Mental Health Legislation Caseworker

2 weeks ago


Retford, United Kingdom Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Previous applicants do not apply.

An opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Legislation Caseworker to work within the Mental Health Legislation Team. The work is varied and
interesting and will provide experience in the Mental Health Act, Forensic Services.

This specialist administration role requires significant organisational skills, initiative, time management skills and personal credibility. The role
requires a widely experienced Administrator with the ability to provide an excellent, confidential and efficient service.

You will be required to provide a comprehensive service across sites in relation to the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (and
related legislation), in order to support multidisciplinary teams in their compliance with all relevant legislation requirements and other relevant
procedures.

You will be expected to work on your own at times, using your own initiative within the guidelines set by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation
Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious professional person to join our well-established Mental Health Legislation Team.

As a MHL Caseworker, you will have a good general education to GCSE (or equivalent) standard including GCSE English and sound relevant and current experience in a busy office environment and knowledge of all aspects of administrative functions / duties necessary to provide an efficient and effective service. You will need to be enthusiastic, flexible and a first-class team worker. Good time management and organisational skills are essential as you will have to meet legal deadlines. You must be capable of working under pressure and prioritising work and will be required to maintain strict confidentiality. You should have a positive, problem-solving approach, be able to self
- motivate and use your own initiative, within the remit of the post. It is important to be meticulous in working with the legal aspects of the job and attention to detail is paramount. It is essential that you have confidence in dealing with people at all levels in a professional manner. You should have good communication skills and be able to deal with difficult telephone calls in a diplomatic way.

It is essential you have a strong knowledge of the Mental Health & Mental Capacity Act and associated legislation; also Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook and MS Teams. It will be advantageous for you to have previous experience in a similar or related job.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare is positive about providing integrated healthcare services, including mental health, learning disability and community health services.

You will be expected to be flexible around working hours to meet the needs of the service.

Training and development are available for all team members and is encouraged through the Knowledge Skills and Framework / Performance
Appraisal and Development process.

You will be part of the Mental Health Legislation Team and you will have responsibility for facilitating a time limited legal and administrative service
for your own caseload and assisting with those of other Caseworkers as required. You will liaise closely with other health and social care
professionals and provide advice and support to Clinicians and Hospital Managers.



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