Mental Health Practitioner- Homeless Mental Health Team

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to work within the County Homeless Mental Health Team. The role involves outreach work to reach those experiencing homelessness to provide mental health support. It is a great time to be joining the team as we are starting a Health Innovation project and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to service development. The team will be working closely with the Alcohol Long Term Conditions Team, Drug and Alcohol Liaison Teams and Physical Health Care Team to provide wrap around care to people experiencing homelessness in the county.

We will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to develop skills needed to work within a community setting. The training offers will include specific skills required for working in the homeless sector, for example, trauma informed care, substance use and housing knowledge. We are looking for someone experienced in mental health and keen to learn, with an interest in working with people with Severe and Multiple Disadvantage (SMD).

We do not have a set base so the location in the county this can be negotiated with the successful candidate.

The post holder will be expected to hold a caseload and work with service users and their families to support personalised care plans and provide specialist interventions. You will promote the recovery of patients and through working with partner agencies and primary care to ensure access to mental health treatment.

You will complete longitudinal assessments and apply an assertive outreach approach where engagement will be key. You will be in the community working with street outreach to reach those rough sleeping and in temporary hostels. You will provide mental health interventions and work in a trauma informed way to improve the mental health outcomes for people with complex needs. You will act as a trusted assessor for those requiring longer term secondary mental health services enabling access to the LMHTs ., We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Day to Day Duties:

Caseload management for service users in the community experiencing homelessness.
Triage of referrals, provision of initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
To undertake and record comprehensive need/risk assessments, devise and implement treatment plans for service users.
To demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a mental health practitioner.
To establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community.
To use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

We are seeking enthusiastic team players, to work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary health team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies. A keen interest in working in the homeless sector is required however we understand that not everyone will have worked in this sector so practice experience is not essential., Disability Confident
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We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.