Urgent and Crisis Service Nurse / Social worker (Out of hours working)

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

The Urgent and Crisis services is situated at the Longley Centre within the Crisis Hub, it is a 24 hour service that works all year round, providing Crisis assessments and Urgent interventions for up to 72 hours for the people experiencing crisis in Sheffield.

The team works alongside the NHS 111 mental health option provision, Home Treatment Team, AMHP team and Decisions Unit. We act in line with the UK triage rating scale in order to provide the right service at the right time for patients in crisis.

Do you have a desire to be part of the developing Sheffield Urgent and Crisis Mental Health Service? You will need to be a RNMH, or social worker with experience of working in a multi-disciplinary mental health setting. Skills in assessing mental health and risk, planning, evaluating, and managing care are essential. Knowledge and understanding of PDR and supervision processes are also essential requirements for the post together with a commitment to the appraiser and supervisor role. Additionally, you will need to possess excellent communication skills, be motivated, able to work independently, and as part of a multidisciplinary team and with other partnership agencies. You should have a positive approach to meeting the needs of our service users and be able to demonstrate continued professional development. There will be further opportunities for training and development.

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our service, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and well being is taken care of.

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be a part of we'd love to have you with us.