Job summary
The focus of the FFC programme is on family-led and multi-agency ways of working that ensure that families 'only tell their story once.'
S support Family Help staff to interpret clinical mental health information provided by Adult Mental Health Services, or on SLaM systems, to support decision making and care planning.
For more complex cases, join SWs and FPs on visits to families to support them to have conversations with parents about their emotional wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
To advocate for parents and influence decision-making within Family Help, Adult Mental Health Services, and the multi-agency group.
Ensuring that staff in Family Help are aware of the thresholds, criteria, and pathways for referring parents and children to specialist mental health services, and escalating cases where risk and need have changed.
Providing advice on wider support services available outside of SLaM, recognising that many parents may not meet thresholds for SLaM services.
Providing training for Family Help and Adult Mental Health staff
Accessing both LCS and SLaM systems to support case formulation and care planning through understanding history of the case, and improve efficiency of communication between Family Help and Adult Mental Health Services
For more complex cases, input into key statutory and professionals' meetings (Legal Planning, Strategy Discussions etc.) to support care planning.
Receiving 1-to-1 supervision
To lead on service development and best practice in joint working between adult mental health services.
To review and assist with the implementation of structures and systems to ensure safe, accountable practice is developed and maintained across children's and adult mental health services.
To monitor and audit the quality of joint work with families affected by mental illness and create user forums to forward developments in this area.
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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. 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.
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. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will work in the new Family Help Service within Childrens Social Care, offering expert clinical advice on parental mental health issues to enhance the identification and multi-agency management of children whose parents have mental health problems that involve safeguarding concerns.
The postholder will support a Think Family approach across Family Help and SLaM Adult Mental Health Services, with the aims:
To support family. Help to identify and understand parental mental health needs.
To improve the understanding of the impact of parental mental health on parenting capacity and the safety and wellbeing of children and young people
To improve the recognition of, and response to, the wellbeing and safety of children within Adult Mental Health Services, including to improve staff documentation of evidence in assessment, care planning and safeguarding plan, of the ways in which the needs of such children are being effectively identified and met.
To improve communication and joint working between Family Help, Adult Mental Health Services, SLAM Corporate Safeguarding Team and CAMHS, and bringing adult mental health services into the professional network
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will work in the new Family Help Service within Childrens Social Care, offering expert clinical advice on parental mental health issues to enhance the identification and multi-agency management of children whose parents have mental health problems that involve safeguarding concerns.
The postholder will support a Think Family approach across Family Help and SLaM Adult Mental Health Services, with the aims:
To support family. Help to identify and understand parental mental health needs.
To improve the understanding of the impact of parental mental health on parenting capacity and the safety and wellbeing of children and young people
To improve the recognition of, and response to, the wellbeing and safety of children within Adult Mental Health Services, including to improve staff documentation of evidence in assessment, care planning and safeguarding plan, of the ways in which the needs of such children are being effectively identified and met.
To improve communication and joint working between Family Help, Adult Mental Health Services, SLAM Corporate Safeguarding Team and CAMHS, and bringing adult mental health services into the professional network
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional registration for own discipline: oRMN or Dip/BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing OR Registered Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or all allied Health Professionals
- (A/I) Evidence of on going professional development and up to date mandatory training record. (A)
- oSignificant experience of safeguarding including Experience of working with vulnerable families on statutory Child Protection and Child in Need Plans oExperience in senior clinical or managerial role
- oTo have a good understanding adult mental health services, pathways, and thresholds oSpecialist knowledge in current legislation and statutory guidance in relation to safeguarding children. oAdvanced knowledge of subjects relevant to AMH and its impact on children and parenting
Desirable
- oExperience of working within a CAMH service oQuality Improvement
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oProven skills in providing professional advice to practitioners and local organisations and in clinical and non-clinical report writing for multi-agency purposes.
- oAbility to acquire, interpret, synthesise, and apply complex information from
- oProven skills in delivering a range of evidence-based interventions with parent and family.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional registration for own discipline: oRMN or Dip/BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing OR Registered Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or all allied Health Professionals
- (A/I) Evidence of on going professional development and up to date mandatory training record. (A)
- oSignificant experience of safeguarding including Experience of working with vulnerable families on statutory Child Protection and Child in Need Plans oExperience in senior clinical or managerial role
- oTo have a good understanding adult mental health services, pathways, and thresholds oSpecialist knowledge in current legislation and statutory guidance in relation to safeguarding children. oAdvanced knowledge of subjects relevant to AMH and its impact on children and parenting
Desirable
- oExperience of working within a CAMH service oQuality Improvement
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oProven skills in providing professional advice to practitioners and local organisations and in clinical and non-clinical report writing for multi-agency purposes.
- oAbility to acquire, interpret, synthesise, and apply complex information from
- oProven skills in delivering a range of evidence-based interventions with parent and family.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
lewisham
Primarily Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, Lewisham, SE6 4RU.
catford
SE6 4RU
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
