Senior Assertive Outreach Practitioner
Central and North West London NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge, UB8 2YF, London
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust based in Uxbridge, UB8 2YF. The advertised salary is £55,524 to £62,652. Applications close on 9 September 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Team Lead to join our newly established Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) in Hillingdon.
This is a key leadership role within a transformational model of care, designed to support individuals with severe mental illness who are at risk of disengagement and require intensive, proactive community-based support.
This is a high-impact, community-focused role, where you will lead a team delivering care directly to patients in their homes and local communities, ensuring no one is lost to follow-up.
The Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) role is fundamentally a patient-facing position, focused on engaging and managing individuals who are often reluctant to engage with services. Given the nature of this work, requiring proactive outreach, direct contact, and consistent face-to-face intervention, the role is not suitable for remote or hybrid working arrangements.
Provide clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary outreach team
Ensure delivery of high-intensity, assertive engagement, including home visits and community-based care
Lead on risk management, safety planning and complex clinical decision-making for a high-risk cohort
Persistent engagement
No discharge due to non-attendance
Proactive, flexible contact with patients
Provide line management, supervision and support to team members
Oversee team performance, caseloads and quality of care delivery
Work collaboratively with CMHT/CMHH, Crisis Teams, inpatient services and partner agencies to ensure coordinated care pathways
Going out to patients
Maintaining engagement when others disengage
Providing practical support that prevents crisis
Not clinic based
The Team is committed to delivering safe, compassionate and high-quality care across all services.
The Assertive Outreach Team is a new and developing service, offering:
The opportunity to shape and lead a new model of care
A strong focus on patient safety, engagement and outcomes
A supportive multidisciplinary environment with clear leadership oversight
Opportunities for professional development within a growing Trust-wide model
Registered mental health professional (e.g. RMN, OT, Social Worker)
Experience working with complex mental health needs and high-risk patients
Experience of clinical leadership, supervision and team management
Strong skills in risk assessment, care planning and crisis management
Experience of community-based or outreach working
Driving licence and access to a vehicle for work
Experience in assertive outreach, crisis or urgent care services
Experience of service development or transformation
Registered mental health professional (e.g. RMN, OT, Social Worker)
Experience working with complex mental health needs and high-risk patients
Experience of clinical leadership, supervision and team management
Strong skills in risk assessment, care planning and crisis management
Experience of community-based or outreach working
Driving licence and access to a vehicle for work
Experience in assertive outreach, crisis or urgent care services
Experience of service development or transformation
Education & Qualifications
- Registered professional qualification (e.g. RMN, OT, Social Worker or equivalent)
- Current professional registration (NMC, HCPC, Social Work England)
- Evidence of post-registration training relevant to mental health / community services
- Leadership or management qualification or training
- Training in Psychosocial Interventions Other relevant training, e.g. psychosocial interventions
- Counselling qualification
- Venepuncture qualification
- ECG application qualification
- Significant experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs and high risk
- Experience of working with disengaged or hard-to-engage service users in a community setting
- Experience of risk assessment, safety planning and crisis management
- Experience of leading or supervising staff within a clinical team
- Experience of operational management (e.g. rota management, performance, workload oversight)
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
- Experience of service development or mobilisation of new models of care
- Experience in assertive outreach, crisis services or urgent care settings
Education & Qualifications
- Registered professional qualification (e.g. RMN, OT, Social Worker or equivalent)
- Current professional registration (NMC, HCPC, Social Work England)
- Evidence of post-registration training relevant to mental health / community services
- Leadership or management qualification or training
- Training in Psychosocial Interventions Other relevant training, e.g. psychosocial interventions
- Counselling qualification
- Venepuncture qualification
- ECG application qualification
- Significant experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs and high risk
- Experience of working with disengaged or hard-to-engage service users in a community setting
- Experience of risk assessment, safety planning and crisis management
- Experience of leading or supervising staff within a clinical team
- Experience of operational management (e.g. rota management, performance, workload oversight)
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
- Experience of service development or mobilisation of new models of care
- Experience in assertive outreach, crisis services or urgent care settings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Mill House
38 Riverside Way
Uxbridge
UB8 2YF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Mill House
38 Riverside Way
Uxbridge
UB8 2YF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
How this role compares
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