Street Triage Mental Health Practitioner, Cowley, Oxford

We are looking for a highly skilled, motivated mental health practitioner to join our Street Triage Team on permanent contract, working alongside Thames Valley Police to improve care pathways for people in mental health crisis in Oxfordshire.
We work alongside Thames Valley Police to improve care pathways for people with mental health problems in Oxfordshire. Working with Police scanning Mental Health demand coming into police and making clinical decisions regarding what intervention required, consulting clinical records systems, and rapidly understanding/formulating clinical need - this is in relation to 999 activity - complex, risky and dynamic clinical decision making.
Trusted Assessor role on behalf of the Trust enabling access into clinical pathways. Formal and informal teaching opportunities to broaden awareness of mental health., Mental Health professionals who works with the police will be offering professional advice, triaging individuals as they present, accessing health information systems, and helping to liaise with other care services to identify the right support for individuals. Also, information sharing with Police regarding people presenting to the Police with Mental Health needs, support, educating and inputting into police learning regarding the mental health needs of those presenting to the Police.
The aim of the service is to work in partnership and alongside the police to improve the overall experience and access to appropriate care pathways for persons with mental ill health who present to the police in a "crisis" state and mental health distress outside of custody. This may include arranging a more thorough voluntary assessment at the Littlemore hospital assessment hub, make a referral or request for follow up by the relevant community mental health team, give advice on how to access appropriate services, recommend use of sec 136 or recommend the detention in custody for consideration of the criminal justice process.
+ Assisting with risk assessment and management at the point of crisis
+ Being part of an all age, inclusive service
+ Embedded within Police Stations to make a difference and enable people to be supported by the correct service
+ Working in partnership with Police Officers on the frontline for acute mental health presentations, The teams are based at Thames Valley Police stations in Oxfordshire. There are three LPA within Oxfordshire, South Oxon &Vale, West Oxon and Cherwell, and Oxford City. You will work from your base police station alongside an officer and respond to incidents as they arise. You will be fully inducted to Thames Valley Police so that you have the appropriate skills and knowledge to use their systems such as the radio system and electronic data systems.
Street Triage operates between the hours of 16.00 - 02:45 7 days per week. The St Triage practitioner will deploy to any incident across Oxfordshire supported by the Police officer assigned to them for the night.
If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and ready for a challenge, possess excellent communication skills and able to work autonomously then we want you in our team. Our team is really supportive of each other, and we value regular supervision.
+ All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
+ Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
+ Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
+ Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
+ We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
+ We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
+ Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
+ Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
+ Excellent opportunities for career progression
+ Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
+ 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
+ NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
+ Competitive pension scheme
+ Lease car scheme
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Employee Assistance Programme
+ Mental Health First Aiders
+ Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
+ Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team