Community Forensic Team Leader | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a community forensic team leader position within the Southwark Community Forensic Team based at Marina House in Southwark. The post holder will provide leadership within the team for ensuring smooth interface working between services to ensure timely admission and discharges from hospital. The post holder will provide line management and leadership to the team, working closely with the team of professionals consisting of Nurses, Social workers, Peer Support workers, Psychologists, Administrators and Consultants.

Key Responsibilities

• Account for the coordination of the multidisciplinary team in providing services for individuals with complex needs who have a history of offending behaviour.
• Lead the development of team structures in providing case management, co‑working and out‑of‑area placements within a team base approach.
• Develop and maintain links across a wide variety of statutory and non‑statutory organisations such as Probation, MAPPA, Jigsaw, Hostels and other voluntary and non‑voluntary services.
• Involve in specialist mental health assessments and the application of evidence‑based psychosocial interventions.
• Have overall management responsibility for the delivery of care within the Southwark Community Forensic Team, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• Manage a specialised mental health team, overseeing care, risk management and rehabilitation of individuals with mental disorders and a history of offending in the community.
• Direct clinical caseloads, conduct complex risk assessments, coordinate with justice/health agencies, and drive service quality and staff development.
• Lead a team of professional and support staff in the delivery of high‑quality evidence‑based practice, ensuring regular supervision and appraisal.
• Manage administrative and operational resources cost‑effectively, evaluating the standard of service delivered.
• Co‑ordinate multidisciplinary working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members and other services within the Trust to ensure effective interface and continuity of care between disciplines and services.
• Carry out clinical and managerial procedures to a standard that ensures safe and effective care, complying with the relevant Code of Professional Conduct, and placing the needs of service users at the centre of care delivery.
• Assist in and take responsibility for work with clients and carry a caseload, in appropriate circumstances, as agreed by the Clinical Services Lead.
• Provide quality mental health and case management services to clients to enhance their mental health and well‑being.
• Ensure good working relationships are maintained or developed with other mental health services and local agencies relating to client care.
• Provide a point of contact for external enquiries/complaints concerning the team and ensure these are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Provide senior cover as required and deputise for the Clinical Service Lead.
• Manage resources within budgetary constraints, contribute to the preparation of the annual team budgets.
• Deliver compassionate care through clinical assessment and risk assessment, carer’s risk assessment, crisis and contingency planning; manage day‑to‑day clinical risks and advise team members on possible courses of action.
• Ensure team members follow systems of safe practice and that operational policies are adhered to.
• Manage care and practice, financial and material resources, clinical standards, human resources, information and communication, environment, personal development and freedom to act.
• Deputise for the Service Manager as required, establish and build excellent working relationships between other services within and external to the Directorate.
• Ensure systems invite service users and their carers to comment on the quality of services received.
• Pro‑actively engage the service with research projects in accordance with King’s Health Partners tripartite mission.
• Implement complaints procedure including investigation, response, and resolution.
• Inform line manager of all developments and changes within the team.
• Safely store and administer medications.
• Create and maintain an environment conducive to learning and meeting educational standards for staff placed on the ward; facilitate active involvement in the training and education of staff from a variety of disciplines.
• Participate in projects within the team and Trust as required by senior management of the Directorate.

Benefits

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work‑life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part‑time working and job sharing.
• Career development, with mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease, staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Accommodation, staff benefits from keyworker housing available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well‑known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.

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