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Consultant - South Core Community Team
| Posting date: | 25 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, HA8 7AB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9306-25-0281 |
Summary
The team is multi-disciplinary and consists of professionals from a number of backgrounds including nursing, social work, psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, graduate mental health workers and community engagement workers and are supported by a dedicated admin team. The care delivered is recovery-focused which involves a change in focus from managing problems and symptoms to focusing on an individuals strengths and goals for the future. The service aims to assist individuals to be in control of your own life and seek out opportunities beyond their condition. The service is for adults who are aged 1865 and are experiencing a range of mental health difficulties and who may also have complex needs that would be best met by secondary mental health services. This includes individuals experiencing the following conditions: schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, severe depression, anxiety, personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Services are provided at our base at the Springwell Centre which is sited on the grounds of Barnet General Hospital. Individuals can also be seen at their home address, GP surgery or in the community if necessary or appropriate. The service operates Monday Friday from 9am 5pm. Referral to Older Adult CMHT can occur on a needs led criteria prior to turning 65 when expertise of old age psychiatry services is felt to be in the patients best interest