An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join the Intensive Outreach Team.

We welcome applications from enthusiastic, self motivated, and recovery focused practitioners who value working in a supportive team environment. Experience in psychosocial interventions, family work and/or substance misuse would be advantageous.

You will be working offering recovery focused, intensive support to a caseload of people with complex mental health difficulties, who experience psychosis and who struggle to maintain engagement with community services, and their families, using a whole team approach.

The role will involve working with the CMHT's and EIT across north Staffordshire coordinating the care of individuals in line with changes in the national direction of the Care Plan Approach offering evidence based interventions to address core needs as well as manage risk in a community setting.

Close working relationships with inpatient, recovery and rehabilitation, other statutory and third sector agencies will be necessary to support people with multiple needs and who often have chaotic and disparate engagement with services. We strive to think creatively to ensure the highest quality care and are committed to continuous improvement ad adapting the service to the needs of the population. Your input to the development of the service is a valued part of the role.

Main duties of the job

To work as an integral part of a multi-professional team working with individuals with severe and enduring mental health problems who have problems in engaging and maintaining lasting and meaningful contact with mental health services. The nature of the client group and the philosophy of the team will require the post holder to work flexible hours.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of recovery based care programmes and the setting of standards of care for this complex group.

To undertake an assertive outreach approach to engage the identified individuals and to provide support and interventions that aim to meet their needs.

The post holder will deputise for the Caseload Manager when required.

About us

Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it.

Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system including twilight shifts and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.

As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trust's Values. These are:

Proud to CARE:

Compassionate

Caring with compassion, it's about how we listen, what we say, what we do.

Approachable

Friendly, welcoming, sharing ideas and being open

Responsible

Taking personal and collective responsibility, being accountable for our actions

Excellent

Striving for the best, for high-quality safe care and continually improving.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To have the responsibility for the delivery of an Assertive Outreach/Intensive Support approach/intervention to specific individuals.

• Carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision.

• Coordinating clinical activity, liaison with the rest of the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and other appropriate teams, services and agencies.

• Immediate problem solving and decision making and contributing to long term planning for future developments both within the immediate clinical area and within the service area.

• To ensure that the values and principles of the organisation and of the service area are translated into the philosophy and operational policy of the clinical team and that these are evident in everyday practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A qualified/registered mental health practitioner e.g. mental health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist - (minimum diploma level or equivalent qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience working in a community mental health settings.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of various approaches to mental health assessment.

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Greenfield Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST6 5UD

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232-CMT-6313917