Community Partnerships Co Ordinator

At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), we believe in providing excellent care which is delivered with pride and compassion. Everything we do is to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all. This role will be based in Southwark Community Teams, supporting the Community Care Development and Neighbourhood alignment which covers community Teams , VCS and acute and urgent care.

The Community Care Development and Neighbourhood alignment supports SLaM’s ambitious journey to ensure its services deliver outstanding mental health care, responding to the needs of the communities it serves – across all settings. NHS England set out a clear direction on enabling inpatient quality transformation across a range of inpatient services, recognising that this needs to be done in parallel to high quality, responsive models of care in the community.

The NHS Long Term Plan has a strong focus on expanding and improving the quality of community care for people with mental health problems, with the aim of ensuring more people can access community mental health services than ever before. In addition to this, the NHS England planning guidance has reiterated expectations around crisis care and use of out of area placements. SLaM is working with its partners to undertake major work on both its 24/7 crisis and acute offer, and its model of care in the community, in line with Trust strategy.

Coordinate and deliver projects within the Directorate to achieve beneficial change in line with SLaM’s strategic objectives. Plan, track and support the implementation of project activities working with senior leads and senior clinicians. Develop and maintain clear project documentation covering the fundamental components of projects (scope, budgets, risks, opportunities and issues and quality requirements). Coordinate community asset mapping. Develop, maintain and manage a clear database of community assets based on findings from scoping exercise. Deliver timely, accurate, and comprehensive progress reports to ensure project visibility.

Support each identified project stage ensuring all relevant milestones are attained and where necessary escalating deviations through project governance to ensure projects remain on schedule, in budget or to quality specification. Administration of project/programme meetings (e. g. preparation of agendas, circulation of papers, capture of actions and other outputs such as process maps) and fulfil role as overall governance and reporting lead for relevant projects/programmes. By coming to work at our Trust, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care.

You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. The Trust delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014; providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joy Mlilo Job title: Community Care Development General Manager Email address: joy. mlilo@slam. nhs. uk Telephone number: 02032286000Jessica LawesJessica. Lawes@slam. nhs. uk