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Mental Health Law Administrator – SLA Jobs in Warrington, England, United Kingdom at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Title: Mental Health Law Administrator – SLA
Company: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust as a leading provider of community services, mental health care, physical health, addiction services and learning disability care. Service users receiving a high-quality service and one which is free from stigma, discrimination and harm. Staff engaged with the delivery, innovation and continuous improvement of services to benefit service users. Visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelled throughout the division for all managers. The Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support will be embedded across the division for all staff and evident to service users.
To have responsibility for supporting and providing expertise on a range of Mental Health law-related issues, particularly the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007),
To provide support to the Team Manager and M H Law Service Manager. To participate in the development and delivery of training to a wide range of multi-disciplinary staff (including medical, nursing and social care staff) across the Trust, enabling staff to understand primary and secondary legislation. To support the Trust’s planning for the implementation of changes to Mental Health law.
The post holder will be required to provide and receive complex, sensitive information, co-ordinate a range of specialist systems and processes and should possess persuasive, motivational, negotiating skills. They will need to be confident in presenting information to a wide variety of audiences, including staff and members of the public. They will require a range of administrative and organisational skills and skills for researching a variety of issues and proposing solutions for dealing with complex enquiries.
They must be able to plan and organise meetings and events, prioritise their work and work autonomously. The post involves contact with patients and relatives often when upset or unhappy with the circumstances of their care.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christine Stanton Job title: Mental Health Law Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07881 002618
