Place of Safety Triage Mental Health Support Worker

Band 3 - Place of safety/ Triage Support Worker
**Base**: St Georges Hospital, Stafford.
Are you a Support Worker looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to assist our frontline community triage team, based at St Georges Hospital, Stafford. The role will require you to work closely with the local police to offer the least restrictive options/alternatives to detention under the Mental Health Act where possible to patients in need of input from mental services.
To support the place of safety and also coordinate assessments with the support from the site manager. This will involve cover on a shift rota basis over a 24 hour period.
To respond in time of crisis by taking direct action through observation & engagement or informing the CRHT worker/site manager of a need for intervention.
To liaise with other professionals including police, CRHT, site manager and ward staff
To support service users to develop skills to enable them to integrate into community
To support and sign post to service users in arranging their own finances and other related matters, e.g. housing benefit, rent payments.
To work with service users as agreed through care co-ordination or the agreed care plan and to liaise with other professionals, e.g. other members of the mental health team in order to maintain a consistency of care.
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:
Supporting your career development and progression.
Excellent NHS Pension scheme
Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
Options for flexible working
Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
Free car parking at all trust sites
Free flu vaccination every year
Attractive relocation package
Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:
Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
The 136 Suite is a 2 bedded facility covering the catchment area of Staffordshire, to enable Police to bring people of all ages in who have been detained in the community under Section 135/136 of MHA. They can stay in the suite for up to 24 hours to allow time for a MHA assessment to be arranged, this can be extended for a further 12 hours if necessary.
Staff will greet the patients upon arrival, take handover from Police & paramedics, they will then arrange the MHA assessment with Trust & Social care agencies. During admission staff will assess the patients, arrange physical health assessments, and liaise with other agencies involved with their care. They also provide follow up advice and support to people identified by frontline Community Triage staff as in need of these interventions (e.g 136 detention, informal assessment). Supporting the service with the delivery of plans of care for identified people. Supporting the CRHT teams with additional assistance and support as required, Responsible for providing staffing cover for the Health based Place of Safety (HBPOS) over a 24hr period. 136 is based on St Georges Hospital site, so they also provide support to other wards as needed.
This role will require you to work in shift patterns covering 24/7.