Intensive Outreach Specialist

London Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

In this Band 6 role you will act as a Care Coordinator within a multidisciplinary team to support adults with complex mental health needs in the community. You will deliver biopsychosocial assessments, care and crisis planning, and risk management to promote recovery and prevent hospital admissions. You’ll work across a range of settings with partners across health and social care to provide intensive outreach and recovery-focused interventions. Your role emphasizes trauma-informed care and addressing holistic needs to enable community reintegration and wellbeing.

Pay / Benefits

NHS pension scheme
Generous annual leave
NHS discounts
Flexible working
Staff wellbeing initiatives
Professional development opportunities

Responsibilities

Act as Care Coordinator for a defined caseload with assessment, care planning, coordination and evaluation of person-centred interventions
Undertake biopsychosocial, risk, mental capacity and safeguarding assessments; develop informing formulations
Develop, implement and review care plans, crisis plans, Dialog+ interventions and risk management plans
Provide intensive outreach in community settings to promote engagement, recovery and relapse prevention
Deliver evidence-based interventions addressing physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs
Collaborate with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, OTs, social workers, primary care and voluntary sector partners for coordinated care
Monitor mental and physical health, support medication management, evaluate outcomes and facilitate safe discharge and community reintegration
Respond to mental health crises and safeguarding concerns and manage clinical risk.

Key requirements

Registered Mental Health Practitioner; must be registered with the appropriate professional body
Post-registration experience in a mental health setting
Clinical assessment skills and MDT collaboration
Risk management and care coordination experience
Experience in safeguarding and mental health crises
CPD ongoing evidence in portfolio