Job summary
Are you passionate about reshaping mental health care? Do you believe in the power of community, collaboration with community partners and local voluntary care sector, inclusion, and peer support to transform lives? We're launching an innovative community care centre inspired by world-class models like the Trieste Mental Health Community Network, Navigo in Grimsby, and Clubhouse models in New York and Brixton.
We have an incredibly exciting and rare opportunity to be part of a new community mental health pilot. This centre will hold a major national profile with NHS Englandwho are hoping that the pilot will radically transform how we deliver mental health care in the UK.
We are looking for dedicated staff to help us pioneer this revolutionary approach to care.
What We Offer
A Unique Care Model: Join a programme focused on community, social inclusion, and holistic recovery.
Supportive Environment: Collaborate with peers, contribute to a recovery-oriented care system, and make a real difference.
Development Opportunities:Be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of mental health care, with training and career growth built-in.
Main duties of the job
To provide direct support to adults using community mental health services within the Lewisham Pilot who require a period of re-ablement, stabilisation or preventative intervention.
Support Planners will be based within neighbourhood-based community mental health teams which provide integrated health and social care services. Their aim will be to provide direct support to services users to reach their full potential, to optimise and maintain their independence, and to exercise choice and control over the way that they live their lives.
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.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 employs 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.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014; providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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To participate in the assessment of service users' mental and physical health needs. including risk assessment and early signs of relapse, promptly reporting observations to those in the team with responsibility for care.
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To work in partnership with service-users, carers and more senior staff to identify goals and to develop self-directed support plans
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To identify and overcome barriers to achieving goals by providing practical time-limited support to service-users in the community to assist them to develop skills and to access available resources
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To participate in the planning and delivery of support in a way which promotes recovery and social inclusion, including delivery of group interventions.
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To support care coordinators to review the need for ongoing care packages following a period of re-ablement and as part of the process of Self-Directed Support for those who are eligible for care packages and Personal Budgets
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To contribute to regular reviews of progress against the service user's goals and to work with service users to revise goals as necessary
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To develop and maintain detailed knowledge of mental health resources and mainstream opportunities within and outside the borough of Lewisham.
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To record all interventions and other aspects of data collection in accordance with the Trusts requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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To participate in the assessment of service users' mental and physical health needs. including risk assessment and early signs of relapse, promptly reporting observations to those in the team with responsibility for care.
-
To work in partnership with service-users, carers and more senior staff to identify goals and to develop self-directed support plans
-
To identify and overcome barriers to achieving goals by providing practical time-limited support to service-users in the community to assist them to develop skills and to access available resources
-
To participate in the planning and delivery of support in a way which promotes recovery and social inclusion, including delivery of group interventions.
-
To support care coordinators to review the need for ongoing care packages following a period of re-ablement and as part of the process of Self-Directed Support for those who are eligible for care packages and Personal Budgets
-
To contribute to regular reviews of progress against the service user's goals and to work with service users to revise goals as necessary
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To develop and maintain detailed knowledge of mental health resources and mainstream opportunities within and outside the borough of Lewisham.
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To record all interventions and other aspects of data collection in accordance with the Trusts requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of facilitating groups or workshops health service-users in a care or support role (I/A)
- Experience of working as part of team in a care or support setting (I/A)
- Flexibility to work a shift pattern of 8am - 8pm across a 7 day service
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems (I/A)
- Good understanding of Equality and Diversity issues (I/A).
Desirable
- Knowledge of Recovery model (A/I)
- Understanding of benefits system as it pertains to service users with mental health issues(A/I)
- Understanding of Self-Directed Support and/or personalised health or social care budgets (A/I)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of facilitating groups or workshops health service-users in a care or support role (I/A)
- Experience of working as part of team in a care or support setting (I/A)
- Flexibility to work a shift pattern of 8am - 8pm across a 7 day service
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems (I/A)
- Good understanding of Equality and Diversity issues (I/A).
Desirable
- Knowledge of Recovery model (A/I)
- Understanding of benefits system as it pertains to service users with mental health issues(A/I)
- Understanding of Self-Directed Support and/or personalised health or social care budgets (A/I)
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).
