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We’re recruiting qualified (band 5) mental health and learning disability nurses, as well as students due to qualify up to September 2023

Talking Therapies appointed a University and Young People’s Champion to collaborate with education settings, to meet young people in their spaces, to advocate for young people’s mental health, to promote Talking Therapies, and to make sure professionals and young people know how to access the service.

The passing of the Queen, as former Head of the Armed Forces, is of particular significance to the armed forces community and has the potential to trigger mental health issues. Please familiarise yourself with referral pathways to Op COURAGE.

Colleagues in children and young people’s mental health services and adult mental health services may notice some changes to the routine outcome measure (ROMS) in RiO.

Staff from the Mersey Cares charity are visiting projects funded by the former Dragons Den Scheme to understand the impact. They visited St Helens Children In Care ​​​​​​​who are specialists in responding to the health and wellbeing needs of children in care. 

As traditional work experience placements have been impacted by the recent pandemic, the Trust has developed a new skills academy work experience skills lab model with Trish Mattison and Carol Jones from Children and Young People team.

This year, we will balance operational excellence in our services today, whilst making opportunities to get ahead for the future.  This will enable our vision for perfect, whole-person care which helps people live happier, healthier lives.

Are you passionate about improving lives and reducing health inequalities? Become a Learning Disability Champion! Learning Disability Champions meet quarterly for training and support with the role.

I want to start this week’s blog with a big thank you to all our staff. For some of you the last fortnight has seen some very significant organisational changes. For others, you will be handling the current surge in activity while observing infection and prevention controls in this very warm weather spell, which puts everyone under considerable pressure.

Our new low secure service Aspen Wood, received its first service users this week.The 40 bed learning disability site on Maghull Health Park was completed on time and budget late last year. Following a period of staff training it is now fully operational.