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    Social Inclusion Worker - Beckenham, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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    Job summary

    An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Inclusion Worker, to work within the Forensic Support Plus Team.

    We are looking to find a dynamic, creative, forward thinking and hard-working individual to work within our small, friendly team.

    The Post Holder will work as a member of a community based forensic team, covering the four boroughs of SLaM (Lewisham, Lambeth, Southwark and Croydon), and will support with the safe management of a team caseload of clients with offending histories, mental health concerns and long admissions in hospital settings.

    Main duties of the job

    The post holder will aim to provide a flexible, responsive, and pro-active programme of care and support for the service users and their carers, supporting a safe transition between inpatient settings to the community. You will be required to develop and maintain links across a wide variety of voluntary and non-voluntary services. such as local colleges, supported accommodations, training centres and sports groups. You will also be integral in supporting colleagues liaising with services such as probation, MAPPA, MoJ and Jigsaw for example. You will also be involved in specialist mental health assessments and the application of evidence based psychosocial interventions with the direct support of the multidisciplinary team.

    As the Social Inclusion Worker you will work with forensic clients in independent housing, supported accommodations and medium and low secure / support settings. Most of these settings will be within one of the four boroughs, however, there are times when you may have to support a client in an out of area setting for a short period of time.

    About us

    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. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

    SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 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.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Jointly you will monitor, evaluate, and develop best clinical practices for clients who have been inpatients for five or more years, and who have experienced difficult previous discharges and subsequent recalls / admissions. You will liaise with inpatient colleagues and clients ideally six months prior to discharge to initiate appropriate links within the local community, and to support with the establishment of good sense of self-worth through meaningful activities.

    Care will be provided in accordance with service user need and assessed risk.

    Service users who are referred to and accepted onto the Support Plus Team will have more than one multidisciplinary team member involved in their care the team comprises a Community Psychiatric Nurse, an Occupational Therapist, an Assistant Psychologist, a Consultant Psychiatrist, and a Team Leader who support service users as part of a team caseload. Alongside this, the post holder will have the opportunity to work closely with Social Inclusion colleagues across the South London Partnership (Oxleas and SWLStG).

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • NVQ 3 Plus short courses to Diploma Level or Equivalent experience or NVQ Level 4 in appropriate field
  • Desirable

  • Evidence of continued academic development
  • Evidence of mandatory training PSTS, Fire Training; Life support training
  • Skills and Abilities

    Essential

  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Able to participate in the provision of training and feedback to multidisciplinary team on psycho-social issues.
  • Able to participate in the assessment and implementation of risk assessment and risk management.
  • Able to work under times of change and pressure of work.
  • Ability to motivate clients who are difficult to engage and co-ordinate the support with fellow staff members.
  • Desirable

  • oSome awareness and understanding of assessment process for mentally ill patients
  • oSome understanding of care planning principles
  • Some understanding of the Care Programme Approach.
  • Experience

    Essential

  • oExperience of facilitating groups.
  • Experience of delivering teaching sessions.
  • Desirable

  • oExperience of Racial Awareness/Diversity Training
  • oExperience of working with those experiencing symptoms of a personality disorder and / or neuro-developmental difficulties.
  • Experience working within a Forensic Setting


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