West London NHS Trust
Transition Social Worker
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The Transition Team
The Transition Team provides enhanced, recovery-focused support to people experiencing complex transitions between acute inpatient mental health services and the community, particularly those at increased risk of readmission.
Specialist Therapeutic Practitioner: Transition & Recovery
We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Specialist Therapeutic Practitioner: Transition & Recovery to join our multidisciplinary team. The role is open to appropriately qualified and registered professionals from nursing, occupational therapy, social work, psychology, and arts therapies.
Role Responsibilities
- Work across inpatient and community settings, developing therapeutic relationships during admission and providing continuity of support as individuals transition back into the community.
- Collaborate with individuals, carers, inpatient and community MDTs, and statutory and voluntary services to understand and address the psychological, social, relational, environmental, and practical factors that can contribute to repeated admission.
- Provide individual and group-based therapeutic and psychosocial interventions, drawing on professional expertise alongside evidence-based, trauma-informed, strengths-based, and recovery-focused approaches.
- Maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures.
- Responsible for the safe custody of medication, including checking and administration.
- Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity, and drive continuous improvement.
- Reduce avoidable readmission to acute mental health services.
- Provide continuity between inpatient treatment and community recovery.
- Identify and address factors contributing to repeated admission.
- Deliver personalized therapeutic and psychosocial interventions.
- Support early identification of deterioration and relapse prevention.
- Strengthen resilience, independence, choice, and self-management.
- Improve engagement with statutory, community, and voluntary services.
- Address social and environmental factors affecting recovery.
- Work collaboratively with families and carers where appropriate.
- Improve the experience and outcomes of transition from hospital to community.
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West London NHS Trust
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
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Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
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Name: Marcella Munro
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Job title: Transition Team Clinical Lead
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Email address: marcella.munro@nhs.net
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Name: Kadija Daramy
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Job title: Acute Social Work Lead, AMHS
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Email address: kadija.daramy@westlondon.nhs.uk
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