Mental Health Practitioner - Homeless Mental Health Team

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services provider in the UK is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner for their Homeless Mental Health Team. The role involves outreach support for individuals experiencing homelessness, managing a caseload, and collaborating with other agencies to enhance mental health outcomes. Candidates should have a degree in mental health, relevant experience, and be passionate about working in this specialized sector. The position offers comprehensive training and the chance to contribute to service development.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Support for professional development

In-house occupational health services

Qualifications

• Experience working with people experiencing homelessness.
• Knowledge of current legislation and clinical risk assessments.
• Specialist knowledge in mental health.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of service users experiencing homelessness.
• Conduct assessments and implement treatment plans.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for patient recovery.

Skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Emotional intelligence

Assessment intervention skills

Flexibility in handling conflict

Clinical supervision skills

Education

Professional Qualification (Mental Health) to degree level

Current registration with NMC

Job description

Mental Health Practitioner - Homeless Mental Health Team

The closing date is 25 November 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to work within the Nottingham 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.

Main duties of the job

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 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.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. 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, 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.

Job responsibilities

Fixed term post.

To join the integrated MH and physical team supporting the homeless in the county of Nottinghamshire. This is a newly established team and we have new funding to increase staff capacity.

We are looking for an individual passionate about working in the sector and in return we offer training and support to enable working in this specialist team. We are looking for a Mental Health practitioner which includes Nurses, AHPs, and Social workers.

Daily duties include managing a caseload of 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.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional Qualification (Mental Health) to degree level or equivalent
• Maintains current registration with the NMC
• Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
• Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's
• Awareness of national and local issues impacting on nursing care
• Knowledge of Management theories

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care
• Clinical supervision skills
• High level of emotional intelligence

Experience

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding
• Specialist and area specific experience
• The ability to deal with and resolve conflict

Contractual

• Ability to work to meet the needs of the service
• A full driving licence and vehicle for business use

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Training

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro‑rate for part time)