Crisis Intervention Practitioner

1 week ago

Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Livewell Southwest Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced registered practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team as a Community Mental Health Practitioner. The successful candidate will work as part of a team taking referrals, conducting biopsychosocial assessments, and providing treatment interventions for patients experiencing mental health crisis.

Key Responsibilities
  • Receive and triage referrals for individuals presenting in a mental health crisis
  • Participate in a multi-disciplinary team approach responding to individuals requiring a same-day response or signposting due to a mental health crisis
  • Provide skilled telephone advice to referrers and patients and carers
  • Offer an urgent mental health assessment in a location most convenient/appropriate for the patient
  • Identify the most appropriate intervention required for the patient, with an emphasis on positive risk management, and refer as necessary
  • Provide high-quality assessment reports/letters to relevant professionals and monitor reports by junior staff
  • Support the Team Manager in the effective running of the team and monitoring of standards through effective clinical supervision of junior staff
Requirements
  • Significant post-registration experience of working with people with complex mental ill health within the community
  • Experience of working collaboratively with patients and their families/carers
  • Previous experience of working at a Band 6 level or 2 years post-registration experience in acute mental health
  • Completing complex mental health assessments in a variety of different settings in the community and signposting to relevant services
  • Relapse prevention and Recovery Principles
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring, and teaching to students and other health professionals
What We Offer
  • Protected CPD time for registered staff
  • Variety of development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
  • Leadership and mentoring programmes
  • Access and funding for training, including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course, and Scholarship Into Nurse Training
  • Robust Preceptorship
  • Bespoke induction programme
  • Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation
About Us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health and social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon and Cornwall.

We value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible, and collaborative. We transform services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support, and empower each other.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families, and carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. We help deliver the right care for people, in the right place, and at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead healthy, independent lives and be the very best at helping people to live well.

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