NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Adolescent Outreach Team
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 294-CAMHS-6903284-PB-A
Site: Springfield University Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 16/01/2025
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an experienced band 6 Occupational Therapist, Nurse or Social Worker to work as a member of our established Adolescent Outreach Team. The team are really fortunate that we have an experienced full multi disciplinary representation, and high levels of retention of staff. The MDT are skilled and highly committed to supporting the wider network, parents and carers to support young people to remain at home, and if required to come to hospital facilitate a safe discharge and reduce length of stay.
Applicants must hold a professional registration in a relevant field of mental health care and have demonstrable experience of working with young people with complex mental health needs. The postholder will work within AOT as a Case Worker and Discharge Coordinator providing Care Coordination and Assessment of an agreed caseload of AOT clients, and offering consultation to the network and referrers, and will have a primary practitioner role servicing the Discharge Coordinator function in AOT, by being the designated point of contact for all CAMHS inpatient services regarding potential referrals and intervening early to remove barriers to prevent patients becoming delayed transfers of care.
The post-holder must be committed to effective team working and to the coherent delivery of the care this will include individual, family, group work and telephone support.
Main duties of the job
This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity has arisen for a new Case Worker/Discharge Coordinator to join AOT.
The post-holder will work within AOT as a Case Worker/Discharge Coordinator (OT/Nurse/Social Worker) providing Care Coordination and Assessment of an agreed caseload of AOT clients, and offering expert consultation to the network and referrers, and intervening early to remove barriers to prevent patients becoming delayed transfers of care.
Agile and flexible working: In this role you will be able to work 7 days of the week. The shifts will include 8am-4pm, 9-5pm and 12pm-8pm on weekdays and 11am-7pm on weekends and bank holidays, giving you the very best of good work-life balance.
Working for our organisation
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 of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world-class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical – Core AOT work
* To act as care coordinator within AOT and, where appropriate, to take responsibility for initiating reviews of care plans under enhanced CPA.
* When care planning, to include young people, their carers, referring agents, and others involved in the network of care.
* To be responsible for the flexible management of a defined caseload designed to meet the individual needs of the young person and their carers.
* To prepare reports for and to attend CPA meetings.
* To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment components of young people’s care plans.
* In collaboration, to make crisis plans appropriate to presenting risk.
* To adhere to the Lone Working Policy.
* To share the task of chairing meetings and taking minutes.
* To contribute to the effective working of the multidisciplinary team and to participate in team and service development.
* To promote effective communication within the team and share relevant information as required.
* To work within the policies and procedures of the Trust and within relevant legal frameworks.
* In particular, to have a clear understanding of risk assessment and child protection protocols, Mental Health Act, and CPA.
* To keep up-to-date with developments within the field of adolescent mental health.
* To be a designated point of contact for all CAMHS inpatient services regarding potential AOT referrals.
* Intervening early to remove barriers to prevent patients becoming delayed transfers of care.
* To ensure updates from bed management re admissions are shared with AOT and documented.
* Verification of purpose of admission and expected length of stay.
* Pre-empt and resolve arising barriers to discharge i.e. keys, other agency support to discharge.
* Ensuring that patient EDDs is reviewed regularly in conjunction with the MDT particularly for patients who for clinical reasons are not able to be discharged on the set EDD date.
* To contribute to the formulation of clients’ difficulties and attend ward rounds on Aquarius to provide updates, share in the care planning and feed into ward and AOT care plan.
* To participate in risk assessment and risk management plans and contingency plans are shared from the ward to AOT.
* To attend Care Plan Review meetings and ensure staff are allocated from AOT and coordinate in-reach response to the young person and their carers in order to ensure the safe running of services and adherence to complex Care Plans.
* At times when there are complexities in admission planning, join the SLP bed management meeting alongside the team manager.
Professional
* To record all clinical work in accordance with Trust clinical record-keeping standards.
* To maintain and improve own professional, clinical, managerial, knowledge and skills by promoting self-growth and development through the in-service training program and other educational program and materials as agreed by the Team Manager and Modern Matron for Specialist CAMHS.
* To maintain professional standards of ethical practice and professional behaviour as set out by the relevant professional body responsible for registration.
* To conform to Trust professional standards.
* To maintain a record of Continuous Professional Development and supervision attendance so as to meet requirements for renewal of registration.
* To identify needs and goals through supervision, appraisal and development reviews.
* To contribute to local Quality Improvement initiatives.
Teaching, Training, and Supervision
* To participate in individual and team-based supervision as required by Trust policies.
* To receive clinical and professional supervision as determined by the relevant Professional Lead.
* To undertake mandatory and statutory training as required.
* To undertake a Professional and Development Review each year.
* To request appraisal and agree a Personal Development Plan (PDP) that enhances knowledge and skills and opportunities for career development.
* To undertake personal development and training as identified in the PDP.
* To contribute to pre- and post-qualification teaching as appropriate.
Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development
* To contribute to the development of the team’s operational policies and services using service evaluation and audit tools.
* To advise service and professional management on those particular aspects of the service that the post-holder is involved with.
Research and Service Evaluation
* To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice.
* To contribute to appropriate audit, research and evaluation of AOT services.
Person specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
* Professional training and qualification(s) in a relevant mental health care field e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy.
* Registered with an appropriate professional body (e.g. GCSW, NMC, UKCP, HCPC).
* Evidence of continuing Professional Development.
* ENB 998 or equivalent (if nurse).
* Diploma/BSC in relevant clinical areas.
* Full and current UK driving licence.
* Other formal psychological therapy training.
EXPERIENCE
* Demonstrable experience of working at Band 5 or equivalent for 2 years.
* Experience of working with adolescents and families with complex mental health needs, high levels of emotional distress and risk-taking behaviours.
* Experience of working with young people who self-harm.
* Experience of assessment and treatment of young people.
* Experience maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
* Experience of assessing and managing crisis with young people with a severe mental illness.
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
* Experience of working in a CAMHS inpatient setting.
* Experience of working in a community environment.
* Experience in the delivery of psychological therapies.
* Experience of the application of therapeutic interventions in different cultural contexts.
* Experience of teaching others.
At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.
As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:
* BME (Evolve) Staff Network.
* DiverseAbility.
* Mental Health Staff Forum.
* Women's Staff Network.
* LGBTQIA+.
We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant.
We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.
Please note:
* That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received.
* That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system.
* That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful.
* That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees.
* That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
* That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles).
* That we are a smoke-free Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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