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Location
Southall, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
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 regularly visit service users in their homes and seek to engage them in feedback about patient care and experience To monitor medication treatments and administer depot medications To liaise with inpatient and outpatient clinical teams in identifying social care needs and systemic risks. This may require liaison with external agencies responsible for the provision of resources, services, and vulnerable adult or child protection To refer and consult with the home and host MAPPP authorities and to maintain accurate data collection in relation to this To refer and consult with other public protection agencies as necessary, such as: - MARAC; JIGSAW; Channel Panel and other police services To liaise with GPs and other healthcare agencies to ensure optimum physical health care for service users To participate in the MDT completing the HCR20 for individual service users To liaise with Secondary and Primary Mental Health Services to plan handover of care where appropriate To develop individual recall plans for forensic service users and ensure these are shared with the relevant parties To provide quality reports to tribunals, courts and other agencies as required To ensure that quality 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 professional nursing services to clients with mental health needs and to provide assessments and care to adults with severe and enduring mental health needs To undertake initial assessments of new transfers / referrals received by the department and to recommend appropriate action and formulate individual care plans for adults with severe and enduring mental health needs and their carers To continue to support clients to live as independently as possible in the community within the Recovery Model framework by ensuring access to services To assess the needs of individuals preparing for discharge and to ensure that there is a continuity of health care provided after discharge To participate in pre-discharge MDT risk assessment and ensure aftercare providers have received sufficient information to manage individual risk To have knowledge of local resources and provide casework services for clients in the departments care or referred by outside agencies using a recovery focused model To keep up to date records of visits / assessments undertaken, completing reports on electronic records using local protocols in consultation with their senior To maintain expert knowledge of community and forensic mental health risk assessment (including identifying any Safeguarding Children/safeguarding adult issues) and following appropriate procedures to address these To provide facilitation of groups including the promotion of wellbeing and those designed to address the offending needs of service users To provide joint assessments and on-going 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 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 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 request. To support clients and carers in their contact with the Criminal Justice System including acting as an Appropriate Adult within police custody
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Salary
£40.7k - £48.05k per annum
