Job responsibilities

Essential:

• Registered mental health professional (RMN, OT, Social Worker or equivalent)
• Experience working with complex mental health needs and high-risk service users
• Strong skills in risk assessment, care planning and community-based working
• Ability to engage hard-to-reach individuals

Desirable:

• Experience in assertive outreach, crisis or urgent care services
• Driving Licence and access to a vehicle for work

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Registered mental health professional qualification (e.g. RMN, OT, Social Worker or equivalent relevant professional qualification)
• Current professional registration with the relevant professional body
• Evidence of post-registration experience in mental health practice

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people with complex mental health needs
• Experience of working with high-risk service users
• Experience of risk assessment, formulation and safety planning
• Experience of working with hard-to engage or disengaged individuals
• Experience of community-based working, including home visits or outreach
• Experience of care coordination / caseload management
• Experience of MDT and multi-agency working

Desirable

• Experience in Assertive Outreach, Crisis, HTT or urgent care settings

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of mental health conditions and treatment approaches
• Understanding of Assertive Outreach principles, including persistent engagement and no discharge for DNA
• Knowledge of risk management and safeguarding frameworks
• Understanding of community mental health pathways and system interfaces
• Knowledge of care planning and documentation standards
• Ability to deliver autonomous clinical assessment and decision-making
• Strong risk assessment and management skills
• Ability to engage and sustain relationships with difficult-to-engage individuals
• Ability to deliver persistent, proactive and flexible outreach
• Ability to develop and implement care plans and safety plans
• Ability to work independently in community settings
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage a complex caseload
• Ability to work effectively within an MDT and across agencies

Desirable

• Awareness of wider system partners such as housing, social care or substance misuse services

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Compassionate and non-judgemental approach
• Persistent, proactive and solution focused
• Resilient and able to work with complexity, uncertainty and disengagement
• Commitment to recovery-focused and person-centred care

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel across the borough and undertake regular home visits
• Willingness to work flexibly, including evening/weekend outreach where required locally
• IT literacy and ability to use clinical systems and documentation platforms

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).