Team Leader, Mental Health Homeless Team

at  Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, clinically experienced and motivated individuals for a permanent Band 7 Team Lead to join the Mental Health Homeless Team (MHHT). The Brighton & Hove Mental Health Homeless Team is based in East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre.
Our service is a well-regarded multidisciplinary team that delivers specialist support and clinical interventions to adults with severe and complex mental health difficulties who are rough sleeping or in insecure accommodation. This post provides a great and exciting opportunity for someone seeking to further advance their career and develop leadership and managerial experience.
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 providing a direct, 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.
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Please refer the Job description for details