Mental Health Practitioner - Assertive Outreach Team

Job summary

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is delighted to advertise for a Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner to join our Assertive Outreach Team, part of the Urgent Care Pathway.

The Assertive Outreach Team works with children and young people who are at risk of hospital admission or stepping up into more intensive services, offering intensive community support to reduce crisis and promote emotional recovery. This is an opportunity to be part of a small, dynamic and trauma-informed team offering high-quality, evidence-based care that keeps young people safely connected to their families and communities.

The service operates between 9am and 8pm Monday to Friday, and 9am to 5pm on weekends and bank holidays, offering flexibility and genuine teamwork to meet the needs of the children we support.

Main duties of the job

• Provide mental health assessments and risk evaluations in community settings

• Deliver structured interventions and outreach care as part of a multi-disciplinary team

• Work collaboratively with young people, families and professionals to reduce risk and maintain community support

• Contribute to care planning, documentation, and safeguarding processes

• Support a recovery-focused, person-centred approach to care

• Participate in clinical meetings, supervision, and reflective practice

We Offer:

• A supportive, experienced and values-led team

• Opportunities for supervision, CPD and development

• A role where you can make a real difference in crisis prevention and emotional wellbeing

• Strong multi-agency partnerships across health, education and social care

If youre a newly qualified or experienced practitioner passionate about making a difference in urgent care for young people, wed love to hear from you.

About us

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

C F H D

Tiverton Way

Tiverton Business Park

Tiverton

EX16 6TG

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

C F H D

Tiverton Way

Tiverton Business Park

Tiverton

EX16 6TG

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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