Job summary
The Forensic Community Service aims to provide assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare to those service users with a mental disorder and associated offending behaviour. The level of service involvement will be determined by a combination of a service user's current mental health, historical factors, the nature of offending behaviour and the degree of risk posed, as well as the specific criteria of the local service.
Main duties of the job
- To provide care coordination and case management to defined caseload of service users with offending history within the framework of the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
- To care co-ordinate mentally disordered offenders in the least restrictive
- To oversee/monitor, and coordinate the discharge of mentally disordered offenders from secure forensic inpatient settings.
- To ensure the safe and sustainable transition of service user to the community from secure
- Care and support for patients requiring specialist interventions to address mental health and criminogenic needs, and to reduce the risk of relapse and reoffending.
- To provide consultation and training to local mental health teams and external
- To safely manage the transition from forensic community services to general adult community services.
About us
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Assessment
- To be responsible for the ongoing assessment of mental states of service users, risk formulation, risk assessment and risk management.
- To ensure that risk assessments and care plans are updated regularly and
- To formulate the integrated needs assessment for service users requiring commissioned services and to monitor care packages as directed
Engagement:
- To assertively outreach and to engage service users, to meet the service users regularly, to respond to flexibility when agreeing venue, such as home visit, team base or other
Support:
- To provide on-going care co-ordination within the CPA framework of a designated caseload of service users of forensic histories. To ensure that the Trust and Social Services CPA and Care Management protocols are followed and standards met. To provide support and advice in relation to service users regarding the issues concerning them. To work collaboratively with service users focusing on a recovery approach. Provide information to help service users make an informed choice about opportunities
and services available to them and to then assist clients to obtain the required services, support and entitlement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Assessment
- To be responsible for the ongoing assessment of mental states of service users, risk formulation, risk assessment and risk management.
- To ensure that risk assessments and care plans are updated regularly and
- To formulate the integrated needs assessment for service users requiring commissioned services and to monitor care packages as directed
Engagement:
- To assertively outreach and to engage service users, to meet the service users regularly, to respond to flexibility when agreeing venue, such as home visit, team base or other
Support:
- To provide on-going care co-ordination within the CPA framework of a designated caseload of service users of forensic histories. To ensure that the Trust and Social Services CPA and Care Management protocols are followed and standards met. To provide support and advice in relation to service users regarding the issues concerning them. To work collaboratively with service users focusing on a recovery approach. Provide information to help service users make an informed choice about opportunities
and services available to them and to then assist clients to obtain the required services, support and entitlement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing.(
- Relevant mentor qualification.
Desirable
- Studied at Degree or Master level.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
- Significant relevant clinical experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience as a preceptor / mentor
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
Desirable
- Experience of taking responsibility for a ward / clinical unit.
- Experience of engaging / supporting clinical research projects
- Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
- Experience of teaching. e.g. lecturer opractitioner/preceptorship
- Experience of recruitment and selection of staff
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision
- Teaching ability
- Resilient: able to cope with difficult Interpersonal situations.
- Approachable
- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
Desirable
- Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework
other
Essential
- Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
- Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHS.
- Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas as required.
- Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing.(
- Relevant mentor qualification.
Desirable
- Studied at Degree or Master level.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
- Significant relevant clinical experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience as a preceptor / mentor
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
Desirable
- Experience of taking responsibility for a ward / clinical unit.
- Experience of engaging / supporting clinical research projects
- Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
- Experience of teaching. e.g. lecturer opractitioner/preceptorship
- Experience of recruitment and selection of staff
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision
- Teaching ability
- Resilient: able to cope with difficult Interpersonal situations.
- Approachable
- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
Desirable
- Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework
other
Essential
- Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
- Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHS.
- Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas as required.
- Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
