Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

**The closing date is 31st Oct 2024**

**Anticipated Interview date(s) 23/09/24**

**Job summary**:
Would you value being part of an experienced team that is known for being welcoming, inclusive and flexible, with an approachable leadership team that is committed to putting staff wellbeing and patient safety at the forefront of our service?

As a team, we are passionate about providing a service of the highest quality that is safe, effective, compassionate, and responsive. We are a multi-disciplinary team including Peer Workers, Employment Specialists and a Recovery and GP Stepdown Lead. We also work closely with our colleagues based in the Primary Care Networks.

We have an opportunity for a qualified Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our team in Southampton Central Community Mental Health Team, working with adults with severe or enduring mental health needs.

We welcome practitioners who are looking to develop in their career and have interests in developing their therapeutic skills. We would also encourage band 5 applicants who are looking to develop and progress to a band 6 through an individualised development programme.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in central Southampton, a diverse, multi-cultural area which also has two large universities on its patch.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
To provide a care coordination role as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, engaging, supporting and working with a caseload of service users with severe or enduring mental health problems.

To help service users manage their symptoms, deliver evidence-based interventions and give advice and support on issues such as housing, benefits, education, employment, medication and social activities in the local area.

To assess and monitor service users mental state, provide comprehensive risk assessment and implement a management plan, undertake crisis management and contingency planning.

To provide therapeutic interventions in line with the agreed care plan and risk** **assessment, utilising psycho-social interventions and work on improving physical health.

To work in collaboration with service users as experts in their own care, promoting the** **principles of recovery, choice and personalisation, which value and empower the service** **user.

**About us**:
Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services. Our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, is set to launch in July 2024.

The transformation will happen in staggered stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning in early May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent Trusts is anticipated to occur in July 2024, when the new organisation will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

**Job description**:
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
Qualified as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.

**Desirable**:
Additional qualifications in psychosocial, substance misuse or psychopharmacological interventions are desirable.

**Experience**:
**Essential**:
In-depth experience of working with adults with severe or enduring mental health problems.

**Desirable**:
Experience of working in the community.

Previous experience of working with people who are homeless.

Previous experience of working with people who have issues with substance or alcohol misuse.

**Additional Criteria**:
**Essential**:
Access to a vehicle for work purposes.

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**:
**UK Professional Registration**:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Nicola Crouch

02382310726

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