Assertive Outreach worker (Qualified)

Band 6 Full Time Qualified Assertive Outreach Worker (Nurse / OT / Social Worker) at Community Mental Health Hub (Brent) Make engagement happen. Prevent crisis. Change trajectories. We're building a focused Assertive Outreach (AO) offer within our Community Mental Health Hub to reach adults with severe mental illness (SMI) who are at risk of disengaging from care. If you thrive on meaningful relationship-building, rapid decision-making, and real-world impact, this role is for you. About the role As an Assertive Outreach Worker, you'll be the consistent, trusted keyworker for a small caseload, delivering time-limited, intensive support over a stepped 6-month model. You'll combine clinical skill with creativity and persistence--meeting people where they are, in homes and community spaces across Brent --to stabilise engagement, reduce risk, and prevent crisis., The Assertive Outreach Worker will delivertime-limited and intensive support to adults with severe mental illness (SMI) who are at risk of disengaging from care. The role is central to stabilising engagement, reducing risk, and preventing crisis escalation, in line with the Assertive Outreach Standard Operating Procedure. The postholder will:

• Provide assertive, flexible, and persistent outreach, including home visits, community-based contacts, and phone/text engagement
• Act as a consistent keyworker, building therapeutic relationships with individuals who find it difficult to engage with services.
• Work within a stepped 6-month model of intensive support, transition, and reintegration into routine CMHH care.
• Deliver holistic, person-centred interventions addressing mental health, physical health, housing, substance use, and social needs.
• Work collaboratively with the CMHH MDT, crisis services, inpatient wards, and external agencies to ensure continuity of care and safe transitions.
  
  This role requires strong clinical skills, excellent risk management, and the ability to work autonomously in the community.
  
  You will be in a friendly and supportive environment, where we encourage personal and professional development.
You will be based within the Community Mental Health Hub within a large multi-disciplinary team. There is access to inhouse and Trust wide training to support you in developing clinical and leaderships skills. We have community mental health hubs based in Park Royal and Kingsbury. The team will work across both sites dependent on need.