Job summary
About the location:
The Croydon area has excellent schools both in the state and private sectors. Mental health care for patients who attend CUH is delivered by the Croydon Mental Health Liaison service provided by South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM).
About the team:
The Croydon University Hospital Mental Health Assessment Unit is part of the Liaison Services and the Unit provides psychiatric assessments and treatment for people, aged 18 - 65, to determine if they need mental health care and treatment. The service caters for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon and our aim is to ensure that people get the expertise they need to address their mental health problems. We provide a 24-hour service to Croydon University Hospital offering urgent assessment and intervention to patients, the team includes Nurses, Doctors, and Occupational Therapist and a Clinical Psychologist.
Main duties of the job
About the role:
We have substantive vacancies for Senior Support Workers within the clinical Assessment Unit.
The post holders will support and facilitate individual therapeutic care plans/therapeutic interventions that have been planned with or by qualified members of the team in conjunction with the Team's Consultant and Managers.
You will play a key role in developing and facilitating collaborative and therapeutic activities with service users.
Will be expected to take physical observations and know when to escalate it to the nurse in charge.
Provide person centred support in a planned and coordinated manner.
We are looking for a forward-thinking, creative and responsive senior support worker who has a passion for people and family-centered care; you will be enthusiastic, creative, resilient and be able to respond to others in a flexible manner.
This role offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and skills in an Acute Hospital settings. Successful candidates will be expected to work a shifts, including weekends and Bank Holidays.
Please note that previous candidates need not apply.
About us
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
We look forward to receiving your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main roles and responsibilities include:
- To coordinate, facilitate and carry out individual and group activity programmes with service users. Care will be planned under the supervision of senior members of the Team.
- Identify creative ways of utilising digital and virtual means of occupying services users in therapeutic ways.
- Creating positive working relationships with local services and local activity providers for across the 4 boroughs covered by the Trust, as well as creating and compiling resources within the service.
- To provide support to families and carers, including assisting other colleagues in the safe running of the service.
- To attend and contribute to clinical team meetings and handovers across the Liaison and emergency department services.
- You will support senior team members with welcoming, conducting baseline observations following referrals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main roles and responsibilities include:
- To coordinate, facilitate and carry out individual and group activity programmes with service users. Care will be planned under the supervision of senior members of the Team.
- Identify creative ways of utilising digital and virtual means of occupying services users in therapeutic ways.
- Creating positive working relationships with local services and local activity providers for across the 4 boroughs covered by the Trust, as well as creating and compiling resources within the service.
- To provide support to families and carers, including assisting other colleagues in the safe running of the service.
- To attend and contribute to clinical team meetings and handovers across the Liaison and emergency department services.
- You will support senior team members with welcoming, conducting baseline observations following referrals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 3 Plus short courses to Diploma Level or Equivalent experience or NVQ Level 4 in appropriate field (A)
Desirable
- Psychology degree or equivalent experience, or Evidence of continued academic development (I/A/T)
- Completion of the Care Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience within a mental health care settings(A) (I)
Desirable
- Substantial experience dealing with acute psychiatric /crises care (A)(I)
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate clinical competence(A)(I)(T)
- Able to work with a wide variety of professionals and agencies (A)
- Commitment to working across service boundaries and facilitating continuity of care across community services (A
- Ability to work with carers and families and commitment to developing userfocused services (A)(I)
- Knowledge of the principles of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practise in assessment of the provision ofservices (A) (I)
- Ability to motivate clients who are difficult to engage and co-ordinate the support with fellow staff members.
Desirable
- Training in other specific interventions e.g. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy. (A)/(I)
- Some understanding of the needs of people with mental illness and personality disorder (A) (I)
- Motivated to participate in required training and development.
- Ability to prioritise workload and carry out work efficiently and effectively.(A)/(I)/(T)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 3 Plus short courses to Diploma Level or Equivalent experience or NVQ Level 4 in appropriate field (A)
Desirable
- Psychology degree or equivalent experience, or Evidence of continued academic development (I/A/T)
- Completion of the Care Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience within a mental health care settings(A) (I)
Desirable
- Substantial experience dealing with acute psychiatric /crises care (A)(I)
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate clinical competence(A)(I)(T)
- Able to work with a wide variety of professionals and agencies (A)
- Commitment to working across service boundaries and facilitating continuity of care across community services (A
- Ability to work with carers and families and commitment to developing userfocused services (A)(I)
- Knowledge of the principles of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practise in assessment of the provision ofservices (A) (I)
- Ability to motivate clients who are difficult to engage and co-ordinate the support with fellow staff members.
Desirable
- Training in other specific interventions e.g. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy. (A)/(I)
- Some understanding of the needs of people with mental illness and personality disorder (A) (I)
- Motivated to participate in required training and development.
- Ability to prioritise workload and carry out work efficiently and effectively.(A)/(I)/(T)
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
