Job summary
- Main area
- Rehab & Recovery Division
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours)
- Job ref
- 455-CANDI-487-G
- Employer
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 4 Greenland Road, London. NW1 0AS
- Town
- Camden
- Salary
- per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist (Social Worker)
NHS AfC: Band 6
North London Mental Health Partnership includes Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I).
Together, our two trusts employ around 6,000 staff and support almost a quarter of a million adults and children with mental health conditions. We are a forward-thinking, innovative organisation, committed to delivering the very best care possible.
We provide a wide range of mental health specialist services, including children and young people’s mental health services, prison services, forensic services, eating disorders and drug and alcohol recovery. We also support the UK Armed forces community, including members of the Reserve Forces, providing specialist veteran services across London.
Both our trusts are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, with many areas judged to be Outstanding.
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide Apprenticeship opportunities as well as employment opportunities for care-leavers.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
- We are a great place to work for our staff with occupational health services, wellbeing initiatives and staff incentives.
- We offer flexible working,
- Our staff are eligible for the NHS Pension Scheme and receive a generous annual leave allowance.
- Discounts are offered to NHS staff in a wide range of stores and services
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups
- We support learning and personal development opportunities.
Job overview
The C&I Early Intervention Service is in the process of an exciting expansion.
Our ambition is to be a Gold Standard Service, faithful to the EIP model, capable of having a real impact on relapse rates, inpatient admissions and service user recovery in terms of social inclusion, maximising strengths and potential. We would like to invite the most energetic, motivated and competent practitioners to join us in moving further towards this goal.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will act as care coordinator for a caseload of service users under CPA whilst contributing to the wider multi-disciplinary team approach from within their area of expertise in social work. Owing to the planned expansion, it is hoped the post holder will be free to dedicate time to occasional stand-alone profession-specific work on behalf of the wider team, according to need.
This post will ideally suit a social worker with experience of supporting individuals (and their families) with a psychotic illness in a community setting. The successful applicant will be encouraged to develop their leadership skills, supervise junior staff and will deputise for the Team Manager at times.
Working for our organisation
The Islington Early Intervention Service is an innovative and forward-thinking team working with service users experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP).
Islington EIS is a well-established, multi-disciplinary team serving a culturally diverse London Borough. The team promotes a full symptomatic and social recovery, with an emphasis on assisting service users into valued education and occupation. The team also has a strong research ethic, with the team participating in several multi-Centre studies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The service aims are:
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To offer early assessment, diagnosis and treatment of FEP.
• To offer person centred, individual, culturally sensitive care, with an emphasis on increasing stability, skill development and developing social roles.
• To maximize both symptomatic and social recovery after a first episode of psychosis through effective engagement with service users.
• To minimize the service user’s first experiences of service contact being disconcerting or stigmatizing.
• To support and educate carers, and involve them as fully as possible in service users’ care.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base of health and psycho-social interventions for first episode psychosis clients. This post would suit applicants with prior experience in mental health wishing to develop their skills in a community setting. Team members benefit from a supportive team environment, with clinical supervision, peer support and training including the Early Intervention training programme. There is also the opportunity to contribute to the development and evaluation of a group programme for service users.
Person specification
Qualifications & Registration
Essential criteria
- Qualified social worker
- Current Registration with Social Work England
Desirable criteria
- Post-qualifying training eg. AMHP/ BIA / Practice Educator / CBT / Family Therapy etc.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a senior capacity in a mental health setting (either acute or community)
- Experience of working with service users, their carers and partner agencies
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Care Coordination and / or working in the context of First Episode of Psychosis
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Mental Health and Social Care legislation including MHA, MCA, Care Act
- A good understanding of psychosis (medical and psycho-social)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Busby
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768607601
- Additional information
Rachel Busby EIS Service Manager - 07768 607601
Thomas Murphy CEIS Team Manager 020 3317 6590
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Candi & Tavi
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