Job summary
- Main area
- RMN, OT, Social Worker
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-OA6425588
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Keystone Oxford MH & Wellbeing Hub
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Practitioner - Oxford
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Practitioner to join an award-winning, sector-leading team that is improving the health and housing outcomes of people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness and disadvantages.
The Oxfordshire Health and Homelessness Inclusion Team (OHHIT) is an integrated partnership operating across housing, health, care and third sector systems.
Main duties of the job
Assess mental health with a view to enabling clients to access appropriate primary or secondary care services. They will also assess and work with those clients who will not traditionally meet secondary service thresholds.
· Act as a keyworker where appropriate for a small group of complex patients for short periods and will also co work with patients who are already established within primary and secondary mental health services where appropriate. This may involve work around housing, benefits, medication and employment and support ongoing communication between services.
· Provide initial service for clients with a range of mental health problems until secondary services are in place, arranging speedy transfer to community mental health teams as appropriate.
· Provide a consultative service for colleagues in primary and secondary health services, and all associated system partners, identifying local resources available in Oxford which will aid recovery of service users.
· Be peripatetic - proactively outreaching to those sleeping rough for whom mental health concerns have been raised and taking the service to meet identified need in any setting within the various local 'pathways'.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Formed in 2021 as part of the Department for Health and Social Care's Shared outcomes initiative, our team was one of 17 sites nationally looking to test innovative ways to work across systems, with the core aims of:
· Supporting planned, safe discharges from hospital for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness - avoiding discharges to street.
· Increase access to mainstream services in the community - avoid unnecessary (re)admissions to hospital and reduce inequalities.
· Prevent rough sleeping and homelessness.
Please see attached JD/PS for full duties.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, social worker
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training relating to client group
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years post qualification experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with the homeless community
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and clinical expertise in community mental health in line with professional requirements
- Demonstrate an understanding of clinical risk assessment and management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with the homeless community
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Peter Moore
- Job title
- Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 077875214497
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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