We are looking for experienced professionally registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers or Occupational Therapists with a genuine passion for supporting those in mental health crisis to join our Connection team.
Based at St Ann's Hospital, Connection is Dorset's 24/7 open access mental health crisis service.
Responsibilities include:
* Direct clinical assessments, advice and support
* Supervise mental health support workers
* Give clinical advice to other agencies and emergency services
* Co‑ordinate urgent and emergency responses
* Liaise with internal and external services
* Telephone and face‑to‑face mental health assessments, brief interventions and support, signposting and referrals
* Validate, de‑escalate crisis and coach people in distress tolerance and emotional regulation strategies
* Complete urgent face‑to‑face assessments across Dorset when indicated
* Provide clinical information, advice and support to other professionals and emergency services
* Support police and ambulance in accessing most appropriate support for those presenting in mental health crisis
* Supervise and support Mental Health Support Workers within the team
Additional duties: Overnight, Connection covers the Home Treatment Team caseload and manages any referrals.
Shift patterns: Full and part‑time hours available. 24/7 service with shift patterns including weekends, bank holidays and nights. All reasonable flexible working requests will be considered.
Benefits: £3,000 Recruitment Premium lump sum on commencement and £1,500 Retention Premium per annum (pro‑rata), paid in equal monthly instalments provided you remain in post and subject to review by the Trust. We offer internal and external training/education programmes and supervision.
We value all our team and offer a financial recruitment and retention premium on this post.
We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity.
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