Community Mental Health Nurse, MH Homeless Team
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Brighton and Hove, UK
Published today
Full Time
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Mental Health Homeless Team (MHHT). This is a one-year fixed term contract focused on supporting our colleagues and residents at Phase One Hostel in Brighton.
Main duties of the job
Based in East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre, MHHT is a small multi-disciplinary specialist team providing assessment, treatment and support to homeless or insecurely housed people who have a severe and enduring mental illness and who may have additional substance misuse problems. You will conduct complex assessments and risk assessments in a variety of settings and manage a complex caseload as a lead practitioner.
Phase One is a mixed gender 52 bedhigh support hostel for single homelesspeoplewith complex support needs. The service works with clients who are vulnerable with chaotic lifestyles to increase self-esteem and create a space where they can begin to address the issues at the root cause of their homelessness, make the changes necessary to lead more settled lives, and realisetheiraspirationsand goals. Phase One works with homeless men and women with in a person-centred, trauma-informed way to address issues of substanceuse, mentalhealthand offending behaviour whilst empowering people to take responsibility and move towards the goal of gaining stability in their lives.
About us
The post offers an exciting opportunity to help shape and develop a targeted mental health outreach approach within hostel services. Applicants will need experience of working with people experiencing CoSUM (co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders) and an understanding of the complexities associated with supporting this client group. Individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use needs frequently experience high levels of unmet need and poorer physical, mental, and social outcomes compared to those living with either condition alone. The successful applicant will therefore need to demonstrate confidence in working collaboratively across services, managing risk, and delivering compassionate, recovery-focused interventions for people with complex and often enduring presentations.
We aim to provide a direct and assertive outreach service, working in partnership with other local homeless agencies from both the statutory and voluntary sector. You will require a basic understanding of housing legislation as it relates to Brighton and Hove and be familiar with recent changes in social legislation as it relates to this client group.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities. For an informal discussion or visit please contact Emily Cooper, Clinical Lead on 07471 034102 or email emily.cooper58@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities. For an informal discussion or visit please contact Emily Cooper, Clinical Lead on 07471 034102 or email emily.cooper58@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Essential
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 .
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. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
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 .
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. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Community Mental Health Centre
Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove
Brighton
BN2 3EW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
An opportunity has arisen for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Mental Health Homeless Team (MHHT). This is a one-year fixed term contract focused on supporting our colleagues and residents at Phase One Hostel in Brighton.
Main duties of the job
Based in East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre, MHHT is a small multi-disciplinary specialist team providing assessment, treatment and support to homeless or insecurely housed people who have a severe and enduring mental illness and who may have additional substance misuse problems. You will conduct complex assessments and risk assessments in a variety of settings and manage a complex caseload as a lead practitioner.
Phase One is a mixed gender 52 bedhigh support hostel for single homelesspeoplewith complex support needs. The service works with clients who are vulnerable with chaotic lifestyles to increase self-esteem and create a space where they can begin to address the issues at the root cause of their homelessness, make the changes necessary to lead more settled lives, and realisetheiraspirationsand goals. Phase One works with homeless men and women with in a person-centred, trauma-informed way to address issues of substanceuse, mentalhealthand offending behaviour whilst empowering people to take responsibility and move towards the goal of gaining stability in their lives.
About us
The post offers an exciting opportunity to help shape and develop a targeted mental health outreach approach within hostel services. Applicants will need experience of working with people experiencing CoSUM (co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders) and an understanding of the complexities associated with supporting this client group. Individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use needs frequently experience high levels of unmet need and poorer physical, mental, and social outcomes compared to those living with either condition alone. The successful applicant will therefore need to demonstrate confidence in working collaboratively across services, managing risk, and delivering compassionate, recovery-focused interventions for people with complex and often enduring presentations.
We aim to provide a direct and assertive outreach service, working in partnership with other local homeless agencies from both the statutory and voluntary sector. You will require a basic understanding of housing legislation as it relates to Brighton and Hove and be familiar with recent changes in social legislation as it relates to this client group.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities. For an informal discussion or visit please contact Emily Cooper, Clinical Lead on 07471 034102 or email emily.cooper58@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities. For an informal discussion or visit please contact Emily Cooper, Clinical Lead on 07471 034102 or email emily.cooper58@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental health Nurse
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Essential
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental health Nurse
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Essential
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
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 .
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. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
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 .
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. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Community Mental Health Centre
Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove
Brighton
BN2 3EW
United Kingdom
Employer's website