The Ethnicity, Mental Health Improvement Programme (EMHIP) is a three-year innovative locality-based service improvement programme consisting of five key interventions to reduce ethnic inequalities in access, experience and outcomes of mental health care in South West London.

It is a collaborative partnership, South West London ICS, South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust and Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network (WCEN) and local BME communities.

The postholder will be responsible for managing the Crisis Family Placement Scheme of EMHIP and delivering the various aspects of this intervention.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to undertake additional duties appropriate to their role and in the ongoing development of the CFP scheme. Managing core elements of the project, the key responsibilities include:

Selection and placement of guests in ensuring and managing the placement plans, in partnership with SWLSTG clinical teams and CEN EMHIP teams.

Liaison with Host Families to support their role, support the placements, and working with the Wandsworth Home Treatment Team, and associated IRH's to ensure a safe and effective care plan.

Supporting, monitoring, facilitating, and developing the scheme's progression, and promoting the scheme within mental health services, and allied agencies to propose changes which would impact across the acute care pathway.

Initiating, developing, and Implementing policies and processes to manage the service and leveraging project management tools and methodologies.

Providing expert support in identifying and implementing improvement schemes, utilising risk logs, action plans, and highlight reports.

Be responsible for collecting, maintaining all relevant data, placement information and ensuring these are consistently collected and monitored.

Ensuring all improvement schemes adhere to quality, safety, and benefits realisation metrics, with thorough risk management practices in place.

Ensure project plans are robust and updated on progress identifying key risks and issues.

About us

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Recruit host families and engage with potential candidates from the public and community organisations.
• Collaborate with SWLSTG and CEN EMHIP teams to manage guest placements.
• Lead the guest selection process and ensure safe, effective placements with host families.

• Support and supervise host families, working with the Wandsworth Home Treatment Team and CMHTs.
• Maintain regular communication and coordinate training for host families.

• Monitor, facilitate, and promote the scheme within mental health services and allied agencies.
• Develop and implement policies, processes, and improvement schemes using project management tools.

• Collect, maintain, and monitor relevant data and placement information.
• Ensure adherence to quality, safety, and benefits realisation metrics.

• Develop robust project plans, identify key risks and issues, and provide regular updates.
• Lead change management efforts and support project/programme teams in achieving milestones.

• Liaise with guests to involve them in presentations and conferences.
• Attend management and clinical meetings and facilitate discussions for host family referrals.
• Be responsible for maintaining confidentiality pertaining to sensitive information of Host Family and guest records.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Post Graduate Diploma /Project management qualification or equivalent.
• Project management qualification or equivalent

Desirable

• Related qualification in nursing/ or mental health and social care

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of service planning and delivery
• Working with different stakeholders and bringing about change
• Experience of working in health/social care or community agencies
• Experience of managing staff, volunteers, and service budgets
• Experience of preparing performance reports and presenting to wide audiences
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural setting and with diverse client groups
• Understanding an awareness/ experience of African-Caribbean/ African community with lived experience in the UK
• Understanding of mental health and mental health care
• Understanding of ethnic inequalities in mental health care and impact of culture and racism in mental health
• Understanding of the way that systemic and individual racism discrimination and bias lead to inequality and injustice

Desirable

• Lived experience of mental health problems

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent people skills, including the ability to develop relationships and resolving interpersonal conflict.
• Good influencing and negotiating skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Able to relate to a diverse community and respect differences among service users and across the professional network.
• Ability to work in a team and in partnership with internal and external partners
• Ability to deal with challenging situations
• Ability to prioritise work, meet deadlines and manage workload
• Ability to analyse data and write reports to a high standard
• Ability to identify and resolve problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework
• Ability to use Excel and word

Employer details

Employer name

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Springfield University Hospital

15 Springfield Drive

London

SW17 0YF

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