Community Practitioner - Carlisle, United Kingdom - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
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Carlisle, United Kingdom

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Another exciting opportunity founded by the North Cumbria Crisis Team


North Cumbria is looking for band 6 Practitioners to work within our Street Triage Team, which is part of our Crisis Service.

Are you someone who is looking for flexible working within the mental health service? Are your skills, knowledge, and experience valuable to work within the heart of the mental health service?

The role will allow you to work alongside the Police Force within Street Triage service.

The Street traige team currently operate between the hours of 15:00 and 01:00; but are looking to expand the service to cover from 09:00.

You will have the chance to work closely with the police and NWAS to avoid using MHA 136.

You will be working at the froint end of the criminal justice pathway, with an empahsis to providing prompt response to incidents.

The team will offer advice, assessment and access to services.

They will achieve this by offering advice and support to Cumbria Police, checking where appropriate whether someone is known to mental health services and offering advice and signposting to other services.


A face to face triage screening assessment will be carried out on a person outside of a custodial setting and risk assessments will be completed on all persons seen.

The team will also facilitate access to appropriate services in the community when this is indicated.

Provide clinical supervision to staff as delegated by Pathway Clinical Lead and Pathway Manager.
To provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.
To incorporate a client centred philosophy into nursing practice and client centred collaborative care.


Work flexibly to meet the needs of Service Users across pathways which may regularly include working extended and flexible hours over 7 days a week.

Demonstrate flexibility in the role.

This may involve working across clinical pathways to support the needs of the service, whilst ensuring the delivery of high quality care at all times.


We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future.

In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.


Following the completion of a comprehensive Core Assessment, develop and provide an individualised, evidence based programme of Care based on Formulation, including to those with highly complex needs/challenging behaviours.

At all times work in collaboration with Service Users, and Carers ensuring that the Service User is treated with Compassion, Respect and Dignity.

Assess, Manage and Evaluate Risk as an ongoing process using the Risk Assessment Tool identified by the Trust.

Escalate Risks and Communicate effectively with Partners and seek advice from more senior staff and Teams such as Safeguarding, MAPPA, MARAC as appropriate.


Manage distress and conflict in the day to day work with Service Users who, as an expression of their distress, may at times be difficult to engage and/or demonstrate significant risk behaviours.


To engage in active relapse prevention planning with service users and carers, contributing to their recovery, wellbeing and discharge planning.

Please find attached job description for full details.


Advertising date: 11th March 2024


Closing date: 25th March 2024
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