Do you enjoy working creatively with people? Do you enjoy engagement and relationship building and working with people for longer periods of time?

We specialise in working with people with long term mental health conditions who live in block funded mental health supported accommodation. We aim to provide a range of support so that together, we can:

- Identify and build on positive things in the lives of clients

- Support client 'recovery' and achieve client goals

- Help clients to live as successfully and independently as possible within the community.

We provide a 'strengths based' model of care. We support people with mental and physical health through a range of interventions, including group activities, psychology, medicine and more. We are a small MDT including support workers as well as access to an employment specialist and welfare advisors. We work alongside clients, their carers, accommodation support workers, Southwark social workers, inpatient wards, GPs and more.

We are based just a short walk from Denmark Hill train station, Maudsley Hospital and King's College Hospital. There are lots of place to get lunch nearby. We are a small supportive team and we try to have lunches out together a few times a year.

Main duties of the job

Coordinating the care of a caseload of clients with complex needs.Adopting and providing clinical support in a 'shared care model'Be actively involved in the planning and coordinating of the service users' journey into appropriate placements, minimising delays and maximising capacity.Gain awareness of the processes relevant to placement panels to support situations where an aspect of the discharge pathway is delayed or unknownHave an understanding of the pathways between services including access to a range of service provision.Provide clinical advice and professional support to junior staff, students, service users, carers and accommodation workersHave reasonable links and understanding of the social care aspects that would be relevant to support individuals with social care barriers to discharge.Contribute to the monitoring of our rehabilitation model within placements and of the overall patient journey promoting proactive use of collaborative tools and methodologies to facilitate efficient patient progression.Have direct communication with inpatient and other community teams and develop instrumental relationships that support the service.Continually maintain excellent written communication and data (KPIs) necessary to evidence a more responsive system of governance.To assist in QI including regular quality audits using Tendable. To encourage getting feedback using PEDICs.

About us

SLAM is happy to discuss flexible working

SLAM is keen to support staff well-being and has offers of Occupational Health, staff counselling, etc.

SLAM would like people to apply who have lived experience of illness.

SLAM welcomes applications from people of minority backgrounds.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Coordinating the care of a caseload of clients with complex needs.Adopting and providing clinical support in a 'shared care model'Be actively involved in the planning and coordinating of the service users journey into appropriate placements, minimising delays and maximising capacity.Gain awareness of the processes relevant to placement panels to support situations where an aspect of the discharge pathway is delayed or unknownHave an understanding of the pathways between services including access to a range of service provision.Provide clinical advice and professional support to junior staff, students, service users, carers and accommodation workersHave reasonable links and understanding of the social care aspects that would be relevant to support individuals with social care barriers to discharge.Contribute to the monitoring of our rehabilitation model within placements and of the overall patient journey promoting proactive use of collaborative tools and methodologies to facilitate efficient patient progression.Have direct communication with inpatient and other community teams and develop instrumental relationships that support the service.Continually maintain excellent written communication and data (KPIs) necessary to evidence a more responsive system of governance.To assist in QI including regular quality audits using Tendable. To encourage getting feedback using PEDICs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with nursing/OT/social work body

Skills

Desirable

• Able to administer injections

Experience

Essential

• Post qualification mental health experience

Desirable

• Experience of rehabilitation or assertive outreach work

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of health and social care practice and collaboration

Experience

Essential

• Leadership experience for junior staff and students

Skills

Essential

• Able to work autonomously, as well as within a team

Experience

Essential

• Experience working with complex clients with sometimes challenging presentations

Skills

Essential

• Report writing, also presenting reports
• Interpersonal skills, communication skills
• Organisational skills, time management skills
• Able to use supervision
• Appreciate diversity
• Risk assessment and care planning skills
• IT skills including email, Teams, Tendable, EPJS

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Marina House

63-65 Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8RS

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334-NUR-6809539-LF