Co Occurring Conditions Inreach / Outreach Worker

We are seeking a compassionate, skilled and motivated Co Occurring Conditions Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Team. This is an exciting opportunity to support individuals experiencing mental health difficulties alongside substance use, ensuring they receive high quality, person centered, integrated care. You will play a key role in improving engagement, reducing barriers to treatment, and promoting recovery for people with complex and coexisting needs. Working across mental health, social care, and voluntary sector partners, you will help shape a consistent and trauma informed approach to cooccurring conditions across the local system. Main duties of the job The post holder will work autonomously to provide professional expertise in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care with patients with co-occurring conditions. To be responsible and accountable for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and evidence-based care for people allocated within the designated pathway. To provide high quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals and work in partnership with other agencies to provide seamless, flexible services which meet the needs of patients and their carers to reach their care planned goals. To ensure accurate and comprehensive assessments and risk management plans are in place. To provide acute mental health ward in-reach support attending MDT reviews and supporting with safe transfer/discharge. To signpost or refer service users to appropriate teams/agencies for appropriate treatment and support. To contribute to training and development of colleagues within the team continue to deliver established workshops throughout the division. To support the service in its implementation of clinical effectiveness programs by taking part in any agreed research, quality improvement projects and audit projects, leading on key aspects when identified as appropriate., Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. Job description, Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.,

• Either Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Learning Disabilities Nurse, or Occupational Therapist with current registration
  
  Experience of completing mental health assessments, risk assessments and formulating appropriate plans of care
  
  Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care. We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support. Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence