Structured Clinical Management (SCM) Practitioner

This is a development opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse/ Social Worker/ Occupational Therapist to join Carshalton and Wallington Integrated Recovery Hub. You will be delivering Care Coordination and supporting the IRH as part of your role, with the other part of the role supporting Structured Clinical Management (SCM) within the team. SCM is an evidence-based approach for working in a community setting with people with Complex Emotional Needs/ a diagnosis of personality disorder. You will receive training and ongoing supervision to ensure that you develop and maintain the necessary skills for working with this client group, including assessments for Complex Emotional Needs (CEN; difficulties consistent with the diagnosis of personality disorder), delivery of the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnosis of Personality Disorder (SCID), internal SCM introductory training including running SCM groups, and further training in related therapeutic approaches. Supervision
will be provided by a Clinical Psychologist., You will have some Care Coordination duties aligned with this team. You will also undertake clinical duties under the SCM Team, where you will receive your clinical supervision. Your SCM duties will include assessments, coaching calls, running SCM groups, and consultation to other professionals. You could undertake some SCM treatment sessions if appropriate, following training. As such, this is an excellent development opportunity for those wishing to extend their experience and skills in working with this client group.

Main duties of the job

Care Coordination of a small caseload of non-SCM service users.

Attending IRH and SCM Team meetings.

Assessment of clients with a diagnosis of personality disorder under the SCM model, including SCID assessments.

Delivering treatment interventions in the group modality.

Comprehensive risk assessment and management.

Team working.

Good record keeping.

Consultation to other professionals regarding specific service users.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.