The Intensive Support Service is a dynamic and flexible service which offers a true alternative to inpatient admission over 7 days meeting the acute needs of working age adults across the city. We are seeking to recruit dynamic and positive senior practitioners to support in this new service.

We’re looking to recruit 5 permanent band 6 qualified practitioners to join our ISS service. You will have a permanent base in one area but will be expected to work citywide dependent on the clinical demand across the city.

The successful Occupational Therapists/Mental health nurse or social worker will work with a defined caseload of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment and interventions to support recovery and inclusion. This will include the provision of highly skilled assessments, psychological interventions, safety planning, and contributing to formulations. The band 6 practitioner will operate within a community setting and will be required to work autonomously, manage caseloads, undertake initial assessments and carry out home based treatment interventions. You will also work closely with inpatient and community services, providing an excellent alternative to inpatient admission and supporting in transitions points for services users to community services.
- To work closely with the Clinical Team Manager (CTM) in overseeing efficiency and effectiveness of treatment given and support the CTM in carrying out his/her duties
- To present as a positive and professional role model to all staff within the team, striving to maintain a philosophy of service user involvement in continuously improving the service
- To work as an integrated member of the clinical team, participating in all aspects of day to day service provision.
- Band 5 practitioners work with a shared caseload of service users and usually as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing same day/urgent assessment, care planning and care delivery. This will include the provision of highly skilled nursing/AHP care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion. Band 5 practitioners within ISS will be required to: work autonomously, have an overview of capacity and flow of the service, undertake day to day assessments and carry out home based treatment interventions.
- In some roles specialist skills and knowledge may be required. Band 6 practitioners will often have designated areas of practice to lead within the team.
- Practitioners are expected to consistently demonstrate the ‘Six C’s’ - namely care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment
- Provides care and treatment across 7 days which may include some long days
- Car driver essential

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching,support and opportunities for career development and trainingand education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
- Communicates in an effective manner with all service users and carers, ensuring use of additional services where required, e.g translation services, communication aids, visual aids.
- To provide advice, support and information to service users, other professionals and carers.
- Promotes effective team working to provide high quality care through effective communication and liaison.
- Ensure effective communication with the team and more senior team members during the planning, Implementation and evaluations of care
- Liaise with other agencies, providers, service users/carers during the planning implementation and evaluations of care as appropriate to the role. To establish and maintain close and effective relationships with inpatient and CMHT colleagues.
- Maintains effective communication and liaison systems which ensures the accurate and timely distribution and receipt of information (on a shift by shift basis) and is able to delegate responsibilities and duties where necessary.
- Manages and makes judgements regarding clinical work on a day to day basis, and is able to effectively coordinate a shift as appropriate
- Is aware of the limitations of their own role and utilises senior support and advice systems (including 24hr management advice structure) as required. May provide c