Job overview

The Intensive Home Treatment Team is a citywide service for older people experiencing an acute episode of a wide range of mental health difficulties and younger people with a diagnosis of Dementia who are in crisis. It is based at The Mount. IHTT is made up of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Social Worker, Health Support Workers and Doctors. The team provide robust alternatives to admission; facilitate early transfer from hospital, as well as preventing the breakdown of a caring situation both at home or in a residential or nursing care setting when the Care Homes Service is unable to attend. Service operating hours, 8am-9pm, 7 days per week. Essential car driver and access to a vehicle.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a multi -disciplinary team providing assessment, care planning and care delivery, This will include the provision of highly skilled care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, role specific assessments, developing plans of care and safety plans, risk assessments and carry out home based treatment interventions, assessments/risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion. You will be involved in managing a team caseload and you will be required to work autonomously. IHTT operates over a 7 day week and you will be required to work extended hours (12 hours shifts) over this period including weekends and Bank Holidays. 

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

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 a 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 individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.