The successful candidate will work alongside our Trauma Informed Mental Health Pracititoner in the Rough Sleepers Mental Health Service, and its partner organisations, supporting those in the community who are rough sleeping or at most risk of rough sleeping. You will be: o Providing direct support to service users sleeping rough in the community in the form of outreach support, this means extensive travel across the post codes of Leeds to meet the needs of the service o Joining our partner service, CGL for regular outreach work travelling across the city of Leeds and its surrounding areas to meet the mental health needs of service users o Spending time at St Annes Resource Centre on York Steet, Leeds, to provide mental health support for service users and staff at the Help Hub o Attending team meetings each week with the Rough Sleepers Mental Health Team and meetings with the Street Support Teams o Demonstrating and role modelling person centred approaches to service users and staff o Contributing to the triaging, assessment, planning and evaluation of support for individuals accessing our service o Working closely with our partners across the city to work in an integrated way to provide a psychologically informed approach in the work we do o Completing case notes and documentation effectively and within a timely manner on our record keeping systems o Keeping up to date with interventions and relevant information regarding mental health in homelessness You will have: o Excellent verbal and nonverbal communication skills to work with both our service user group and support staff o The capacity to embrace change and be proactive o Experience of working with mental health, complex needs and vulnerabilities in a community/outreach setting providing psychosocial interventions o Experience of managing a caseload o Excellent self-motivation and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision whilst accessing appropriate support when required o Experience of inter-agency and multi-disciplinary working o Good organisational skills including time management and planning workload o Recognition and escalation of safeguarding concerns contributing to risk management o Flexibility and a responsive attitude to service need including willingness to work across city at varying times to service need. 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 early morning or evening hours to meet service demands. This is a full time, permanent role. The ability to travel across the city of Leeds and its surrounding areas in a timely manner is essential. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.