Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner - Social Worker
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Bognor Neighbourhood Mental Health Team Lead Practitioner
Qualified or Newly Qualified Social Worker
The Bognor Neighbourhood Mental Health Team are looking for a qualified and experienced Mental Health Practitioner (Social Worker) who has a keen interest in working in a supportive multi-disciplinary setting with patients experiencing mental health difficulties.
The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.
Key Responsibilities
- Joining a warm, friendly, highly supportive team of dedicated colleagues who work together to offer the best possible service to the people we see.
- Maintaining patient safety, in collaboration with patients, carers, and other team members.
- Responsible for recognizing the potential for or signs of patient harm, abuse, or neglect and taking all reasonable steps to protect the patient.
- Providing clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines.
- Undertaking urgent and priority assessments with risk assessments.
- Responsible for decision making and coordination in a crisis situation.
- Taking responsibility for the management of complex people who present to the team when their Care Coordinator / Lead Professional is absent from work and the person requires an urgent response.
- Working to support the team where Intensive Home-Based Treatment is required.
- Liaising with other services, e.g., Police, A & E as required.
- Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards and offering a consistent approach to people open within the team.
- Supporting the team to deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care.
- Maintaining an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
- Supporting members of the team with other specialist assessments, as required, for example, application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; Knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, s42 Care Act regarding Safeguarding Adults, and Making Safeguarding Personal.
- Maintaining professional standards of care at all times.
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The NHS is changing and with more emphasis on community-based care, there's never been a better time to join us. Over the next three years, community mental health services are going to be undergoing a real transformation, and you could be part of these exciting developments. Our community mental health teams will become part of a much more integrated network of services, and our mental health clinicians will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues.
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We recognize that working in mental health can be stressful, so we prioritize staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.
If you are a band 5 or newly qualified Social Worker with previous mental health experience who has a desire to develop into a community mental health nurse role, please contact us as we would be delighted to talk about any development opportunities.
We look forward to hearing from you. Please contact Hannah.ryan15@nhs.net (Service Manager) if you want to know more about the role.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
- Name: Hannah Ryan
- Job Title: Service Manager
- Email Address: hannah.ryan15@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0300 304 0055
For an informal discussion about the role, please do not hesitate to contact Hannah Ryan on the details above.
Alternatively, email the team leaders:
- Becky Orr on becky.orr2@nhs.net
- Jessica Lacey on jessica.lacey10@nhs.net
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