Adult Home Treatment Nurse - Sheffield - Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Adult Home Treatment Nurse / Social worker

Go back Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 03 December 2025

Home Treatment Team service- come and join the team

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health Social worker?

Have you the have a desire to support the delivery of a new transformational service?

Do you have a drive to be part of the developing Sheffield Urgent and Crisis Mental Health Service?

Look no further, apply here

We are a knowledgeable, motivated and supportive team looking for enthusiastic individuals.

Our aim is to ensure that people experiencing a mental health crisis are offered assessment and intervention quickly and effectively within the least restrictive environment as an alternative to hospital admission.

Main duties of the job

The Home Treatment Team (HTT) provides a 7 day a week service, between the hours of 8am and 10pm, alongside a twilight shift which is 5.30pm until 3am for gatekeeping.

Our key responsibilities are around the assessing and delivery of care for people who are in crisis with their mental health. The team is multi-disciplinary and has a strong ethos of team working and team support, in order to deliver high quality care. The post holder will work on a shift basis over a 7 day period. The HTT works closely within the crisis network in ensuring that good liaison and joint working with other crisis provision teams are maximised.

The band 6 nurse / social worker will work within the Home Treatment Team. The post is to provide clinical care to Service Users who are in Crisis. The HTT is multidisciplinary and will involve working alongside other clinical professionals as well as the Crisis Network and other Community Mental Health Teams. As a band 6 the role will involve supervision of junior staff and participation in team development.

You will be involved in the assessment of Service Users in Crisis, leading on crisis assessments and decision making with onward referral to appropriate teams.

Planning interventions, delivering a variety of Acute Crisis interventions, whilst reviewing care and planning for discharge.

You have the opportunity to work as a shift coordinator, the newly formed gatekeeper role and as an interface between ourselves and the wards.

About us

At SHSC, we prioritise the well‑being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.

It's important that we give the very best care to the people we support. Our values are a series of behaviours that everyone at Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is expected to follow.

We are proud to live and follow our values every day. The values are the beating heart of our organisation.

• We work together
• We are respectful and kind
• We are inclusive
• We keep improving

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and well‑being is taken care of.

Job responsibilities

Shift patterns are:

• Twilight to 03.00 hrs with 30 minutes break
• Days hrs with 30 min break
• Late to 22.00 hrs with 30 minutes break

Clinical

• Triage and determine urgency of new referrals to the service
• Carry out comprehensive assessments of an individual's health and social care needs in a variety of settings and agree the most appropriate course of action
• To assess, evaluate and manage clinical risk
• To formulate a plan of care based on identified need
• Deliver evidence based crisis interventions as appropriate
• Review effectiveness of care plan at regular intervals
• To work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies
• To coordinate the clinic work of a day by day basis
• To maintain computer held care records in an accurate and timely fashion
• Undertake all work in a culturally sensitive manner
• Act in accordance with the Care Programme Approach, Care Management System, Acute and Schedule Care Pathways as appropriate.
• Develop effective working relationships with inpatient, community and voluntary organisations.

Supervision

• Regularly review own clinical work with supervisor to promote efficacy and contribute to the overall management of the HTT
• Deliver supervision and facilitate annual PDR with more junior members of staff
• Participate in own PDR process, identifying training and development needs, and pursuing relevant actions to maintain and improve level of competence and effective contribution

Education and Training

• Act as mentor to learners, keep up to date with relevant course and curriculum developments, and maintain sign off status
• Participate in training relevant to role, including training needs for the team.
• Promote insight and understanding of mental health issues to service users, carers, and other agencies
• Contribute to audit, research and evaluation as appropriate

Service Development

• Contribute to service development and review of development within the team.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and in discussion with the manager the postholder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the Banding of the post. The job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the postholder.

The post holder should be comfortable in the use of computer technology, have basic keyboard skills and have the ability to use email.

All employees are expected to observe the following: -

Equal Opportunities and Dignity at work Statement of Intent

The Trust is a major employer and provider of services. We are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of and meets the needs of the local community.

We oppose all forms of discrimination on legal and moral grounds, and recognise that discrimination creates barriers to achieving equality for everyone.

The Trust is committed to making equality of opportunity and fair treatment a reality whereby an individual can seek, obtain and continue employment without unfair discrimination.

As an equal opportunities employer, we will ensure that all job applicants and employees receive fair and equal treatment and will not be disadvantaged by unjustified conditions or requirements.

The Trusts Equal Opportunities and Dignity at Work Policy underpins the Trusts commitment to achieve equality and fairness at work and to ensure that individuals or groups are not unfairly discriminated against.

We are committed to improving our practice through signing up to initiatives such as Stonewall Champions, the Disability Standard, Two Ticks and Mindful Employer.

Safeguarding Children and Adults

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people (anyone under the age of 18) and adults. It expects all staff, volunteers and contracted staff to share this commitment and act in such a way that safeguards and promotes the health and well being of children, young people and adults.

Staff must ensure that they are familiar with the signs and symptoms of abuse and know what to do if any such concerns are raised.

Staff are expected to know about and follow the Trusts safeguarding children and safeguarding adult policies which can be found on the Trust intranet, and participate in related mandatory/statutory training.

Staff should be aware of the principles of risk management and adopt appropriate practice to reduce the risk to themselves and others. In particular, staff should observe the Trusts Risk Management Strategy, Risk, Incident & Serious Incident reporting and management policies, Health & Safety regulations and the risk management training requirements for all staff.

Infection Prevention & Control

Staff are expected to comply with the Trusts Infection Prevention & Control policies and conduct themselves in such a manner as to minimise the risk of causing healthcare associated infections.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse - Mental Health
• Experience of working as a Band 5 or 6 Mental Health Nurse in a community and MDT setting
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Registered Social Worker in Mental Health
• Experience of working as a Band 5 or 6 Mental Health Social Worker in a community and MDT setting

Knowledge & Skills

• Working knowledge and understanding of Care Programme Approach & Care Management
• Knowledge and understanding of appropriate therapeutic approaches
• Knowledge and understanding of PDR and supervision processes as a supervisee
• Demonstrable risk assessment and risk management skills
• Demonstrable caseload and time management skills
• Ability to work autonomously as well as a co‑operative and effective member of the multi‑disciplinary team with an ability to communicate at all levels
• Ability to assess (under supervision) plan and evaluate care
• To have worked in crisis and acute care
• Ability to work autonomously, as well as part of a team
• Understanding of Local and national policies
• Ability to network and to manage the interface between organisations involved, utilise and contribute to professional networks

Experience

• Experience of multi‑disciplinary team working
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of mentoring others
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust