Job overview

Based at St Michael's Hospital, St Michael's Road, Warwick CV34 5QW

Changes have been made within urgent care services  in CWPT and there are exciting times of change within Crisis Resolution Home treatment Team (CRHTT) 

An exciting opportunity has arisen  within the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team in South Warwickshire. Are you an experienced mental health clinician perhaps looking for development or new experiences within a different setting and have a desire to provide the highest quality care to our service users? Do you want to challenge yourself in a fast paced supportive environment where you can continue to grow and develop your skills?  If so then we are currently looking for motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 practitioners,  Nurses/Social Workers/Occupational Therapists to join our team based in Warwick. The  team cover  the very pleasant South Warwickshire area and are  very welcoming and supportive who work collaboratively along side  other agencies secondary care mental health teams,  service users and their families to achieve the best outcomes possible.

Our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team form part of the community provision for secondary mental health care in Coventry and Warwickshire. We welcome applications from reliable individuals, who are passionate and committed to make a positive difference to our service users.

Main duties of the job

As the front door to secondary care mental health, the Crisis resolution Home treatment  (CRHTT) receives and triages all urgent referrals into services. The successful candidate will identify any needs using a holistic triaging tool and will refer on to the most appropriate service to meet the needs of the service user. This may include the CRHTT conducting an urgent assessment where urgent needs are identified. 

The Home Treatment Team provide care and treatment to services users using the least restrictive principles to ensure recovery is achieved at home in order to avoid hospital admissions. This includes intensive home treatment, gatekeeping admissions to hospital and also facilitating early discharge from hospital inpatient units. 

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.  

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.