Job Purpose:
The post holder will work as part of the Alliance Rehabilitation Team, an integrated multi-disciplinary team, and will assist in the provision of care co-ordination to individuals with enduring long-term mental health difficulties and complex support needs in Lambeth. The post holder will be a care co-coordinator, as outlined in the Care Programme Approach (CPA) who will be working within a vibrant Multi disciplinary Team (MDT).
The post holder will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating plans of care for a defined caseload within a multi-disciplinary team setting. They will be expected to work flexibly , supporting and contributing to the development of the service as a whole.
The Alliance Rehabilitation Team (ART) sits within the IPSA (Integrated Personalised Support Alliance). The IPSA comprises an Alliance contract between SLAM, CCG, Lambeth Social Care, and two voluntary sector organisations, Certitude and Thamesreach. Together IPSA delivers intensive rehabilitation and personalised packages of support to people with complex mental health support needs in Lambeth.
It aims to reduce use of rehabilitation inpatient wards and to offer more alternatives to institutional settings, through developing more supported living settings and more independent living opportunities.
Main Duties Of The Job:
- To act in the clinical role as a Care Co-coordinator for a caseload of clients with enduring long-term mental health problems, on CPA and to actively monitor and support clients on the caseload.
- Undertaking comprehensive assessments of clients’ needs/strengths, including assessments of capacity. (including both mental health and social care support needs).
- To undertake and record full assessment of risk. To plan, implement and evaluate risk management plans and other protection plans, in conjunction with the client, multi-disciplinary team and other agencies.
- To co-ordinate and record CPA meetings. Including ensuring that the information is entered on to the ePJS and CPA records are sent out to appropriate parties.
- Ensure that intervention aims at supporting, teaching and guiding individuals towards their optimum level of functioning guided by the recovery model, and principles of personalisation and co-production. 6) To ensure effective communication and liaison with ART team members and placement settings to ensure co-ordination of integrated care.
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some Of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here:
Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
NHS Discounts, With Discounts Up To 10% From a Variety Of Well-known Retail Brands Though Health Service Discounts Website. Other Benefits Include:
Counselling services
Wellbeing events
Long service awards
Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lorane Swaby Job title: Team Leader Email address: Lorane.Swaby@slam.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0203 228 7140
