Community Practitioner Jigsaw

Job summary

The opportunity has arisen to work within Jigsaw which is a multi-agency health and social care team. This is a 6-month fixed term opportunity to support with covering maternity leave and ideally would commence mid-July-early August.

The Jigsaw service provides coordinated assessment, care planning and therapeutic intervention for children and young people with multiple and complex disabilities.

As an enthusiastic and well-motivated professional, you will manage a clinical caseload involving assessment, clinical nursing intervention and co-ordination of services. You will also have a role within the EHC Planning process for children and young people.

You will have good assessment skills and be able to work in partnership with children and their families.

Some experience of working with children in a community environment is desirable.

Main duties of the job

We can offer high quality professional support and a strong commitment to personal development. As a new member of the team, you would receive a short induction programme linked to your particular needs, a mentor, regular supervision and access to internal and interagency training.

For an informal discussion please contact:

Sue Burch, Clinical Team Coordinator, Jigsaw - 023 8091 5702.

About us

We have been working with other local NHS Trusts to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust to be formed by the end of 2024.

Project Fusion is the name for the programme to create the new combined NHS Foundation Trust. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be bringing the services into a single organisation will result in more consistent care, more equitable access to services irrespective of postcode, and a more sustainable workforce and services. The new organisation will operate locally to ensure services can best meet the needs of different communities.

The new Trust will be comprised of all the services currently provided by Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, the community, mental health and learning disability services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and child and adolescent mental health services delivered in parts of Hampshire by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Colleagues will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) -- known as TUPE on the day the trust is formed. TUPE is a legal process to ensure you transfer out of one organisation and into another, maintaining the terms and conditions of your employment.