Job summary
To assess, plan and review health and social care needs service users with an offending history. The post holder will work as a Care Co-ordinator/ care manager as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
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Main duties of the job
If you are a CMHN/ Social Worker/ OT with a strong interest and /or experience in working with Forensic Mental Health then KCW REFoCuS could be the Team for you to join.
We are a Forensic Community Service based in Ladbroke Grove and our service user group is spread throughout the Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster boroughs.
We are a MDT who provide a complete Health and Social Care service to our service users working to a recovery based model. We have access to the full range of local resources and accommodation options for service users. We plan discharge from hospital settings, offer joint working and a risk assessment /management service to local community and inpatient teams. We supervise service users in the community on various sections under the Mental Health Act, and work with the Ministry of Justice and Probation services in regards to Criminal Justice restrictions. We work to maintain wellness and to step service users down to less intensive mental health services and on to full independence.
You would be supported to undertake specialist training as necessary, and be offered regular supervision and reflective practice in order to support you in this role.
Secondments from your current role would be considered.
This post attracts inner London HCAS.
For further details / informal visits contact: Chet Patel-Team Manager
Sara Edwards/ Riddhi Kothari-Deputy Managers
Tel: 02082066930 / 02082066430
About us
Improving Working Lives
Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust is committed to the principles of Improving Working Lives and all managers are encouraged to follow Improving Working Lives practices. Consideration will be given to all requests for flexible working in line with Trust policy.
Staff Involvement
Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust is committed to involve staff at all levels in the development of the organisation.
Managers should ensure that staff are encouraged and involved in organisational and service developments including business planning and they are able to influence discussions, which affect them and their working conditions.
All managers should engender a culture of openness and inclusion so that staff feel free to contribute and voice concerns. They should develop and implement communication systems that ensure staff are well informed and have an opportunity to feedback their views.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure that professional practice is in accordance with the relevant Registration body and relevant Mental Health Legislation, which incorporates and respects differences in terms of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.
- To manage a caseload of clients, in close collaboration with other members of the Multi-disciplinary team, within the CPA framework and to agreed local and national standards.
- To ensure that continuity of care is maintained and that appropriate and timely plans are made for the discharge of clients from the inpatient faculties ensuring Section 117 and CPA responsibilities are discharged.
- To provide Social Circumstances Reports for Mental Health Tribunals in line with Code of Practice and National Guidance
- To act as a Social Supervisor , providing high quality and timely reports to the Ministry of Justice as requested.
- To provide facilitation of groups including health promotion, wellbeing and those designed to address the offending needs of service users.
- To provide joint assessments and ongoing joint work with generic mental health teams where there is a forensic component to the service users presentation.
- To undertake assessment and intervention relating to dual diagnosis as an integrated part of service user treatment and care, supporting patients in minimising their drug and / or alcohol misuse and assisting them in gaining insight into the impact of using in respect of their mental health and offending behaviours.
- Ensure effective and timely review of all placements and out of area treatment packages in line with current performance management requirements,
- To ensure that the views and wishes of service users and cares are central to the care planning process and that their participation is maximised.
- To ensure that the needs of carers are fully assessed and that information and support is readily available.
- To ensure that the caseload work of the team is managed in accordance the revised Care Programme Approach (CPA) policy and that reviews are undertaken regularly and within agreed timescales. This will include robust crisis and contingency plans
- To work within Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults Policies at all times, promoting the wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults and contributing to professional meetings as required
- To ensure that robust clinical assessment and management systems are in place and that all documentation including electronic records are up to date
- To ensure that the team delivers services which maximises the choice and independence of service users, promotes social inclusion and ensures that individualised budgets and direct payments are fully utilised by service users and carers.
- To ensure that effective links are developed with relevant organisational partners including statutory, voluntary and private providers as well as community groups and networks.
- To provide specialist forensic assessment and intervention to other Mental Health Teams and Criminal Justice Agencies as requested
- To support clients and carers in their contact with the Criminal Justice System including acting as an Appropriate Adult within police custody
- To ensure that the occupational, housing and residential care needs of clients are addressed in a timely manner, as part of the CPA process and ensuring the efficient use of resources.
- To participate in the Forensic Team out of hours evening rota
In addition if Occupational Therapist
- To provide OT assessments and intervention for clients within the team, applying specialist knowledge of Model of Human Occupation.
- To provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the clients social and physical environment
- To provide a comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence based assessments for clients to establish their occupational needs through standardised and specialist OT assessment tools.
- To act as a vocational lead within the team, ensuring that the occupational and employment needs are met.
In addition if Registered MH Nurse
- To provide and evaluate treatment interventions including medication management, physical observations and psycho-social interventions in line with NMC and Trust guidelines
- To provide monitoring for clients on Clozapine and to complete venepuncture training
- To ensure that interventions and practices are in line with infection control procedures.
- To ensure that all nursing interventions are in keeping with best practice and are evidence based.
In addition if AMHP:
- To carry out the functions of an Approved Mental Health Practitioner
- To participate in the Local Authority AMHP service and rota with an expectation that you will undertake a minimum of 12 Mental Health Act assessments per year of approval in order to maintain your warrant.
- To ensure that statutory responsibilities are undertaken in relation to the Mental Health Act, 1983 and other statutory legislation including the Children Act, 1989, 2004, the Human Rights Act, 1998, and the Mental Capacity Act, 2005
- To compile and complete statutory documentation, including an application for admission.
- To plan, negotiate and manage compulsory admission to hospital or arrangements for supervised community treatment orders, guardianship or alternatives to compulsion.
- To present information verbally and provide written reports at Mental Health Review Tribunal and any other legal hearing
- To obtain Mental Health Act warrants under S135, MHA, 1983 by completing relevant statutory documents and to present these at the Magistrates Court
- To ensure that you keep abreast of all new statutory and case law that affects practice. To ensure that practice is based on a critical evaluation of a range of research relevant to evidence based practice.
- To attend a minimum of 18 hours AMHP training in every year of approval
- To comply with the Local Authority approval and re-approval policy and procedure
- To assist other members of the multi-disciplinary team to understand relevant legislation.
- To ensure that you have an understanding of and respect for individual qualities, abilities and diverse backgrounds and are able to identify and challenge, and where possible redress discrimination and inequalities
- To establish good working relationships and networks with a variety of professionals and agencies including the Police and Ambulance services to ensure effective implementation of the Act
- To provide reasoned and clear verbal and written AMHP reports to promote effective, accountable and independent AMHP decision making and ensure that performance targets of completing these reports are complied with.
- To act as Best Interest Assessors under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard legislation and contribute to the Local Authority Best Interest Assessor Service
- To ensure that the particular needs of children and young people are identified and that the most appropriate service (including inpatient facilities) is made available.
- To ensure that the Nearest Relative is informed of their rights under the Mental Health Act, 1983
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure that professional practice is in accordance with the relevant Registration body and relevant Mental Health Legislation, which incorporates and respects differences in terms of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.
- To manage a caseload of clients, in close collaboration with other members of the Multi-disciplinary team, within the CPA framework and to agreed local and national standards.
- To ensure that continuity of care is maintained and that appropriate and timely plans are made for the discharge of clients from the inpatient faculties ensuring Section 117 and CPA responsibilities are discharged.
- To provide Social Circumstances Reports for Mental Health Tribunals in line with Code of Practice and National Guidance
- To act as a Social Supervisor , providing high quality and timely reports to the Ministry of Justice as requested.
- To provide facilitation of groups including health promotion, wellbeing and those designed to address the offending needs of service users.
- To provide joint assessments and ongoing joint work with generic mental health teams where there is a forensic component to the service users presentation.
- To undertake assessment and intervention relating to dual diagnosis as an integrated part of service user treatment and care, supporting patients in minimising their drug and / or alcohol misuse and assisting them in gaining insight into the impact of using in respect of their mental health and offending behaviours.
- Ensure effective and timely review of all placements and out of area treatment packages in line with current performance management requirements,
- To ensure that the views and wishes of service users and cares are central to the care planning process and that their participation is maximised.
- To ensure that the needs of carers are fully assessed and that information and support is readily available.
- To ensure that the caseload work of the team is managed in accordance the revised Care Programme Approach (CPA) policy and that reviews are undertaken regularly and within agreed timescales. This will include robust crisis and contingency plans
- To work within Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults Policies at all times, promoting the wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults and contributing to professional meetings as required
- To ensure that robust clinical assessment and management systems are in place and that all documentation including electronic records are up to date
- To ensure that the team delivers services which maximises the choice and independence of service users, promotes social inclusion and ensures that individualised budgets and direct payments are fully utilised by service users and carers.
- To ensure that effective links are developed with relevant organisational partners including statutory, voluntary and private providers as well as community groups and networks.
- To provide specialist forensic assessment and intervention to other Mental Health Teams and Criminal Justice Agencies as requested
- To support clients and carers in their contact with the Criminal Justice System including acting as an Appropriate Adult within police custody
- To ensure that the occupational, housing and residential care needs of clients are addressed in a timely manner, as part of the CPA process and ensuring the efficient use of resources.
- To participate in the Forensic Team out of hours evening rota
In addition if Occupational Therapist
- To provide OT assessments and intervention for clients within the team, applying specialist knowledge of Model of Human Occupation.
- To provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the clients social and physical environment
- To provide a comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence based assessments for clients to establish their occupational needs through standardised and specialist OT assessment tools.
- To act as a vocational lead within the team, ensuring that the occupational and employment needs are met.
In addition if Registered MH Nurse
- To provide and evaluate treatment interventions including medication management, physical observations and psycho-social interventions in line with NMC and Trust guidelines
- To provide monitoring for clients on Clozapine and to complete venepuncture training
- To ensure that interventions and practices are in line with infection control procedures.
- To ensure that all nursing interventions are in keeping with best practice and are evidence based.
In addition if AMHP:
- To carry out the functions of an Approved Mental Health Practitioner
- To participate in the Local Authority AMHP service and rota with an expectation that you will undertake a minimum of 12 Mental Health Act assessments per year of approval in order to maintain your warrant.
- To ensure that statutory responsibilities are undertaken in relation to the Mental Health Act, 1983 and other statutory legislation including the Children Act, 1989, 2004, the Human Rights Act, 1998, and the Mental Capacity Act, 2005
- To compile and complete statutory documentation, including an application for admission.
- To plan, negotiate and manage compulsory admission to hospital or arrangements for supervised community treatment orders, guardianship or alternatives to compulsion.
- To present information verbally and provide written reports at Mental Health Review Tribunal and any other legal hearing
- To obtain Mental Health Act warrants under S135, MHA, 1983 by completing relevant statutory documents and to present these at the Magistrates Court
- To ensure that you keep abreast of all new statutory and case law that affects practice. To ensure that practice is based on a critical evaluation of a range of research relevant to evidence based practice.
- To attend a minimum of 18 hours AMHP training in every year of approval
- To comply with the Local Authority approval and re-approval policy and procedure
- To assist other members of the multi-disciplinary team to understand relevant legislation.
- To ensure that you have an understanding of and respect for individual qualities, abilities and diverse backgrounds and are able to identify and challenge, and where possible redress discrimination and inequalities
- To establish good working relationships and networks with a variety of professionals and agencies including the Police and Ambulance services to ensure effective implementation of the Act
- To provide reasoned and clear verbal and written AMHP reports to promote effective, accountable and independent AMHP decision making and ensure that performance targets of completing these reports are complied with.
- To act as Best Interest Assessors under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard legislation and contribute to the Local Authority Best Interest Assessor Service
- To ensure that the particular needs of children and young people are identified and that the most appropriate service (including inpatient facilities) is made available.
- To ensure that the Nearest Relative is informed of their rights under the Mental Health Act, 1983
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious post-registration experience
- oExperience of working in multidisciplinary mental health team in community as a Care Co-ordinator under the Care Programme Approach
- oExperience of working with Forensic Mental Health service users in the Community
Desirable
- oFacilitating groups
- oExperience of working in a community team
- oExperience of working in a Forensic Service
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oCurrent Professional Registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational therapist
- oEvidence of post registration training and CPD.
Desirable
- oPost-registration training in Forensic Mental Health
- oTraining in Psychosocial Interventions
- oTraining in substance misuse/dual diagnosis
- oENB998/Slice/Mentorship in Practice if RMN
- oAMHP qualification or willingness to train as such
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious post-registration experience
- oExperience of working in multidisciplinary mental health team in community as a Care Co-ordinator under the Care Programme Approach
- oExperience of working with Forensic Mental Health service users in the Community
Desirable
- oFacilitating groups
- oExperience of working in a community team
- oExperience of working in a Forensic Service
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oCurrent Professional Registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational therapist
- oEvidence of post registration training and CPD.
Desirable
- oPost-registration training in Forensic Mental Health
- oTraining in Psychosocial Interventions
- oTraining in substance misuse/dual diagnosis
- oENB998/Slice/Mentorship in Practice if RMN
- oAMHP qualification or willingness to train as such
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
