Advanced Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 13 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £54,320.00 to £60,981.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £54320.00 - £60981.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 January 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW9 9NU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-0015 |
Summary
Jointly lead the service, supervise junior staff, taking a lead in areas of service development, amongst other operational tasks. To work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients. To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, as well as colleagues within the trust and local authorities, providing an integrated approach to the care of homeless people with mental health needs. To assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate effective health and social interventions for inpatients experiencing homelessness. To deliver individualised, specialised advice to service users, liaising with necessary support agencies / authorities to achieve the best possible outcome on discharge. To have in depth knowledge of the trimorbidity (physical health, mental health and substance use) and health inequalities that commonly impact on the homeless population. To support service users to adopt personalised recovery strategies that promote their choice, wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence and self-care. To promote the involvement of families and carers in patient care. Reflecting patients diversity, equality and rights to ensure their needs are met. To write necessary reports, case records and correspondence in line with Trust policy. To undertake all administrative duties, including data input into electronic recording systems. To have an understanding of the laws and legislations that effect homeless people, such as The Homeless Reduction Act and Duty to Refer, as well as immigration laws and know how to support those with No Recourse to Public Funds. To keep up to date with changes in legislation, practice and policy. To work collaboratively with local acute hospital homeless teams (Kings College Hospital and St Thomass Hospital), attending regular meetings, reflective practice and training sessions. To support the team in providing specialist homelessness training to SLAM inpatient staff. To work within a framework of anti-discriminatory practice. To seek to address the equality issues in service provision. To participate in the safeguarding process for vulnerable adults and children in line with local Trust policies.