Specialist Practitioner Band 6 - London, United Kingdom - Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
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Working as a member of the Community Division service line based within the CDAT - Community Team you will be responsible for providing
individual assessment, identified clinical interventions and direct care to service users with complex needs and associated difficulties. You will be
responsible for a defined caseload and will formulate appropriate specific, highly specialist care and treatment plans; providing skilled and
specialised interventions and care to service users with complex mental health problems.
As a registered Social Worker, OT or Nurse. the post holder will be responsible for working in a way that promotes levels of excellence in the
team and operates to the requirements of the service operational policy and strategy, and that safe, evidence based, effective, culturally
competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users.
their ASYE year.

The successful applicant will be responsible for a caseload of service users. They will undertake assessment and review of new referrals. They
will also engage with service users in delivering short term interventions and offer longer term, goal centred interventions through formulating
specialist care and treatment plans.
They will develop professional relationships with other key stakeholders in the service users' network (i.e Primary Care, Core Teams, Inpatient
and Crisis services, Housing, Carers, Employment, Education etc) and interface with these to support the service user, as well as planning for
step down.

The post holder will also have a sound working knowledge and experience of the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act They will be required to undertake Care Act assessments for those requiring care packages and presenting cases to panel for funding as required.

They will be experienced or willing to undertake training in raising Safeguarding Section 42.1 concerns and conducting Section 42.2 enquiries.

The post holder could also facilitate students and trainees in a Practice Assessor/Educator or supervisor role.

The CDAT service is a well-established, diverse and experienced Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) comprising of Nurses, Social Workers, OTs,
Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Administrators, Managers, trainees and students.
The service has four pathways (Community MDT, Medical, Psychology and Social Care), which may overlap and offer intensive treatment,
intervention and support for individuals with complex mood disorders such as depression, anxiety and PTSD. These four pathways work alongside side each other with a great deal of peer support and shared learning.

This post is part of the Community MDT pathway and would suit a mental health nurse, OT or social worker who is looking for a challenging yet rewarding role.

You will be offered an induction period as well as regular supervision and appraisal.

'In-house' informal training and learning sessions are available on a regular basis, specifically related to support individuals with their work in the service, which are largely facilitated by team members and provides an opportunity to share specific skills and knowledge with the wider team.

The team has been described as warm and welcoming with a 'friendly atmosphere and an 'open door' culture where team members are
encouraged to discuss and reflect with managers or senior members of the team.

The Specialist Practitioner will work collaboratively with the Service User to establish achievable goals and develop a care plan
with clearly identified interventions. The purpose of the care plan is to encourage agency, control and independence to enable the
service user to lead the life that they want whilst being aware of and managing risk


These may include:

  • Help with practical social issues including support and signposting for housing issues, advice and support with benefits, support to
access legal services (i.e. for immigration, housing or family law); liaison with children's services; referral to community activities for
social inclusion.

  • Stabilisation, often in partnership with CDAT psychology
  • PTSD symptom management, anxiety management, behavioural activation,
psycho-education, exposure response prevention.

  • Risk management including safeguarding, relapse prevention planning, crisis planning and managing admissions to hospital.
  • Social care needs and possible Care Act assessment / responsibilities (including Carers Assessments) Supported Housing referrals,
packages of care (for carers, support workers, community groups and activities, college courses) and carers direct payments.

  • Helping Service Users to access physical health care. Working in partnership with relevant services where service users have physical
and mental health needs.

  • Medication administration (depot injections) and monitoring.
  • Signposting to other agencies and help to access these. Working in partnership with voluntary sector agencies.
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