Job summaryThe Meadows CMHT is a busy, supportive environment which is caring to staff and keen to allow and bring new and positive change -- we welcome bright new ideas. It is a dynamic multi-disciplinary team which provides care coordination and recovery focused care for individuals with complex and challenging mental health needs.Would you like join a team where your voice will be heard as we continue our transformation programme to provide a holistic approach to physical and mental health wellbeing for our patients, their carers and families?We invest in our staff with additional training like CBT, DBT and fully funded leadership and management qualifications to ensure that your career stays on track. We have achieved funding for social workers to progress their career with university courses. We support staff in clinical practice in many ways.We will provide training, shadowing opportunities and support you to work autonomously in the community and use your own initiative. The successful candidate will have been able to coordinate complex care packages, have good administration and IT skills, as well as a good working knowledge of CPA processes, report writing, organisational skills, will have care manager role, safeguarding knowledge and look to lead the team in this area with support and the ability to identify issues and demonstrate ownership of change processes. They will also be a direct link with the local council tenancy support team and offer supervision.Main duties of the jobTo formulate care plans in line with identified needs.To provide recovery focused therapeutic interventions in line with the agreed care plan and risk assessment.To assess risk, develop risk management plans, review and adjust in line with the service users needs.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.To use tools which promote user empowerment.To have a proactive approach to the role and needs of carers/families.To facilitate depot/clozapine clinics as required.To be innovative and responsive to individual needs tailoring care accordingly.To be proactive in monitoring mental health needs and respond in a timely fashion if needs change.To participate fully in caseload supervision and management, to ensure that care plans are matched to need and service users are able to flow through pathways of care.To work in line with all relevant policies and procedures, including care planning, risk and safeguarding.To alert the Team Leader or Manager to any concerns in a timely manner.About usSouthern 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 descriptionJob responsibilitiesFurther 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 SpecificationQualificationsEssentialRegistered Nurse or Mental Health Practitioner.Computer skills.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameSouthern Health NHS Foundation TrustAddressBridge CentreNew RoadBasingstokeHampshireRG21 7PJEmployer's websitehttps://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)