Overview
Job summary: 22.5 hours per week. The Complex Needs Team is a mental health team that supports people with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues. The team provides assessment of needs, development, implementation and evaluation of care for patients from a defined group with a diagnosis of a severe and enduring mental health condition with co-occurring substance use issues, including high-risk behaviours and difficulties engaging with services.
The service provides a Plymouth city-wide service. The Mental Health Practitioner role provides a holistic assessment, evidence-based interventions and assertive support for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues. The post holder will work alongside other services within the Plymouth Alliance that support clients experiencing multi-disadvantage and living complex lives within the community. The aim of the Complex Needs Team is to promote recovery from dependent substance use and improve health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals, linking them with community activities and wider support networks.
The role will work across the Plymouth Alliance in settings including homeless provisions, community settings, and alongside VCSE partners. Staff may be required to work in other parts of the organisation/complex lives system on request according to service need and personal development.
Responsibilities
* Carry a caseload of clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues.
* Provide line management and caseload supervision to Band 5 and below.
* Contribute to professional development, appraisal, performance review and recruitment.
* Act as a Care-Coordinator for a defined group of patients and organise care in accordance with the Personalised Care Framework.
* Ensure clinical practice is evidence-based and in line with NICE guidance; be individually accountable under relevant professional codes of conduct.
* Promote positive risk to support independence and autonomy of choice; liaise with community resources and facilitate access to mainstream resources.
* Maintain a caseload of clients with significant mental health complexity; participate in shift lead and provide supervision.
* Contribute to professional development activities and recruitment processes.
* Work across legal and ethical frameworks related to mental health; engage with service users, carers, and professionals to maintain relationships and collaboration.
* Participate in activities to keep professional skills updated and share knowledge with staff and students within the area of responsibility.
* Lead community drop-in clinics in homeless provisions across the city as required.
Qualifications
Essential
* GCSE Grade A-C in English & Maths.
* Undergraduate or Postgraduate degree in Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy with professional registration (NMC, HCPC, or Social Work England).
* Relevant and substantial post-registration Mental Health experience; experience with adults who use substances in problematic or harmful ways; experience in a Community Mental Health setting or ability to fulfil Community Mental Health Practitioner functions.
Desirable
* Specialist clinical skills (e.g., CBT, Psycho-social Interventions, DBT Skills).
* Experience in care coordination, caseload management, and senior-level roles including supervision and operational issues.
Experience
* Essential: relevant and substantial post-registration Mental Health experience; experience with adults who use substances; community mental health setting experience.
* Desirable: care coordination, caseload management, senior-level supervisory experience.
Other
Please note:
* The post may require eligibility considerations around sponsorship; refer to Direct Gov and UK Visas and Immigration guidelines.
* All staff are expected to work across a 7-day service; Livewell Southwest values diversity and inclusion and supports reasonable adjustments during the application process.
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