Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed registered mental health nurse; occupational therapist or social worker, to work within Camberwell and Peckham Community Mental Health Team.
Camberwell and Peckham CMHT is a multi-professional mental health team, comprising Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Support Workers and Doctors. We are looking for a positive and motivated individual who understands the Trust’s values and their role in supporting and promoting recovery. This post is open to those professionally registered with the HCPC, NMC or Social Work England. It is desirable for applicants have experience of working cases of patients within a mental health community setting.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside colleagues from a range of professional backgrounds, you will undertake assessments of need and coordinate the development of sustainable recovery‑focussed care plans. You will provide practical support and carry out planned interventions to address assessed needs and to overcome barriers to access and social inclusion. Using a strengths‑based approach you will support service‑users to develop their own solutions, minimising long‑term dependence on services through self‑directed support and promoting the take‑up of personal budgets where appropriate.
Working for our organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well‑established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five‑year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special. As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
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