Mental Health Practitioner Forensic Outreach - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

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Maidstone, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Due to staff progression this opportunity has arisen for a full-time 37.5 hrs Community Mental Health Practitioner to join the existing team and contribute to the continued development of the Forensic outreach Liaison Service (FOLS)

Our service focuses on providing continuing care and specialist support for patients across the Medium and Low secure services provided within Kent.

We provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary services and work closely with inpatient services, tertiary service providers, primary care, local statutory and non-statutory agencies, service users & carers.

This post offers an excellent opportunity to work in an interesting and developing service environment.

You will provide specialist assessment and treatment within the team and will be committed to developing and promoting service provision for Forensic patients.

We pride ourselves on running a Caring, Responsive, Effective well led and Safe service for our patients and staff and offer staff support and on job training.

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Professionals. You will have a strong sense of initiative and an excellent team working ability.

You will require excellent interpersonal skills and will need to be able to adopt a flexible, collaborative and proactive approach to your work.

Effective communication skills and self-governance are required. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of high level interventions & community assessment skills. Existing qualifications or a willingness to undertake training relevant to the post is expected.

We would particularly welcome applicants from BAME backgrounds so feel free to come and visit us to find out more about the role and the team.

Please contact either Sonia Griffin or Dan Brennan on

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Role Summary:

You will act as care coordinator for a caseload capped at around 12 patients
You will embrace our clinical CAPA model and carry out assessment and reviews within agreed time frames delivering the right care, at the right time and in the right place.
Be an active member and contribute to multidisciplinary team working.
Link in with patients on the wards and get involved in their care to ensure smooth transition from ward to community.
To communicate effectively to both internal and external stakeholders.
To actively contribute to the development of others.
You will need to be able to travel in a timely manner.