Lambeth Community - Living Well Centre Recruitment Day

+ A relevant professional qualification (Nurse, OT or Social Worker) and experience in mental health care.
+ A passion for supporting people with mental health challenges.
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
+ A commitment to teamwork and collaboration.
+ A strong work ethic and a dedication to providing high-quality care.
The post holder will deliver high quality safe care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence. The role includes leading the delivery of comprehensive service user assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centered care in a collaborative way. The post holder will co-ordinate a first class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.
This is more than just a job - it's a chance to be a champion for positive mental health in one of London's most exciting boroughs. Apply today and take the first step on a rewarding career journey with South London and Maudsley NHS Trust., At SLaM, we're more than just a healthcare provider-we are the heart of Lambeth's community mental health services. As part of our team, you'll be joining the innovative Lambeth Living Well Network (LWN) Alliance, a pioneering collaboration of organizations including Certitude, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, Lambeth Council, Thames Reach, and SLaM. Together, we're reshaping mental health care with a fully integrated system that prioritises people's strengths and overall well-being.
We offer:
· Variety and Flexibility: Whether you prefer short-term, impactful engagements or longer-term, relationship-building roles, we have opportunities that align with your career goals.
· Career Growth: We prioritise your professional development with tailored training and mentorship programs, ensuring you're not just taking a job-you're investing in your career., The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist or Social Worker and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
Mentorship qualification or equivalent
Experience of research- based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills
Significant relevant clinical experience
Evidence of continuing professional Development.
Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision
Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment
Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
Understanding of Care Coordination under the Care Programme

NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.