Mental Health Practitioner - Homeless Service

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for compassionate, enthusiastic, motivated, hardworking individuals to join the Homeless Mental Health service, providing engagement, assessment, support & access to treatment services for people who are homeless. The service has just been granted approval to expand in a phased approach across the wider county districts of Leicestershire & Rutland. Commencing this year with Charnwood district & street outreach to people rough sleeping across the whole counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The role requires occasional street outreach to people rough sleeping, alongside the Council housing outreach teams. This sometimes involves significant walking, working in inclement weather, and often in challenging environments and some limited out of hours working (6am start) on a rota basis. Applicants must be prepared to undertake required duties as part of the HMHS. Operating from various locations and some home working. The core working pattern is Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm. Work may dictate some occasional out of hours working (enhancements paid). Due to agile working, designated bases are in operation whereby mileage is calculated from the nearest LPT premises to staffs home address when travelling to visits, so mileage rates will be payable from this designated location (reducing home to base mileage costs). Applicants must be car drivers/owners (or have a suitable alternative) although a salary sacrifice car scheme may be an option.

Main duties of the job

The team is an active partner within the wider multi-agency statutory & voluntary sector homeless services within Leicester City, and as such the successful applicant would be expected to help facilitate this partnership, as well as assisting to develop the service and similar partnerships across the wider counties of Leicestershire & Rutland. Going forward as the service develops across the wider counties of Leicestershire & Rutland the work will involve some working in County districts which will be developed around existing staff locations. Candidates will need to demonstrate an ability to provide care for people presenting with mental health difficulties within a variety of settings including day centres, hostels / temporary accommodation and general public settings (street outreach). Excellent assessment, risk management, organisational and communication skills are essential along with a good working knowledge of community care & Hospital admission/discharge process. The ability to use your initiative, work autonomously and manage your time effectively is required along with the ability to work as part of a team and wider multi-agency homeless services. Due to the unique role, it is essential that applicants contact the team to discuss & ensure they are aware of the requirements of the role and the specific / unique working environments. Shadowing current MHPs is possible with prior arrangement.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

OSL House, East Link

Meridian Business Park

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE19 1XU

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

OSL House, East Link

Meridian Business Park

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE19 1XU

Employer's website

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

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