About this role
Job summary
We are seeking enthusiastic and experienced mental health professionals to join our Crisis and Home Treatment Teams as Band 6 Home Treatment Team Practitioners.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic multidisciplinary crisis service providing rapid assessment, intensive home treatment and crisis intervention for adults experiencing acute mental health difficulties.
You will play a key role in supporting people to remain safely in their own homes during periods of crisis, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitating timely discharge from inpatient services. Working as part of a team-based model, you will provide compassionate, recovery-focused care and support individuals and their families through some of the most challenging times in their lives.
Main duties of the job
Undertake rapid mental health and risk assessments in community settings and service users' homes.
Deliver intensive home treatment and recovery-focused interventions.
Participate in gatekeeping assessments and decision-making regarding hospital admissions.
Develop collaborative crisis, relapse prevention and discharge plans.
Support service users and carers throughout periods of acute mental health crisis.
Work closely with inpatient wards, community teams, Liaison Psychiatry and external partner agencies.
Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure compliance with Trust standards.
Participate in clinical supervision, audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
Provide mentorship and support to students and newly qualified staff.
Contribute to the day-to-day running of shifts and multidisciplinary team working.
About us
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a member of the Crisis and Home Treatment Team. The post holder will also have responsibility of working some weekend and night shifts which may entail undertaking assessments or offering support across geographical borders within South West London. The main target group are people with severe mental health problems experiencing mental health crisis.
The Crisis & Home Treatment Team (CHTT) is a multidisciplinary, community based mental health team that aims to provide a safe and effective home based assessment and treatment service as an alternative to in-patient admission, and for early discharge from the ward in theleast disruptive and restrictive environment. It works in conjunction with, and is integrated with, other local service elements. The workload is team-based and team members do not carry a specific caseload. Care by the team is for days or a maximum of 6 weeks but not longer.
The Team is available to provide care and intervention 24 hours per day, 365 days of the year for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis of a nature or degree that would require admission in the absence of the CHTT.
The SWLSTG Mental Health Trust is required to gate keep all admissions to hospital.
The key features of the service are that it is accessible, mobile, responds quickly and acts as the gatekeeper to in-patient services and assessments for psychiatric presentations. It offers care within a bio/psycho/social model with emphasis on symptom management, within a Recoveryand Wellbeing Model and encouraging the service user (and families) to cope and understand their crisis.
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Person Specification
Training & Qualifications Essential
Current professional registration in relevant clinical subject/practice e.g. RMN, OT, Social Work Evidence of continuing professional and personal development Full and current drivers licence and car owner (or willing to take part in car lease scheme run by the Trust)
Desirable
Mentorship ,ENB 998 or equivalent Diploma in cognitive behavioural Therapy/psychodynamic counselling
Experience Essential
Demonstrable experience of working with people who experience serious ongoing mental health problems in a community or outpatient setting post qualification Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team Experience of assessing and managing crisis with those with a severe mental illness Experience of working as a clinical supervisor
Desirable
Experience of managing and supervising staff Experience of contributing to policy and procedure development and implementation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Address Springfield, Wilson, Jubilee Health Centre and Tolworth Hospital
London
SW17 0YF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)