Overview
We are looking to recruit an EIP Community Mental Health Social worker who is motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner with proven abilities to work positively with service user, carers and family. Redbridge EIP is a multi-disciplinary service, providing a range of specialist interventions within an integrated person centred approach to people aged 14-65 resident in the Borough of Redbridge experiencing or suspected of experiencing a first episode of psychosis. EIP is an exciting community mental health specialist team that is well resourced to support the team to ensure that we offer the NICE guideline for interventions that require the collaborative working through our multi disciplinary team. It is important to us that the successful candidate is an experienced qualified professional, possessing a commitment to working with clients their carers and family. Is passionate toward EIP as a service and model and is committed to developing and promoting evidence-based best practice.
The post is full time, offering excellent opportunities to develop special professional interests; share expertise and work closely with colleagues. To provide an integrated recovery centred clinical service to people aged 14-65 living in the Borough of Redbridge, who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
To assess and act as keyworker to clients referred to the service. Undertake comprehensive assessment of health and social needs and implement a plan of care and intervention to meet these needs. To undertake the legal and statutory duties of the post, as required by the Care Act, mental capacity act and mental health act. To facilitate and implement the Trust and Local Authority requirements in relation to safeguarding children and guidance legislation within the Care Act 2014. To adhere to the requirements of the Safeguarding Adults policy. NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes.
Responsibilities
* To work collaboratively and effectively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
* To be responsible and accountable together with the multi-disciplinary team for the provision of high quality clinical care and interventions to service users, carers and family.
* To ensure clinical treatment and interventions are needs led and implemented in compliance the NICE concordant Standard 80. To be proactive, innovative and creative in delivering care, enabling the facilitation of service user's recovery, empowerment and well-being.
* To ensure effective risk formulation/management.
* To be responsible for the provision of accurate recording of information required by the Trust for audit purposes and to contribute as requested by the clinical lead in the process of service audit and evaluation.
* To undertake comprehensive clinical assessment of psychosis for service users referred to EIP and to formulate appropriate risk management plans.
* To undertake mental state assessments, identifying any significant risk factors to support recovery and actively prevent relapse.
* In consultation with MDT team, zoning and clinical Lead formulate and implement relapse prevention plan, crisis management and positive risk taking.
* In conjunction with the service user, carer and family, where consent is given, and the MDT ensure individual care plans are formulated and responsive to the needs of the service user, evidence based, compliant with NICE Concordant guidance, regularly reviewed and evaluated in accordance with CPA and the service users recovery plan.
* To facilitate the delivery of care in a sensitive and professional manner respecting the customs, individuality, values, and spiritual belief of service users and their carers.
* Together with service user, carer and family facilitate and coordinate effective discharge planning for service user in consultation with clinical lead and MDT.
* To work closely with in-patient, HTT, CAMHs and Perinatal services, undertaking joint collaborative working as appropriate. And also with other agencies including primary care, voluntary and statutory organisations as required.
* To attend and participate effectively in adult and child protection meetings, MDT case conferences, reviews and professional meetings providing written and verbal reports as appropriate.
* As a social worker in the team, to be responsible and undertake duties in relation to complying with the Care act - both care act assessments and carers assessments under the care act.
* As a social worker within the team to support safeguarding of both adults and children in the team
* To promote and apply equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory interventions that respects the service user's customs, values and spiritual beliefs.
* To proactively contribute, co-facilitate and participate in the development and delivery of EIP group and community programmes.
* To possess a sound operational knowledge of the mental health act, its application and to comply with the requirements in the delivery of care and administration of treatment.
* To provide support to the service user and carer as appropriate during formal Mental Health Act Assessments.
* To be conversant with the Mental Capacity Act. To comply with the requirements of the Act in delivery of care. To provide support to the service user and carer as appropriate.
* Ensure adherence to the Trust Policies, Professional Code of Conduct, Social Services and local policies and procedures including Section 117.
Benefits
* We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
* Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
* As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
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Additional Information
* Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
* The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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