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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
About
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s work is based around 5 core commitments. We are looking for colleagues who share our passion for providing high quality and personalised support to our patients and service users.
Our commitments are:
- To be caring, kind and polite
- To be prompt and value your time
- To take time and listen to you
- To be honest and direct with you
- To do what I say I'm going to do
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
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.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
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 14000 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.
Our aim is to be a leader in improving health and wellbeing - locally, nationally and globally.
Community Practitioner(RL)
Accepting applications until: 28-Feb-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 28-Feb-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Lambeth Living Well Centre
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SW9 6AA
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Lambeth Directorate
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Are you ready to make a tangible impact on the lives of people in Lambeth? South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM) are seeking dedicated individuals to join our Short Term Support services team and be the heart of our community mental health services.
The Short-Term Support services offer assessments and brief interventions to residents in the Borough of Lambeth aged 18 and over.
We are proud to be part of the Lambeth Alliance. The Lambeth Living Well Network (LWN) Alliance brings together Certitude, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, Lambeth Council, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Thames Reach organisations to deliver an innovative way of providing mental health support for those who need it in the Lambeth Borough; a fully integrated and coordinated mental health system which focuses on people’s strengths and supports their whole health and wellbeing.
At SLaM we are absolutely committed to the development of our staff, and in return for your commitment we will offer you a bespoke development package and consideration of flexible working to ensure a healthy work/life balance.
If you're a passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated practitioner who thrives in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply!
Join us and make a lasting impact on the lives of people in Lambeth
This is a rolling advert. Applications will be considered and progressed accordingly on an ongoing basis and not necessarily until after the advert closes
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What we’re looking for:
- A registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker.
- Strong assessment and intervention skills with a focus on recovery.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build rapport with service users and their families.
- A commitment to teamwork and collaboration within the MDT
- Most of all, someone who is values driven, passionate about Mental Health and keen to make a difference within our community.
A key part of this role will be managing a varied caseload in the Short-Term Support team, ensuring a timely, safe, effective and responsive service delivery in line with the LWN Alliance “three big outcomes” for people living in Lambeth who experience mental distress:
- To recover and stay well
- To make their own choices
- To participate on an equal footing in daily life.
Candidates should have the courage, drive and ambition to want to make a difference for people who use our services, in one of the most diverse and exciting boroughs in London.
Would you like to be part of our journey to outstanding? Are you committed to the highest possible standards every day? If this sounds like you, we cannot wait to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist or Social Worker and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
Mentorship qualification or equivalent
Experience of research- based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills
Significant relevant clinical experience
Evidence of continuing professional Development.
Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision
Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment
Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
Understanding of Care Coordination
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist or Social Worker and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant clinical experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Understanding of Care Co-ordination
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the community
- Experience of managing a caseload
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment
- Skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management
- Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
Desirable criteria
- Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
Other
Essential criteria
- Empathy for service users and carers including individuals who have experienced mental health problems
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eamonn McBride
- Job title
- Centre Lead/Clinical Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07702 114336
- Additional information
Bilikisu Agbaje - Team Leader
[email protected] /07596 892239
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