health Act is necessary.