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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a community support worker, with the LYPFT Rough Sleepers Mental Health Service.

 We are a new team within LYPFT and you will be part of shaping and developing the new service.

This newly developed team will have the time and space to deliver care directly to those service users most at risk of rough sleeping, using a trauma-informed approach.

Working collaboratively with the city’s other street support teams, we will provide exceptional holistic treatment to those who need it most. Rough sleeping and homeless services in Leeds are unique and comprehensive and this team has a real opportunity to make a huge difference to those that needs support the most. 

We are looking for a Community Support Worker who has experience of working with people with complex trauma, who may also be experiencing mental and physical health difficulties.

The successful candidate will work as part of a small Rough Sleepers Mental Health team and alongside partner services in the community, supporting people who are rough sleeping, or at risk of rough sleeping across the city of Leeds. 

There will be training, supervision and support available from the Trust and within the team.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work in the Rough Sleepers Mental Health Service and alongside partner organisations based in the community, supporting people who are rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping.  

The Community Support Worker in the Rough Sleepers Mental Health Service will work in close collaboration with Mental Health Practitioners with tasks to include:

• Provide direct support to service users sleeping rough in the community in the form of outreach support
• Implement agreed specialist psychosocial interventions plans, which support the service user’s care plan.
• Demonstrate and role-model constructive person-centred approaches to the service user’s family or care team to increase their ability to provide effective interventions.
• Contribute to the assessment, planning and evaluation of care provided.
• Work with partners across the city to work in an integrated way to provide a smoother service user experience
• Access supervision within the team
• Complete case notes and documentation effectively and within a timely manne
• The working days are Monday to Friday. Flexibility is required to meet service and service user need. However, there may be a requirement for some evening hours in order to meet service demands. 

Car driver essential to the role

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

 

 

 

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Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application.

Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Please note that from 1^st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children.  Please refer to job description for further information.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a  focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. 

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria. 

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs. 

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.

In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.

In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

 

In submitting an application for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not. 

If you have not received any further communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.