Mental Health Nurse/Mental Health Social worker: Sponsorship Available

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Urgent and crisis service- come and join the team!

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse or Social worker?

Do you have a desire to be part of the developing Sheffield Urgent and Crisis Mental Health Service?

Look no further, apply here!

We are a knowledgeable, motivated and supportive team looking for enthusiastic individuals.

Our aim is to ensure that people experiencing a mental health crisis are offered assessment and intervention quickly and effectively.

Main duties of the job

The Urgent and Crisis services is situated at the Longley Centre within the Crisis Hub, it is a 24 hour service that works all year round. We provide Crisis assessments and Urgent interventions for up to 72 hours for the people experiencing a mental health crisis in Sheffield.

The team works alongside the NHS 111 mental health option provision, Home Treatment Team, AMHP team and Decisions Unit. We act in line with the UK triage rating scale in order to provide the right service at the right time for patients in crisis.

You will need to be a RNMH, or social worker with experience of working in a multi-disciplinary mental health setting. Skills in assessing mental health and risk, planning, evaluating, and managing care are essential.Knowledge and understanding of PDR and supervision processes are also essential requirements for the post together with a commitment to the appraiser and supervisor role. Additionally, you will need to possess excellent communication skills, be motivated, able to work independently, and as part of a multidisciplinary team and with other partnership agencies. You should have a positive approach to meeting the needs of our service users and be able to demonstrate continued professional development. There will be further opportunities for training and development .

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

  • RNMH /Registered Social worker having current registration with the relevant regulatory body
  • Evidence of continued professional development in Mental healthNursing/Social work
  • evidence of higher practice skills in mental health care across the age range

Desirable

  • Teaching/assessing qualification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • To demonstrate excellent risk assessment and risk management skills for service users experiencing a mental health crisis
  • Ability to assess, plan., implement and evaluate care for service users within urgent/crisis mental health services
  • The skills to work and make decisions autonomously
  • Knowledge and understanding of MHA, MCA and other relevant legislation
  • Knowledge and experience of delivering relevant mental health treatment modalities

Desirable

  • Skills in working as part of a team

Experience

Essential

  • Currently employed as a band 6 Mental health Nurse/registered social worker, or Band 5 Nurse /Level 1 social worker with 12 months post qualification experience
  • Experience of working within an acute mental health setting
  • Demonstrable experience of working within a multi professional environment

Desirable

  • Experience of crisis assessment/formulation work within a community setting

Other

Essential

  • Ability to motivate and inspire confidence in others
  • available to work 5 x 7.5 hours per week Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 8pm
  • Adheres to relevant Professional code of conduct

Desirable

  • Has current IK driving license

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 29 November 2026

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