SLA Mental Health Co-ordinator

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health organization in Maidstone is seeking a Band 4 Mental Health Co-ordinator to manage Mental Health Act administration across various Trust Sites. The ideal candidate must have experience with MHA, good communication skills, and the ability to create and deliver training. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with mental health legislation and assisting clinical staff with necessary queries. Join us in supporting mental health services across Kent and Medway.

Qualifications

• Must have previous MHA experience.
• Training experience required.
• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act and associated procedures.
• Travel to sites for section paperwork and staff queries.
• Create and deliver training packages.

Skills

Knowledge of the MHA and Code of Practice

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to deliver training to all professionals

Tools

Databases

Spreadsheets

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Band 4 Mental Health Co-ordinator to join our Mental Health Act team, providing Mental Health administration as part of the Service Level Agreement with the Acute Trusts.

You will need to have Mental Health Act Administration experience, scrutinise Mental Health Act section paperwork in accordance with the current Mental Health Act legislation and provide training to acute trusts in accordance with the SLA specification.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

This is a post that will involve working across all 3 Trust Sites and potentially Acute Sites across Kent.

• Ensure the efficient administration of statutory requirements under the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 alongside the Mental Health Administrators. Ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Codes of Practice, Trust policies and procedures for the Acts. To support clinical staff to comply with the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act and associated procedures. To ensure that KMPT's Service Level Agreements with Acute Trusts are fulfilled and maintained through the administration of Mental Health Act paperwork.
• Travel to each site as required to collect section paperwork and be on hand for acute staff queries around the implementation of the MHA, Code of Practice and Guiding Principles.
• Create training packages and deliver in accordance with the current legislation.
• Create databases and keep a register of audits in accordance with the current legislation.

About us

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Must have previous MHA experience

• Knowledge of the MHA and Code of Practice
• Undertaken some deliverance in training
• Desirable experience of databases and spreadsheets

To have training experience

• Able to deliver training to all professionals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Must have working knowledge of the MHA

• Working knowledge of the MHA
• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner

To have excellent working knowledge of the MHA

• Demonstrate excellent working knowledge of the MHA

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.