Senior Assertive Outreach Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a Band 7 Team Lead role within a newly established Assertive Outreach Team in Hillingdon. The post holder will provide clinical and operational leadership, supporting individuals with severe mental illness who are at risk of disengagement. The role involves delivering high-intensity, assertive engagement, including home visits and community-based care, and leading on risk management and complex clinical decision-making. It is a patient-facing position requiring proactive outreach and direct contact, not suitable for remote working.
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- 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
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £55,524 – £62,652 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Assertive Outreach Practitioner
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
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
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