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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.

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.

Job overview

The Recovery and Rehabilitation Team is integrated with Croydon Social Care in working with all adults in Croydon Funded Placements experiencing severe and enduring mental illness and who present with complex needs. Currently we work with those who have Psychosis as a primary diagnosis but many of our service users have secondary mental health diagnosis of personality disorders, ASD, Mild Learning disabilities and substance misuse.

We are looking for enthusiastic care coordinators that will grow and develop with the team, from Nursing, Social work, and OT professional background

This advert is for 3 vacancies in Recovery and Rehabilitation Team including 1 social worker which will be advertised via the Local Authority.

The post holder will work as Care Coordinator for a caseload of service users in funded Placements such as Residential homes, Nursing homes, supported living, etc. who have complex mental health difficulties, and work with their carers where applicable. The post holder will be expected to have excellent self-management skills, and work collaboratively within the team. The post holder must be able to formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with service users and/or carers, to work well under pressure, be experienced in dynamic risk assessment, and to have excellent communication skills.

Main duties of the job

The Recovery and Rehabilitation Team is likely to be going through a transformation which is about enhancing the quality of our service delivery, improving the experiences of those using our services, maintaining staff morale and to ensure services are meeting the NHS Long Term Plan and National guidance on Rehabilitation. Our aim is to support the rehabilitation and recovery of service users to enable them to move on to live their most fulfilling, well, independent lives. It is an exciting time to be part of this team and you will be directly involved in improving ways of working. Our Team is highly experienced and supportive and Multi-disciplinary.