Senior Home Treatment Team Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Our focus is to support service users to remain in their own home in order to aid their recovery during the crisis episode.

You will be a qualified Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker. You will need to have post qualification experience in mental health and preferably within crisis services.


The post requires practitioners to be confident assessors who can make clear decisions about risk management and the appropriateness of home treatment team interventions and effective gatekeeping assessment.

The Croydon Home Treatment Teams provide 24hr, 7 day a week, crisis assessment and intensive home treatment to patients with the aim of preventing in
- patient admission where possible, or if admission is required facilitating earlier discharge.


Clinical:


To provide rapid, crisis assessments for clients in a mental health crisis in order to ensure the right intervention is provided at the right time for service users presenting with mental health diagnoses and any comorbid conditions In addition, to support early discharge from the inpatient wards.

To deliver a range of effective, service user-centered interventions aimed at crisis resolution and promoting recovery. Supporting service users to adopt recovery strategies that promote their wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence and self-care


To undertake thorough risk assessment of all service users in line with policy standards in order to manage risk safely and effectively.


To ensure that care is carefully and meaningfully planned within the multidisciplinary team, delivered to a high standard and evaluated regularly.


SLAM Values and Commitments:

I promise to Be caring, kind and polite

Do what I say I'm going to do

Take the time and listen to you

Be honest and direct with you

Be prompt and value your time


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.


As a Band 6 Senior HTT Practitioner, you will be expected to:

  • undertake assessments in a variety of settings, but mostly in their home.
- able to identify risks and put in place risks management plan to deliver care as an alternative to hospital admission;
- working closely and supporting carers;
- work within an MDT setting to collaborate care for service users, supporting their families whilst balancing the challenges and demands on services;
- able to commute from work to home visits;
- able to supervise junior staff and students;
- take part in service and quality improvement;
- working in a diverse community;
- able role model good proactive and adopting the Trust values and commitments.

These are the few responsibilities identified along with several other expectations.
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