Senior Mental Health Practitioner Assertive Outreach Carestream
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 28 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum Incl. of inner HCAs |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Lewisham, SE12 8LH |
| Cwmni: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7793924/334-CLI-7793924 |
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A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you passionate about reshaping mental health care? Do you believe in the power of community, collaboration with community partners and local voluntary care sector, inclusion, and peer support to transform lives? We’re launching an innovative community care centre inspired by world-class models like the Trieste Mental Health Community Network, Navigo in Grimsby, and Clubhouse models in New York and Brixton.
We have an incredibly exciting and rare opportunity to be part of a new community mental health pilot. This centre will hold a major national profile with NHS England who are hoping that the pilot will radically transform how we deliver mental health care in the UK.
We are looking for dedicated staff to help us pioneer this revolutionary approach to care.
What We Offer
· A Unique Care Model: Join a programme focused on community, social inclusion, and holistic recovery.
· Supportive Environment: Collaborate with peers, contribute to a recovery-oriented care system, and make a real difference.
· Development Opportunities: Be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of mental health care, with training and career growth built-in.
Lewisham Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread and innovative transformation developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with Mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector.
The post holder will facilitate case formulation and direct clinical contact sessions, offering short term interventions based on psychological therapies or other specialism and offer professional advice to service users and their carers who require an assertive approach to engagement, other professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the provision of clinical supervision to band 6 practitioners and lower grade staff where appropriate.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership in their specific area of practice and may deputise for the team manager in their absence.
The post holder will take on specific responsibility for the management of identified areas of the local service ensuring that clinical and management procedures are carried out to a standard that ensures safe and effective care and complies with the relevant codes of conduct.
To co-ordinate multidisciplinary working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members, and other services within the Trust and ensure effective interface and continuity of care between disciplines and services.
South Londonand MaudsleyNHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people whoareaddictedtodrugsandalcohol.WeworkcloselywiththeInstituteofPsychiatry, 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 employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services.Currently,provideinpatientcareforapproximately5,300peopleeachyearand 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 andGreenwich.
BycomingtoworkatSLaM,youwillgainexperience ofbeingpartofanorganisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care.
Service and Team responsibilities
Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the setting and reviewing of therapeutic aims, objectives, standards and strategies to provide a high standard of care to clients.
Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date and of good quality and within professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect and collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment
Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of service users and their families.
To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals
Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments providing specialist advice and support according to your area of expertise.
Contribute to the effective functioning of the service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the service manager.
Supervise junior members of the teams or trainees.
Clinical Individual
Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of patients with mental health disorders who are determined to be at medium/high risk and complex.
Work in the community settings as required.
Work with wider MDT and Adult psychiatrists to make a clinical diagnosis and formulation from a standard assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with parents/carers and patients. Carry out the planned intervention with minimal supervision.
Assess safeguarding issues for own cases and refer concerns to the Adult Safeguarding team.
Deliver evidence based treatment interventions based on NICE guidelines for assertive outreach. Use individual, group work, advice and supervision according to the needs of patients and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care.
Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required.
Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
Are you passionate about reshaping mental health care? Do you believe in the power of community, collaboration with community partners and local voluntary care sector, inclusion, and peer support to transform lives? We’re launching an innovative community care centre inspired by world-class models like the Trieste Mental Health Community Network, Navigo in Grimsby, and Clubhouse models in New York and Brixton.
We have an incredibly exciting and rare opportunity to be part of a new community mental health pilot. This centre will hold a major national profile with NHS England who are hoping that the pilot will radically transform how we deliver mental health care in the UK.
We are looking for dedicated staff to help us pioneer this revolutionary approach to care.
What We Offer
· A Unique Care Model: Join a programme focused on community, social inclusion, and holistic recovery.
· Supportive Environment: Collaborate with peers, contribute to a recovery-oriented care system, and make a real difference.
· Development Opportunities: Be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of mental health care, with training and career growth built-in.
Lewisham Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread and innovative transformation developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with Mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector.
The post holder will facilitate case formulation and direct clinical contact sessions, offering short term interventions based on psychological therapies or other specialism and offer professional advice to service users and their carers who require an assertive approach to engagement, other professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the provision of clinical supervision to band 6 practitioners and lower grade staff where appropriate.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership in their specific area of practice and may deputise for the team manager in their absence.
The post holder will take on specific responsibility for the management of identified areas of the local service ensuring that clinical and management procedures are carried out to a standard that ensures safe and effective care and complies with the relevant codes of conduct.
To co-ordinate multidisciplinary working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members, and other services within the Trust and ensure effective interface and continuity of care between disciplines and services.
South Londonand MaudsleyNHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people whoareaddictedtodrugsandalcohol.WeworkcloselywiththeInstituteofPsychiatry, 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 employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services.Currently,provideinpatientcareforapproximately5,300peopleeachyearand 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 andGreenwich.
BycomingtoworkatSLaM,youwillgainexperience ofbeingpartofanorganisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care.
Service and Team responsibilities
Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the setting and reviewing of therapeutic aims, objectives, standards and strategies to provide a high standard of care to clients.
Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date and of good quality and within professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect and collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment
Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of service users and their families.
To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals
Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments providing specialist advice and support according to your area of expertise.
Contribute to the effective functioning of the service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the service manager.
Supervise junior members of the teams or trainees.
Clinical Individual
Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of patients with mental health disorders who are determined to be at medium/high risk and complex.
Work in the community settings as required.
Work with wider MDT and Adult psychiatrists to make a clinical diagnosis and formulation from a standard assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with parents/carers and patients. Carry out the planned intervention with minimal supervision.
Assess safeguarding issues for own cases and refer concerns to the Adult Safeguarding team.
Deliver evidence based treatment interventions based on NICE guidelines for assertive outreach. Use individual, group work, advice and supervision according to the needs of patients and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care.
Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required.
Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026