Job description
This is a fixed Term post for 12 months
As Enquiry & Referral Manager you will be a member of the wider Assessment team and play a key role in supporting the organization to achieve its KPI targets and improve the rate at which people move into mental health supported accommodation services. The core purpose of the assessment team is to understand the support and risk needs of each client prior to a placement being offered. Additionally, the assessment process supports organisational decision making as to how complex need can be met; provides a clear and competent response to our commissioners as to our ability to support people as well as a commercial element in relation to service growth.
We are looking for qualified individual, either a Social Work England registered Social Worker or Mental Health RMN and likely to have experience in CMHT, Early Intervention, Assertive Outreach, Crisis, Safeguarding or Adult Care Mental Health teams. You will also have a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience and proven continued professional development.
Excellent communication skills are a must and ability to build relationships with colleagues, external professionals and stakeholders is essential. Experience in screening referrals is preferred, if you can demonstrate ability to analyse and interpret multiple sources of background information and be able to recognise and collate high-risk factors to enable the organization identify assess activity and appropriately is key.
This role is non-case holding and there is no on-call for this position, however you must be able to adjust and prioritize work according to the variations in service needs, which include rapid response and tight deadlines.
Ultimately, we are looking for passionate, professional, and ambitious mental health professionals to join our brilliant team.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- 33 days annual leave, including bank holidays
- Access to NEST pension scheme
- Professional registration support
- Professionally supportive team and employer
- Group Company discount scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Travel reimbursement at 45ppm or advance purchased train tickets
This is a flexible location role and can be home based offering a hybrid approach with access to offices and services across the country. You will also have the ability to travel for meetings and training which may include occasional overnights.
This role is fixed term for 12 months and is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
SIL are a forward thinking, innovative organisation who are leading the way in supporting the NHS & local authority partners in driving change. Our goal is to bring innovation to generate improved outcomes for people with complex mental health needs, personality disorder and co-morbid substance misuse and forensic histories.
We work in partnership with the NHS and local authorities across the country to support the discharge of people from low, medium and locked rehab services to recovery focussed community services in a unique partnership with other housing and development organisations.
We now provide over 300 self-contained flats spread across the country with an ambitious growth model which will see SIL establish itself as the leading provider of complex mental health services in the community.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: Up to £41,600.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free or subsidised travel
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Work from home
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: Remote
About Lifeways Group
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: www.lifeways.co.uk
Year Founded: 1995