09 Oct
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
London
Job description
Job summary
We are thrilled to present an exceptional fixed-term opportunity as a Lead Wellbeing Practitioner within the Southeast London Integrated Care System.
We are actively seeking an experienced and autonomous individual to join our LD and Autism (LDA) STOMP team, providing holistic care and positive support for STOMP-eligible service users.
Your role will be crucial in reducing unnecessary psychotropic drugs in primary care and community settings and making a positive impact on the quality of life of individuals with learning disabilities and autism.
As the ideal candidate, you should be self-motivated and possess extensive experience working with LDA service users in the community or primary care settings.
Your expertise in service user case management and supporting NHS England's STOMP and STAMP priorities will be essential.
Additionally, you should have a track record of general behaviour support and PBS for LDA service users, as well as managing caseloads and engaging with multi-disciplinary clinicians, service users, and carers.
A secondment opportunity is available for current SLaM and Oxleas employees provided you have your line manager's approval.
Joining our team provides an exciting opportunity to actively contribute to the reduction of psychotropic drug use among individuals with learning disabilities and autism, enhancing their overall well-being.
Main duties of the job
If you are looking for a challenge and ready to undertake a specialist role then this may be just the job for you :
Responsibilities for this role include :
Taking operational responsibility for implementing postive support strategies and interventions for STOMP-eligible service users across all six boroughs in SEL ICS.
Conducting timely behaviour and risk assessments for service users referred to the STOMP pathway, facilitating care planning and support them during the STOMP process.
Implementing behaviour support for LDA service users before and during the optimisation of psychotropic drugs.
Engaging with key team members, stakeholders, LDA service users, their carers, and GPs to facilitate PBS assessment and implementation.
Conducting community visits to service users while receiving clinical supervision from the lead clinical psychologist.
Collaborating and receiving peer support from both the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) - Oxleas and Mental Health in London Disability Team (MHLD) South London and Maudsley (SLaM) ,
as well as the STOMP / STAMP team from South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB)
About us
The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations of residents in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Greenwich - our Places.
Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS FT, King's College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT.
Importantly, the ICS seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa residents)
and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary, and third-sector groups and organisations in each borough.
The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the ICS, across London, the south of England, and nationally for some services.
Our vision for the ICS is a highly performing, sustainable system that looks after its staff, responds to its communities and takes action to reduce the inequalities they experience.
As a new organisation we have developed a system development planSouth East London ICS - Integrated Care System ( outlines the way in which we seek to operate and the steps we will take to realise the full potential of our partnership.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor's Degree followed by PG Diploma in Applied Behaviour Analysis, or Analysis and Intervention in Intellectual Disabilities, or equivalent PG Diploma
- Clear evidence of continued professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health, learning disability and / or autism who display behaviours' that challenge
- Experience of undertaking functional analysis and developing positive behaviour support plans
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working in community services.
Desirable
Experience of a leadership role within PBS
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- A sound knowledge and understanding of positive behavioural support models and its theories and practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to communicate complex information to clients and a variety of professionals
- Ability to manage verbal and physical aggression directed at self, including use of breakaway techniques and personal safety procedures
- Ability to manage verbal and physical aggression directed at self,
including use of breakaway techniques and personal safety procedures
- Experience of using data collection methods to inform analysis of behaviour.
▶️ Lead Behaviour and Wellbeing Practitioner in LD, Autism and STOMP
🖊️ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
📍 London