Role Overview
As part of our contract with South East London Integrated Care Board, South London and Maudsley hold the budget on behalf of partners for complex placements for the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
The Senior Mental Health Placements Manager is responsible for the strategic oversight, coordination, and quality assurance of all mental health placement services across the Trust or designated geographical area (defined broadly as Lewisham, Lambeth & Southwark). This includes proactive management of panel processes to ensure reviewing capacity is deployed in a timely manner across boroughs, using an agreed prioritisation matrix, to ensure clients are in the most appropriate placement for their needs – aiming to reduce unnecessary restrictive practices such as high package placements or enhanced observations.
This role ensures the safe, timely, and person‑centred placement of individuals requiring specialist mental health‑supported accommodation, residential placements, or complex care packages. The post holder will liaise closely with clinical teams, social care, commissioning bodies, and external providers to ensure seamless transitions, value for money, and effective outcomes for service users.
About SLaM
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides 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 employs around 5000 staff and serves a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently we 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.
Benefits
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.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachael Hepburn
Job title: General manager
Email address: rachael.hepburn@slam.nhs.uk
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