Street Triage Practitioner - First Response Service

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Street Triage Practitioner to support the Street Triage Team based at Cheshire West. We are looking for a motivated and resourceful individual to join our team, who possesses commitment to teamwork and innovative delivery of excellent standards of work. We are a supportive, competent and caring team.

• Work as part of the Urgent Care Mental Health First Response Service which includes Crisis Triage and Response Services (Crisis Line/First Response), Liaison Psychiatry, Home Treatment Teams and Street Triage to improve the safety, health and well‑being of the people within our area.
• Provide comprehensive assessment for people experiencing mental health crisis in a community setting whilst working in partnership with police colleagues.
• Specialise in the inter-relationship of physical illness, psychosocial disturbance, psychosomatic disorders as well as the care and management of patients with mental health problems.
• Provide mental health and risk assessment to persons presenting with episodes of self-injury or self-poisoning.
• Implementation and advice provision on treatment and management plans in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues at all levels, service users and carers.
• Provide training to staff and police colleagues about mental illness and treatment.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all‑age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person‑centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcomes applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.