Nurses/Social Workers/Occupational Therapists

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Radford Semele; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Radford Semele is seeking a qualified professional to join the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team. You will assess clients in crisis, formulate care plans, and work within a 24-hour rota. Required qualifications include a professional background in nursing, occupational therapy, or social work along with substantial post-registration experience in secondary care mental health settings. This role offers various shift patterns and generous employee benefits.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts with retailers, restaurants, and entertainment

Wellbeing support

Staff networks and support groups

Qualifications

• Substantial post-registration experience in a secondary care mental health setting.
• Registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.
• Recent experience working with clients within a secondary care mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess and conduct risk assessments for clients in crisis.
• Formulate crisis care plans and prepare for discharge.
• Operate within a 24-hour rota system and work various shift patterns.

Skills

Crisis assessment

Care planning

Collaboration with secondary care

Education

Professional qualification as a nurse, occupational therapist or social worker

Job description

Opportunity Overview

Changes have been made within urgent care services in CWPT and there are exciting times of change within Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT). As the front door to secondary care mental health, the CRHTT receives and triages all urgent referrals into services. The successful candidate will identify any needs using a holistic triaging tool and will refer on to the most appropriate service to meet the needs of the service user. The Home Treatment Team provides care and treatment to service users using the least restrictive principles to ensure recovery is achieved at home in order to avoid hospital admissions. This includes intensive home treatment, gatekeeping admissions to hospital and also facilitating early discharge from hospital inpatient units.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and conduct risk assessments for clients in crisis.
• Formulate crisis care plans and prepare for discharge.
• Operate within a 24‑hour rota system and work various shift patterns.
• Collaborate with secondary care mental health teams, service users, and families to achieve the best outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Professional qualification as a nurse, occupational therapist or social worker.
• Substantial post‑registration experience in a secondary care mental health setting.
• Recent experience working with clients within a secondary care mental health setting.
• Registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.

Working Hours & Shifts

The team operates a 24 hour rota system; you will be expected to work various shift patterns.

Safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation.

NHS AfC & Salary Band

Band 6 – NHS Annual Checking Framework (AfC) applies.

About the Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) delivers a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services to communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put people at our heart and offer generous benefits such as annual leave, learning and development opportunities, salary sacrifice schemes, employee assistance programmes, wellbeing support and staff networks.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for car/vehicle, cycle to work, home and electronics, gym membership.
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
• Wellbeing support including an in‑house counselling service, external helpline and more.
• Staff networks and support groups.

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