Mental Health Practice Lead

Mental Health Practice Lead

Permanent

Full Time (37.5 hpw).  Brilliant work/life balance

Salary circa £40,000 dependent on skills and experience

Flexible base location, but covering our services in Aldershot and Basingstoke

Brilliant outcomes through integrated health, housing and care. Thats when it hits home.

This is your chance to be part of something brilliant at Home Group, where clinical interventions work hand in hand with daily support. Youll be joining us on our exciting journey to become market leaders in New Models of Care by 2021. Were trailblazing the way in delivering brilliant long term outcomes for vulnerable people through integrating health, housing and care.  

We have a brilliant opportunity for you to join our Social Inclusion Pathways Services based in Aldershot and Basingstoke, which provide supported accommodation to our customers with complex support needs, including mental health diagnosis, drug and alcohol issues who require support managing their housing and reaching their goals and aspirations. The ultimate aim is that our customers will move on independently in the community. Youll also be working within our North Hampshire Mental Health pathway which provides support to our customers who have an enduring mental health diagnosis within an accommodation support setting.  

As a Registered Mental Health Nurse, youll be developing our Support Workers to ensure that high quality individualised care is delivered which ensures safety, recovery, wellbeing and maximises customers independence. Youll lead practice development by developing and delivering specialist training packages to our colleagues, embedding core competencies as well as oversight of clinical supervision.  Youll also be the point of contact for individual support and coaching of the Managers in our services.  Youll be really enhancing colleagues knowledge and skills, promoting regular, honest and supportive feedback. 

Whats even more brilliant, youll be able to really make your mark (theres no red tape or mounds of paperwork here!).  Youll be shaping our services, developing essential standards and quality outcomes.  With customer care at the forefront of everything we do, you will inspire others and advocate a philosophy of care that is person centred, maintains dignity, independence and ensures it is right for that person at that time. Youll enable us to maintain high standards of support and intervention. 

On a day to day basis, youll report to Kiron our Operations Manager, whos been with us at Home Group for almost a decade! Your clinical supervision will be provided by our clinical practice team. Youll be working alongside one of our Senior Client Service Managers Chris, who has been at Home Group for fourteen years so he knows a thing or two about the supported housing environment! Chris will be there for you as a buddy in your first few weeks so youll have a friendly face to go to alongside Kiron and the clinical team. Kiron and her teams are a real supportive bunch, really excited about you joining us and helping to develop our services!

A bit about us

Were Home Group one of the UKs biggest providers of high quality housing and care and support services.  We have a wealth of expertise and deliver a wide range of specialist and support services to people with complex health and social care needs.  We recognise the diverse needs communities have and provide a team of specialists and clinicians within our business, supporting the NHSs commitment to improving health and wellbeing through innovative new models of care.

And also, did we mention that we rank no.7 in the UKs Best Large Places to Work and 17th in Stonewalls Top 100 employers!  

A bit about you

It goes without saying that youll be a Registered Mental Health Nurse and hold relevant professional qualifications. Youll have experience of working with young people and adults with ill mental health as well as managing, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating training to colleagues on an individual and group basis.

Youll have an eye for detail, being able to analyse complex data and make expert judgements. Youll really impress us with your ability to unleash the potential of colleagues through offering clinical advice, coaching, mentoring and training.  Youll also bring a creative spark and ability to understand where our customers are in their lives, using evidence based practice, care delivery and current occupational therapy based interventions.  

Working flexibly

At Home Group we pride ourselves on our flexible approach our focus is on getting the job done, not your working hours! The service runs 24/7 so you really can choose your hours to suit your work/life balance. Its our unwritten rule that you attend the important appointments in life, be it your childs school play, your partners graduation, or to get your new fridge delivered. You can elect to fit these around your working day or use your flexi to take the time off. And we really mean this!

When you join, youll need to have a valid Enhanced Check under the Disclosure and Barring Service. The great news is that we will pay for that to be done if you dont have a transferrable one.

Want to know more?

If youre not reading this advert on our careers pages, press the Apply Now button to access lots of useful stuff! Youll be able to download the Mental Health Practice Lead Job description, and find out more about this role. Weve also got this brilliant candidate pack that shows you what its like to work here, and well know you want to find out more about our award winning benefits and rewards package. Well also support you with your own continual professional development as well maintaining your professional registration through regular clinical supervision and reflective practice. You can also speak to our brilliant colleague Lindsay Courtney, Clinical Lead on 07824588931 to find out more. 

 Youre unique!

We have a big role to play in tackling prejudice and discrimination.  We want you to be yourself at Home Group and we value everything that makes you unique.  We recognise and celebrate your differences and together we make Home Group a special and great place to live and to work.