An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in the River House social work team providing a high calibre social work service to patients detained at our Medium and Low Secure Units. Opened in 2008, this state of the art unit is fast becoming recognised as a world leader in developing high quality therapeutic interventions and best practice in working with mentally disordered offenders.
Joining a friendly and experienced team of senior social workers, you will have responsibility for leading on safeguarding, risk management and discharge planning as an integral part of your ward multi-disciplinary team.
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.
Using social work values and principles of the recovery model, we are looking for energetic, dynamic social workers with a high degree of commitment to this client group. Experience of working with mentally disordered offenders would be an advantage.
This advert closes on Sunday 6 Apr 2025