Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen to join specialist services in an inpatient Social Worker role, as a Forensic Discharge Pathway Facilitator. The Discharge Pathway Facilitator will be an integral member of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trusts (LSCFT) newly formed Specialist Services Secure Pathway Hub. The Post Holder will work in close partnership with a range of agencies and organisations internal and external to LSCFT to ensure robust and streamline inpatient care pathways, take a lead role in facilitating discharge planning which will include early identification of barriers to discharge, taking action to prevent any unnecessary delay to discharges, facilitating complex multi-agency case discussions in relation to discharge.
Secure Mental Health Care for Lancashire and South Cumbria is provided at Guild Lodge, Whittingham. The service has steadily expanded from its inception in 1999 and currently has a range of inpatient and community services including 164 beds.
Guild Lodge consists of 3 main service lines (15 wards), which include:
1. Men's service
2. Women's service
3. Acquired Brain Injury Service (Men's)
Caring for adults within Medium and Low Security, and Step Down environments. Each of the services has their own model of care and provides bespoke training in addition to the comprehensive Trust and site Induction.
Main duties of the job
This post will be suited to someone with Specialist knowledge of the NHS and recent policy drivers for Secure Mental Health and Offender Health and Lead Provider Collaboratives.
The hospital site offers:
* Free staff parking
* Access to newly built housing area with local school
Our staff receive:
* Full induction and support for those new to the services
* Access to salary sacrifice schemes for cars, electronics etc.
* Excellent support and Wellbeing services
* Superb external training and development opportunities
* Opportunities to develop leadership skills across differing care environments
* Talent Management Programme
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Social Worker.
* Degree level qualification and or equivalent level of skills, knowledge and experience.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Knowledge
* A good understanding of the NHS and recent policy drivers for Secure Mental Health and Offender Health and Lead Provider Collaboratives.
* In-depth knowledge of social care issues and how this relates to care delivery.
* Highly developed specialist knowledge across a range of interventions, legal frameworks and assessment methods which are relevant to learning.
* Highly developed knowledge of mental capacity Act, DOLs and restrictive practices.
Skills
* Ability to communicate effectively with professionals, colleagues and other stakeholders both verbally and written.
* The ability to absorb, interpret and manipulate new information quickly.
* Able to work under own Initiative and as managed staff, exercising discretion as to the degree of urgency and importance.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum Pro Rata
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