Mid Mersey Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment are currently looking to recruit Band 6 practitioners to join the team.
Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment operates on a 24 hour, 7 day a week basis. The service offers intensive home support as an alternative to hospital admission, working collaboratively with various services to support service users at home.
Main base is St Helens, covering surrounding boroughs: Halton, Warrington & Knowsley.
The post involves working on a rotational shift basis, including weekends and nights, and is responsible for assessing care needs, developing, implementing, and evaluating care programs within the Effective Care Co-ordination (ECC) framework.
The role requires flexibility to deliver care in various environments, supporting individuals with complex needs and considering alternatives to admission where possible.
The post holder must demonstrate respect for service users’ choices, working alongside them and their carers to ensure person-centered care.
Key responsibilities include face-to-face assessments, specialist mental health assessments, collaboration with police, advisory roles in mental health law, training delivery, and signposting to partner agencies.
Mersey Care is a large provider of physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people, with specialist inpatient and community services, including high secure mental health facilities.
Our commitment is to 'perfect care'—safe, effective, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support staff development and service co-design with service users, families, and carers, and are implementing organizational improvements.
Flexible working requests will be considered.
Responsibilities include developing assessment and care planning systems, managing caseloads, conducting assessments, risk management, facilitating early discharges, acting as Duty Practitioner, participating in ECC, developing care pathways, maintaining accurate records, managing medicines safely, working collaboratively, and acting as a resource in specialist practice.
Following appropriate training, practitioners may act as non-medical prescribers within their competence.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025.
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