We are seeking to employ and support a Mental Health Practitioner trained in the delivery of low-medium intensity psychological formulation, assessment and treatment in Adult Secondary Care. The post holder will take on a role as a Named Key Worker within the Croydon South Adult Community Secondary Care Neighbourhood Centre. They will hold a dedicated caseload, developing risk management and care plans, coordinating care, and delivering a high quality and structured treatment approach. This will involve both individual case management and low-medium intensity psychological interventions.
Applications are welcome from qualified, experienced and accredited practitioners – Clinical Associates in Psychology and Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners.
The Centre provides evidence-based treatment for service-users with Severe Mental Health difficulties including those with Psychosis Condition, Eating Disorders, Complex Emotional Needs, Complex Trauma, and a diagnosis of Personality Disorder.
The post holder will need excellent clinical and risk assessment skills and can work autonomously in carrying out prompt and comprehensive patient assessments whilst ensuring effective transition to other appropriate clinical pathways.
The post holder will work a normal shift pattern of Monday- Friday 9:00-17:00.
This post holder will provide psychological interventions to the Croydon South Adult Community Secondary Care Neighbourhood Centre and to individuals with complex and severe mental health problems, focusing on individual strengths and the utilisation of community assets and resources to help people with what matters most to them.
The work undertaken will be supervised by a Qualified Senior Specialist Psychological Therapist who will provide governance for the clinical work carried out according to an individual’s specified Care Plan.
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.
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.
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 14,000 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.
A key feature of our approach to Adult Community Secondary Care Mental Health is development of a care offer delivered by staff from multiple disciplines and in partnership with organisations, services and teams internal and external to SLaM in a Neighbourhood Approach to deliver what really matters to people who need mental health support in the local population. This emerging model of care is flexible to people’s changing needs, with people ‘stepping up’ and ‘stepping down’ levels of support and intervention according to the complexity of their needs.
The characteristics of the core population receiving direct services are people with complex psychological and emotional needs who may have experienced adverse life events and are experiencing socio-economic disadvantages.
Psychological based provision is offered to the local/identified population at the individual, group, couple and family level through to teams, systems and community level.
The post holder will work with people who use our services to develop a shared understanding of the complex issues they are facing, how they cope, and the impact this has on their mental and physical health and well-being as well the health of those around them, by undertaking Psychological Assessment and Formulation. Under supervision they will explore a range of ‘psycho-social-bio’ options for improving health outcomes and help people to achieve agreed goals.
Individuals seen clinically by the post holder will include those who have experienced high levels of distress and complex mental health difficulties. They may also present with a high level of risk to both themselves and sometimes to other people.
Assessments and interventions will be delivered in a range of settings, including the Adult Community Secondary Care Mental Health Neighbourhood Centre, Acute Pathway Settings, Individual’s Homes, and Third Sector locations, in person, by telephone or via digital platform.
The post holder would be expected to work closely with Experts-By-Experience, Local Communities, and Voluntary Community and Social Enterprises, to help in the co-production and co-development of services. Partnership working, liaising with various stakeholders in the system, such as GPs, Primary, Secondary, Acute and Tertiary Care Mental Health Services, Colleges and Universities, Employers, and the Third Sector.
The post holder will also be involved in raising the awareness of the complexity of the health and social challenges many people face and the impact this has on mental health & well-being and vice versa. A key aim of the service is to help people build resilience and feel more connected to their community, and to instil a sense of belonging.
We sincerely welcome applications from people who have previous experience of using Mental Health services, and/or individuals who are/have been a carer for someone. We are also very interested in receiving application from people who have strong local connections to the Borough of Croydon.
