Mental Health Practitioner- City Homeless Mental Health Team

Position: Mental Health Practitioner
Location: Nottingham City Homeless Mental Health Team

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to work within the Nottingham City Homeless Mental Health Team. The role involves outreach work to reach those experiencing homelessness to provide mental health support. The post holder will have a caseload and provide assessment and treatment in a number of community settings.

We are a small team providing outreach to those with Severe and Multiple Disadvantage (SMD) / homelessness. We work closely with many partner agencies such as:

• Substance services
• Hostels
• Voluntary sector organisations

The team is relatively new, having been developed around 3 years ago and has already won Clinical Team of the Year at Nottinghamshire Healthcare in 2023. We pride ourselves on working in a trauma-informed, person-centred way to enable people to engage in support on their terms. We are part of the SMD partnership in Nottingham, which is a finalist in the HSJ awards this year.

We will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to develop skills needed to work within a community setting. The training offered will include specific skills required for working in the homeless sector, such as:

• Trauma-informed care
• Substance use
• Housing knowledge

We are looking for someone experienced in mental health and keen to learn, with an interest in working with people with SMD.

The post holder will be expected to:

• Hold a caseload and work with service users and their families to support personalised care plans
• Provide specialist interventions
• Promote the recovery of patients through collaboration 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. Your role will include providing mental health interventions and working 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 Local Mental Health Teams (LMHTs).

We are seeking enthusiastic team players to work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary health team, possessing:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• 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.

About TeamNottsHC:
Comprising over 11,000 dedicated colleagues, we deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

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.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including:

• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups
• Green Champions network
• Freedom to Speak Up network
• Health and Wellbeing Champions network
• 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.